Steven Cozza (born March 3, 1985) is a professional
road bicycle racer
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, who last rode for .
Cozza helped his father co-found the
Boy Scouts
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equality advocacy group
Scouting for All
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when he was 12 years old, and was the focus of ''
Scout's Honor'', 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
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, 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
colitis
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. he is a
Realtor
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for Frank Howard Allen in
Petaluma, California
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Petaluma's name comes from the Miwok village na ...
.
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
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, Stage 6, 17th
;2007
* Driedaagse van West Vlaanderen, 7th overall, 2nd best young rider
*
Vuelta a Chihuahua
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, 1st team overall, 1st stage 6, 2nd stage 2
*
Tour of Missouri
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, 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 t ...
, 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
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