Steven Cozza

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Steven Cozza
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Personal information
Born (1985-03-03) March 3, 1985 (age 38)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeTime Trials, Climbing, Stage races, Classics
Amateur teams
2006Yawadoo-Colba-ABM
2006 TIAA–CREF
Professional teams
2007–2010 Slipstream–Chipotle
2011–2012 Team NetApp
Major wins
2007 Vuelta a Chichuahua, 1st team overall, 1st stage 6, 2nd stage 2
2007 Tour of Missouri, 1st best young rider, 1st team overall

Steven Cozza (born March 3, 1985) is a professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for Team NetApp.

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Cozza helped his father co-found the Boy Scouts equality advocacy group Scouting for All 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. [1] [2]

Cozza broke his left collar bone in his first race of 2010 on stage 2 of the Tour of Qatar, 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. [3] [4] [5] As of July 2012 he is a Realtor for Frank Howard Allen in Petaluma, California. [6]

Palmares

Amateur

2003

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, 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, 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, 10th, prologue
  • Monte Paschi Eroica, 16th
  • Vuelta a Castilla y Leon, 19th
  • World Road Championships, 23rd

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References

  1. Guthmann, Edward (June 18, 2001). "Badge of 'Honor' / Documentary captures story of Steven Cozza, who at age 12 took on the Boy Scouts' anti-gay policy". San Francisco Chronicle .
  2. Najafi, Yusef (November 7, 2003). "Gay rights advocate grows up". ScoutingforAll.org. Scouting for All. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
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  6. Steven Cozza (July 19, 2012). "Boy Scouts Are Ashamed of This Ban". New York Times.