Adrien Costa

Adrien Costa

Personal information
Born (1997-08-19) August 19, 1997
Stanford, California, United States
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Team information
Current team Axeon–Hagens Berman
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Time Trialist
Amateur team(s)
2012–2013 Slipstream-Craddock
2014–2015 Hagens Berman U23
Professional team(s)
2016– Axeon–Hagens Berman
2016 Etixx–Quick-Step (stagiaire)[1]
Infobox last updated on
September 13, 2016

Adrien Costa (born August 19, 1997) is an American cyclist riding for UCI Continental Team Axeon–Hagens Berman.[2]

Career

Junior career

Costa had a very successful career as a junior, with over 12 victories. In 2014, he won the junior national time trial championships, along with a second place at the junior world time trial championships.[3] In addition to these, he won the general classification and two stages of the Tour du Pays de Vaud. The following year, Costa won the Tour du Pays de Vaud for the second year in a row, along with another silver medal at the junior world time trial championships.[4] He enjoyed success in the Tour de l'Abitibi, winning the GC and earning two stage victories. The previous year, Costa had placed 7th overall at the race, winning stage 3. Costa booked yet another win at the Course de la Paix Juniors, when he won stage 3.

2016

Costa's cycling success continued in the 2016 season as his first year as a professional when he earned his biggest result yet, when he won the Tour de Bretagne. Costa was the first American to win the French stage race. He stole the yellow jersey when he won the fourth stage in a solo breakaway.[5] Costa celebrated success in other similar events, winning the mountains classification placing 3rd overall in the Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour. He also placed 5th in the Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux. At the Tour of Utah, Costa finished 2nd overall, 1:09 behind winner Lachlan Morton.[6] He earned another podium in the Tour de l'Avenir, finishing in 3rd place and won stage 4.

Major results

2014
1st National Junior Time Trial Championships
1st Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Abitibi
2nd UCI World Junior Time Trial Championships
2015
1st Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
1st Stages 2a & 2b
1st Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
1st Stages 6 & 7
2nd UCI World Junior Time Trial Championships
2nd Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
1st Stage 3
3rd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
2016
1st Overall Tour de Bretagne
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 4
1st Stage 4 (ITT) Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
2nd Overall Tour of Utah
1st Mountains classification
1st Young rider classification
3rd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
3rd Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
1st Mountains classification
5th Overall Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
1st Young rider classification
7th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
9th Flèche Ardennaise

References

  1. ↑ http://www.procyclingstats.com/teams?id=&c=6&season=2016
  2. ↑ "Adrien Costa". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  3. ↑ van Eyck, Xylon (26 February 2015). "Adrien Costa striving to be part of American elite". CyclingNews.com. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Hood, Edmond (10 October 2015). "PEZ Talk: Adrien Costa". PEZ Cycling News. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "American Adrien Costa wins Tour de Bretagne". VeloNews.com. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "2016 Tour of Utah". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

External links

Media related to Adrien Costa at Wikimedia Commons


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