Adrien Costa

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Adrien Costa Road cycling
Adrien Costa (2016)
Adrien Costa (2016)
To person
Date of birth August 19, 1997
nation United StatesUnited States United States
discipline Street
End of career 2017
Most important successes
UCI Road World Championships for Juniors
2015 silver - individual time trial
2014 silver - individual time trial
Last updated: May 29, 2018

Adrien Costa (born August 19, 1997 in Stanford , California ) is a retired American cyclist.

Athletic career

In 2013, Adrien Costa was a two-time US champion in the individual time trial and road race . In 2014 and 2015 he was runner-up in the individual time trial.

In 2016, at the age of 18, Costa became the first American in its 50-year history to win the Tour de Bretagne Cycliste elite race . At the end of 2017, Costa announced his retirement from competitive cycling due to motivation problems. After the fatal accident of his teammate Chad Young in April 2017, he had not contested a race.

Study and accident

After finishing his cycling career, Adrien Costa began studying Outdoor Leadership and Tourism at Oregon State University .

On July 29, 2018, Costa had a mountaineering accident in Mono County ( California ). His right leg was pinched by a 4,000-pound rock. As a result, this leg had to be amputated above the knee. His former team Axeon Hagens Berman initiated a fundraising campaign for him. Three months after losing his leg, Costa was already on his bike with a prosthesis, and he is also climbing and skiing again .

successes

2013
  • MaillotEEUU.PNG American Champion (Youth) - road racing, individual time trial
2014
  • silver Road World Championships (Juniors) - Individual Time Trial
  • Overall standings and two stages Tour du Pays de Vaud (Juniors)
  • Tour de l'Abitibi (Juniors)
2015
  • silver Road World Championships (Juniors) - Individual Time Trial
  • Overall standings and two stages Tour du Pays de Vaud (Juniors)
  • Total and two stages Tour de l'Abitibi (Juniors)
  • one stage of Course de la Paix Junior (Juniors)
2016

Teams

Web links

Commons : Adrien Costa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Costa Makes History At Le Tour de Bretagne. In: PEZ Cycling News. May 2, 2016, accessed May 3, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Cycling News: Adrien Costa does not want to return to Axeon in 2018 -. In: cyclingnews.com. February 6, 2018, accessed May 29, 2018 .
  3. ^ Neal Rogers: American Adrien Costa loses right leg after climbing accident. In: CyclingTips. August 9, 2018, accessed August 10, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Former Hagens Berman Axeon rider Adrien Costa loses leg in climbing incident | VeloNews.com . In: VeloNews.com . August 8, 2018 ( velonews.com [accessed August 10, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Michael Behringer: Adrien Costa: leg amputation after a climbing accident - fundraising campaign started. In: velomotion.de. August 9, 2018, accessed August 10, 2018 .
  6. ↑ ByCycling News: Adrien Costa riding again less than three months after leg amputation. In: cyclingnews.com. October 23, 2018, accessed on May 28, 2020 .
  7. ↑ ByCyclingnews: Adrien Costa: I have to make the most of this second chance. In: cyclingnews.com. February 12, 2019, accessed on May 28, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Costa, Adrien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Stanford , California