# Pierre-Luc Périchon

Pierre-Luc Périchon (born 4 January 1987) is a French former professional road and track bicycle racer.
During his career, Périchon took two professional victories – both coming in one-day races – at the 2012 Paris–Camembert and the 2018 Polynormande.

## Career

Born in Bourg-en-Bresse, Périchon competed as a professional from the start of the 2012 season, having signed a deal with the La Pomme Marseille team in August 2011. Périchon has also been a member of the VC Ambérieu, Saint-Vulbas CC, and SCO Dijon amateur teams.
Having featured highly in several domestic races during his career, Périchon won his first UCI Europe Tour race in April 2012, by winning the Paris–Camembert race. Attacking 45 kilometres (28.0 miles) from the finish in Camembert, Périchon won a three-man sprint to the finish line ahead of Saur–Sojasun's Cyril Bessy and Bretagne–Schuller's Jean-Marc Bideau. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France and the 2016 Tour de France. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.
Périchon announced that he would retire from the sport at the end of the 2023 season.

## Personal life

Périchon resides in Allinges.

## Major results

Source:

### 2003

    1st Madison, National Novice Track Championships

### 2004

    1st Madison, National Junior Track Championships

### 2005

    2nd Points race, National Junior Track Championships

### 2006

    2nd Points race, National Under-23 Track Championships

### 2007

    National Track Championships
       3rd Madison
       3rd Under-23 points race

### 2008

    2nd Madison, National Track Championships
    2nd Tour du Charolais
    6th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie

### 2009

    1st GP Blangy
    3rd Tour du Haut-Berry
    7th Overall Tour Alsace
    8th Paris–Tours Espoirs

### 2010

    1st Beuvry la Forêt
    1st Stage 3 Tour de Franche Comté
    5th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

### 2011

    1st Overall Les Boucles de l'Artois
    1st GP Blangy
    1st Stage 5 Tour Nivernais Morvan
    2nd Points race, National Track Championships
    2nd Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
       1st Stage 2

### 2012

    1st Paris–Camembert
    9th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
    9th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne

### 2013

    7th Overall Tour de Bretagne
       1st Stage 7
    7th Tro-Bro Léon

### 2014

    3rd Tour du Doubs
    4th Tro-Bro Léon
    8th Paris–Tours
    8th Chrono des Nations

### 2015

    3rd Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
    4th Overall Tour de Langkawi
    5th Tro-Bro Léon
    9th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
    Combativity award Stage 14 Tour de France

### 2016

    1st Stage 3 Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc
    9th Overall Giro di Toscana

### 2017

    1st Duo Normand (with Anthony Delaplace)
    Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 5
    4th Road race, National Road Championships
    5th Overall Three Days of De Panne

### 2018

    1st Polynormande
    4th Duo Normand (with Anthony Delaplace)
    8th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
    9th Tour du Doubs

### 2019

    2nd Paris–Camembert

### 2021

    2nd Paris–Camembert
    3rd Overall Tour du Limousin
    5th Tour de Vendée
    7th Boucles de l'Aulne
    9th Tour du Doubs

### 2023

    6th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
    7th Overall Tour de Wallonie

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 |
| Tour de France | 81 | 93 | 42 | — | 57 | 86 | 92 | 63 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | 97 | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |