# Damien Nazon > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Damien_Nazon > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Damien_Nazon.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Nazon > Source revision: 1348461097 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) French cyclist Damien Nazon Nazon in 1997 Personal information Full name Damien Nazon Born (1974-06-26) 26 June 1974 (age 52) Épinal, France Team information Discipline Road Role Rider Rider type Sprinter[1] Amateur teams 1995 Castorama (stagiaire) 2006 Pédale de L'Est Haguenau[2] Professional teams 1996 Banesto 1997–1999 Française des Jeux 2000–2003 Bonjour 2004–2005 Crédit Agricole **Damien Nazon** (born 26 June 1974) is a former French [racing cyclist](/source/Bicycle_racing).[2] He finished in [last place](/source/Lanterne_rouge) in the [1998 Tour de France](/source/1998_Tour_de_France).[3] Nazon took a total of 33 victories during his career, including stage wins in the [Dauphiné Libéré](/source/Dauphin%C3%A9_Lib%C3%A9r%C3%A9), the [Grand Prix du Midi Libre](/source/Grand_Prix_du_Midi_Libre), the [Critérium International](/source/Crit%C3%A9rium_International) and the [Tour of Belgium](/source/Tour_of_Belgium). Nazon rode for the [Castorama](/source/Castorama_(cycling_team)) team as a *[stagiaire](/source/Stagiaire_(cycling))* in the autumn of 1995,[2] before turning professional with [Banesto](/source/Movistar_Team_(men's_team)) in 1996. He then rode for [Française des Jeux](/source/Groupama%E2%80%93FDJ_United) for three years, [Bonjour](/source/Team_TotalEnergies) for four and ended his professional career in 2005 after two years with [Crédit Agricole](/source/Cr%C3%A9dit_Agricole_(cycling_team)).[1][4] He is the brother of former racing cyclist [Jean-Patrick Nazon](/source/Jean-Patrick_Nazon).[5] ## Major results **1994** - 1st Stage 1 [Circuit Cycliste Sarthe](/source/Circuit_Cycliste_Sarthe) **1995** - [Peace Race](/source/Peace_Race) - 1st Stages 6 & 8b - 1st [Paris–Roubaix Espoirs](/source/Paris%E2%80%93Roubaix_Espoirs) - 10th Overall [Tour de l'Avenir](/source/Tour_de_l'Avenir) **1997** - [Circuit des Mines](/source/Circuit_des_Mines) - 1st Stages 4 & 6 - 1st Stage 6 [Tour de l'Avenir](/source/Tour_de_l'Avenir) - 2nd [Road race](/source/French_National_Road_Race_Championships), National Road Championships - 10th [GP de Denain](/source/GP_de_Denain) **1998** - 1st Stage 2 [Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré](/source/1998_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9_Lib%C3%A9r%C3%A9) - 1st Stage 4 [GP du Midi-Libre](/source/GP_du_Midi-Libre) - 3rd Overall [Circuit des Mines](/source/Circuit_des_Mines) - 1st Stages 1 & 2 - 4th [Tour de Vendée](/source/Tour_de_Vend%C3%A9e) **1999** - [Circuit Cycliste Sarthe](/source/Circuit_Cycliste_Sarthe) - 1st Stages 3 & 5 - [Tour de Normandie](/source/Tour_de_Normandie) - 1st Stages 2 & 6b - 1st Stage 5 [Tour de l'Avenir](/source/Tour_de_l'Avenir) - 6th [GP de Denain](/source/GP_de_Denain) - 10th [Tour de Vendée](/source/Tour_de_Vend%C3%A9e) **2000** - 1st Stage 3 [Tour de Langkawi](/source/2000_Tour_de_Langkawi) - 1st Stage 1 [GP du Midi-Libre](/source/GP_du_Midi-Libre) - 1st Stage 1 [Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne](/source/Tour_du_Poitou_Charentes_et_de_la_Vienne) - 1st [GP de Villers-Cotterêts](/source/GP_de_Villers-Cotter%C3%AAts) - 4th [Cholet-Pays de Loire](/source/Cholet-Pays_de_Loire) - 7th [Road race](/source/French_National_Road_Race_Championships), National Road Championships - 8th [Tro-Bro Léon](/source/Tro-Bro_L%C3%A9on) - 9th [GP de la Ville de Rennes](/source/GP_de_la_Ville_de_Rennes) **2001** - 2nd Overall [Étoile de Bessèges](/source/%C3%89toile_de_Bess%C3%A8ges) - 1st Stages 3 & 4 - 5th [GP de Denain](/source/GP_de_Denain) - 6th [Tour de Vendée](/source/Tour_de_Vend%C3%A9e) **2002** - 1st Stage 1 [Tour de l'Ain](/source/Tour_de_l'Ain) - 1st Stage 1 [Route du Sud](/source/Route_du_Sud) - 1st Stage 2a [Tour of Belgium](/source/Tour_of_Belgium) - 1st Stage 3 [Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne](/source/Tour_du_Poitou_Charentes_et_de_la_Vienne) - 2nd Overall [Tour of Qatar](/source/Tour_of_Qatar) - 1st Stage 2 - 3rd [GP de Denain](/source/GP_de_Denain) - 6th [Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers Souvenir Bruno Comini](/source/Grand_Prix_de_la_Ville_de_Lillers_Souvenir_Bruno_Comini) - 9th [Road race](/source/French_National_Road_Race_Championships), National Road Championships **2003** - 1st [Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers Souvenir Bruno Comini](/source/Grand_Prix_de_la_Ville_de_Lillers_Souvenir_Bruno_Comini) - 1st Stage 1 [Critérium International](/source/Crit%C3%A9rium_International) - 5th Overall [Tour of Qatar](/source/Tour_of_Qatar) - 1st Stage 2 - 5th [Classic Haribo](/source/Classic_Haribo) - 6th [Cholet-Pays de Loire](/source/Cholet-Pays_de_Loire) - 7th [Dwars door Vlaanderen](/source/2003_Dwars_door_Vlaanderen) - 10th [Le Samyn](/source/Le_Samyn) **2005** - 1st Stage 3 [Circuit Cycliste Sarthe](/source/Circuit_Cycliste_Sarthe) - 1st Stage 3b [Tour de Picardie](/source/Tour_de_Picardie) - 4th [Cholet-Pays de Loire](/source/Cholet-Pays_de_Loire) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-retire_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-retire_1-1) ["Nazon the elder retires"](http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nazon-the-elder-retires/). *[cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)*. