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Steven Cozza (born March 3, 1985) is a professional
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, who last rode for . Cozza helped his father co-found the
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equality advocacy group Scouting for All when he was 12 years old, and was the focus of ''
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'', a film that documented his time as a boy scout and his fight against the Boy Scouts of America's discriminatory policy against gays being allowed in the organization. Cozza broke his left collar bone in his first race of 2010 on stage 2 of the
Tour of Qatar The Tour of Qatar was an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the firs ...
, requiring surgery as it was the third time he had broken it. Cozza announced that he would be taking a break from professional cycling in February 2012, in order to fully recover from
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. he is a
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for Frank Howard Allen in
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Palmares


Amateur

;2003 * USA Junior National Time Trial Championship, 3rd * Le Tour De L'Abitibi, 3rd overall, 1st time trial * Keizer der Juniores, Overall, 3rd * Grand Prix of The Nations Time Trial (Juniors), 4th * Trophee Centre Morbihan, Overall, 4th


Professional

;2004 * U.S. National Time Trial Championship, 4th * Vlaanderens Tweedaagse der Gaverstreek, Time Trial, 3rd * Tour du Haut Anjou, Time Trial, 1st ;2005 * Steve Dunlap Memorial Time Trial, 1st * Tour De Nez, Stage 1, 1st * U.S. U-23 National Time Trial Championship, 1st * Tour De Nez, 6th Overall ;2006 * USA Cycling National Festival U-23 Time Trial Championship, 2nd * USA Cycling National Festival U-23 Road Race Championship, 3rd * Pescadero Road Race, 4th *
Tour of Utah The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, was an annual multi-day road cycling race; traversing the states of Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming.Stage 5, in the 2014 edition, started in Evanston, Wyoming. Stage 1, in the 2015 edition, looped through Bear Lake C ...
, Stage 6, 17th ;2007 * Driedaagse van West Vlaanderen, 7th overall, 2nd best young rider * Vuelta a Chihuahua, 1st team overall, 1st stage 6, 2nd stage 2 *
Tour of Missouri The Tour of Missouri was a professional road bicycle racing stage race in Missouri that started on September 11, 2007 with six days of racing. The organizers, who also run the Tour de Georgia and the Amgen Tour of California, billed it as the thir ...
, 1st best young rider, 1st team overall * Marin Double Century, 1st and new course record * USA Pro Time Trial Championships, 16th * Driedaagse van West Vlaanderen, 7th stage 1 ;2008 * Tour of Denmark, Stage 5 ITT, 8th * Vuelta Castilla y Leon, 7th prologue *
Tour of California The Tour of California (officially sponsored as the Amgen Tour of California) was an annual professional road cycling stage race on the UCI World Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour that ran from 2006 to 2019. It was the only event on the ...
, 10th, prologue * Monte Paschi Eroica, 16th * Vuelta a Castilla y Leon, 19th * World Road Championships, 23rd


References


External links

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Tour de France Website
1985 births Living people American male cyclists American expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{US-cycling-bio-1980s-stub