Kévin Reza
Reza at the 2015 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full nameKévin Reza
NicknameLaRez
Born (1988-05-18) 18 May 1988
Versailles, Yvelines, France
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Team information
Current teamB&B Hotels p/b KTM
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur teams
2007–2010Vendée U
2010Bbox Bouygues Telecom (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2011–2014Team Europcar
2015–2017FDJ
2018–2021Vital Concept[1][2]

Kévin Reza (born 18 May 1988) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI ProTeam B&B Hotels p/b KTM.[3] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.[4]

Early life

Reza was born in May 1988 on the outskirts of Paris. His family originate from Guadeloupe.[5]

Career

Reza signed his first professional contract in 2011 for French cycling team Team Europcar. In 2013 he took part in his first Grand Tour, the Tour de France, finishing in 134th position overall.[6]

In 2015, Reza signed for French team FDJ. Whilst at FDJ, during the 2017 Tour de Romandie, Reza was a victim of racial abuse from Team Sky rider Gianni Moscon. Moscon was subsequently suspended from racing with Team Sky for six weeks.[7]

In August 2017, Reza was named as one of fifteen riders joining new French cycling outfit Vital Concept.[8] In June 2021, Reza announced that he would be retiring from cycling at the end of the season.[9]

Activism and advocacy

At the 2020 Tour de France, Reza was involved in a small gesture of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. As the only black rider in the race, he rode at the front of the peloton on the final day of racing.[10]

Major results

2007
3rd Madison, National Junior Track Championships
2008
1st Stage 2 Vuelta Madrid Under-23
2009
2nd Overall Circuit du Mené
3rd Les Boucles de la Loire
8th Overall Tour de Martinique
1st Stages 1, 5 & 8a
2010
1st Les Boucles de la Loire
7th Classic Loire Atlantique
2011
3rd Madison, National Track Championships
2012
9th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
2013
8th Cholet-Pays de Loire
9th Brussels Cycling Classic
2014
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
6th Classic Loire Atlantique
9th Overall Tour de Picardie
2015
4th Classic Sud-Ardèche
10th Classic Loire Atlantique
2016
7th Overall Tour de Picardie
2017
3rd Paris–Camembert
8th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
2018
4th Paris–Chauny
9th Grand Prix de Wallonie
2019
6th Classic Loire Atlantique
10th Heistse Pijl

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — 103 — — — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France 134 73 — — — — — 137
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — 113 DNF — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ Malvestio, Carlo (22 January 2019). "Presentazione Squadre 2019, Vital Concept – B&B Hotels" [Presentation of Teams 2019, Vital Concept - B & B Hotels]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "B&B Hotels - Vital Concept". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "B&B Hotels p/b KTM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Tour De France rider Kevin Reza ready to take Black Lives Matter stand". Sky Sports. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "2013 Tour de France GC". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  7. ↑ Dobson, Mark (1 May 2017). "Team Sky suspend Gianni Moscon for six weeks over racial abuse". TheGuardian.com. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Coquard confirmed as leader of new Vital Concept team". Cycling News. 17 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Cycling news - Kevin Reza to retire from cycling at the end of the season and has no regrets". Eurosport.
  10. ↑ Ballinger, Alex. "Tour de France peloton makes small gesture of solidarity with Kévin Reza and Black Lives Matter movement". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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