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2017. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CyclingArchives_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CyclingArchives_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-CyclingArchives_2-2) ["Damien Nazon"](http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=2890). *Cycling Archives*. Retrieved 24 April 2014.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ProCycling_3-0)** ["Damien Nazon"](http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=114943). *ProCyclingStats*. Retrieved 24 April 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-cn_4-0)** ["Damien Nazon"](http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/damien-nazon/). *[cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)*. Retrieved 2 March 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Sandoz, Thierry (16 July 2009). ["" Il faut semer le bordel ""](http://www.estrepublicain.fr/sport/2009/07/16/il-faut-semer-le-bordel) ["It is necessary to sow chaos"]. *[L'Est Républicain](/source/L'Est_R%C3%A9publicain)* (in French). Retrieved 2 March 2017. ## External links - [Damien Nazon](https://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche/coureuri/2890.html) at *Cycling Archives* ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/2023/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=2890)) - [Damien Nazon](https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/damien-nazon) at *ProCyclingStats* v t e Lanternes rouges of the Tour de France 1903–1919 1903: Arsène Millocheau 1904: Antoine Deflotrière 1905: Clovis Lacroix 1906: Georges Bronchard 1907: Albert Chartier 1908: Henri Anthoine 1909: Georges Devilly 1910: Constant Collet 1911: Lucien Roquebert 1912: Maurice Lartigue 1913: Henri Alavoine 1914: Henri Leclerc 1915–1918 World War I 1919: Jules Nempon 1920–1939 1920: Charles Raboisson 1921: Henri Catelan 1922–23: Daniel Masson 1924: Victor Lafosse 1925: Fernand Besnier 1926: André Drobecq 1927: Jacques Pfister 1928: Édouard Persin 1929: André Léger 1930: Marcel Ilpide 1931: Richard Lamb 1932: Rudolf Risch 1933: Ernest Neuhard 1934: Antonio Folco 1935: Willy Kutschbach 1936: Aldo Bertocco 1937: Aloyse Klensch 1938: Janus Hellemons 1939: Armand Le Moal 1940–1959 1940–1946 World War II 1947: Pietro Tarchini 1948: Vittorio Seghezzi 1949: Guido De Santi 1950: Fritz Zbinden 1951: Abdel-Kader Zaaf 1952: Henri Paret 1953: Claude Rouer 1954: Marcel Dierkens 1955: Tony Hoar 1956: Roger Chaussabel 1957: Guy Million 1958: Walter Favre 1959: Louis Bisilliat 1960–1978 1960: José Herrero Berrendero 1961: André Geneste 1962: Augusto Marcaletti 1963: Willy Derboven 1964: Anatole Novak 1965: Joseph Groussard 1966: Paolo Mannucci 1967: Jean-Pierre Genet 1968: John Clarey 1969: André Wilhelm 1970: Frits Hoogerheide 1971: Georges Chappe 1972: Alain Bellouis 1973: Jacques-André Hochart 1974: Lorenzo Alaimo 1975: Jacques Boulas 1976: Aad van den Hoek 1977: Roger Loysch 1978: Philippe Tesnière 1979–1999 1979–80: Gerhard Schönbacher 1981: Faustino Cueli 1982: Werner Devos 1983: Marcel Laurens 1984: Gilbert Glaus 1985: Manrico Ronchiato 1986: Ennio Salvador 1987: Mathieu Hermans 1988: Dirk Wayenberg 1989: Mathieu Hermans 1990: Rodolfo Massi 1991: Rob Harmeling 1992: Fernando Quevedo 1993: Edwig Van Hooydonck 1994: John Talen 1995: Bruno Cornillet 1996: Jean-Luc Masdupuy 1997: Philippe Gaumont 1998: Damien Nazon 1999: Jacky Durand 2000–2019 2000: Olivier Perraudeau 2001: Jimmy Casper 2002: Igor Flores 2003: Hans De Clercq 2004: Jimmy Casper 2005: Iker Flores 2006–2008: Wim Vansevenant 2009: Yauheni Hutarovich 2010: Adriano Malori 2011: Fabio Sabatini 2012: Jimmy Engoulvent 2013: Svein Tuft 2014: Ji Cheng 2015: Sébastien Chavanel 2016: Sam Bennett 2017: Luke Rowe 2018: Lawson Craddock 2019: Sebastian Langeveld 2020–2039 2020: Roger Kluge 2021: Tim Declercq 2022: Caleb Ewan 2023: Michael Mørkøv 2024: Mark Cavendish 2025: Simone Consonni This biographical article related to a French cycling person born in the 1970s is a stub. 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