Paul Jesson (born 14 January 1955) is a retired New Zealand professional racing cyclist. Jesson became the first New Zealander to win a stage at a grand tour when he won Stage 10 of the 1980 Vuelta a España.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 January 1955 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team | |
| 1979–1981 | Splendor |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Jesson's first professional race for Splendor was the 1979 Tour de France. This occurred because his team did not have enough riders to start.[2]
In the prologue of the 1980 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Jesson hit a parked car resulting in a serious crash. He was admitted to hospital where he was unconscious for a week and had his leg amputated below the knee.[1] Although the injury ended his professional racing career he did go on to win medals at the Paralympics[3]
Major results edit
- 1976
- 1st
Overall Tour of Southland - 1st Overall Ster Van Henegouwen
- 1st Stage 7
- 1977
- 2nd Overall Tour of Southland
- 1978
- 1st Overall Tour of Southland
- 2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 2nd Overall Tour de Liège
- 1979
- 4th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
- 1980
- 1st Stage 10 Vuelta a España
- 2nd Ronde de Montauroux
- 3rd Nokere Koerse
- 1998
- 1st
4000m Paralympic Pursuit World Championship[7] - 1st 18km Time trial Paralympic World Championship
- 2004
- 3rd
Summer Paralympics Road race/Time trial
Grand Tour results edit
| Grand Tour | 1979 | 1980 |
|---|---|---|
 Vuelta a España
|
– | 29 |
 Giro d'Italia
|
– | – |
| Tour de France
|
DNF | – |
References edit
- ^ a b "'Oh, THAT Tour': The Paul Jesson Story". pezcycling. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Paul Jesson". cyclingarchives. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Paralympics: NZ team head for Athens". nzherald. 31 August 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Paul Jesson". procyclingstats. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Paul Jesson". firstcycling. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Paul Jesson". cyclingarchives. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Road cycling not a sport for the faint-hearted, as former Kiwi star recalls". stuff.co.nz. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links edit
- Paul Jesson at Cycling Archives
- Paul Jesson at ProCyclingStats
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