Laurence Pithie

Laurence Pithie (born 17 July 2002) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam.

Pithie attended Christchurch Boys' High School from 2016 to 2020.

Career
As a 17-year-old Pithie won two gold medals at the UCI Junior World Championships in the Madison and Omnium. In 2019 Pithie won the national criterium champs allowing him to wear the national jersey in all criteriums for that year. Pithie started the 2021 season off with top 10's in the sprint stages at the New Zealand Cycle Classic. Then fourth in Slovenia after leading out teammate Marijn van den Berg to victory. He finally nabbed a podium in the Circuit de Wallonie behind winner Christophe Laporte. He held his form to the Tour de la Mirabelle where a second place in the reduced bunch finish of Stage 2 brought him to seventh overall. Pithie's greatest accomplishment came at the Baltic Chain Tour where he finished 2nd in every stage which allowed him to win Overall.

Road

 * 2019
 * 1st Criterium, National Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial, Oceania Junior Championships


 * 2021
 * 1st Overall Baltic Chain Tour
 * 1st Points classification
 * 1st Youth classification
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) New Zealand Cycle Classic
 * 3rd Circuit de Wallonie
 * 4th GP Adria Mobil
 * 7th Overall Tour de la Mirabelle


 * 2022
 * National Championships
 * 1st Under-23 Road race
 * 2nd Under-23 Time trial
 * 3rd Road race
 * 1st Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies
 * 1st Stage 3 Tour de Normandie
 * 3rd Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
 * 1st Youth classification
 * 3rd Gran Premio Sportivi di Poggiana
 * 8th Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
 * 10th Paris–Troyes


 * 2023 (1 pro win)
 * 1st Cholet-Pays de la Loire
 * 2nd Classic Loire Atlantique
 * 5th Hamburg Cyclassics
 * 5th Circuit de Wallonie
 * 5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
 * 8th Nokere Koerse


 * 2024 (1)
 * 1st Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
 * National Championships
 * 3rd Road race
 * 3rd Time trial
 * 5th Surf Coast Classic
 * 7th Paris–Roubaix
 * 8th Le Samyn

Track

 * 2019
 * UCI World Junior Championships
 * 1st Omnium
 * 1st Madison (with Kiaan Watts)
 * National Junior Championships
 * 1st Omnium
 * 3rd Team pursuit
 * 3rd Kiko
 * 1st Individual pursuit, Oceania Junior Championships


 * 2020
 * National Championships
 * 1st Team pursuit
 * 1st Madison (with Thomas Sexton)