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Paul Jesson (born 14 January 1955) is a retired New Zealand professional racing cyclist. Jesson became the first New Zealander to win a stage at a grand tour when he won Stage 10 of the 1980 Vuelta a España.

Jesson's first professional race for Splendor was the 1979 Tour de France. This occurred because his team did not have enough riders to start.

In the prologue of the 1980 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Jesson hit a parked car resulting in a serious crash. He was admitted to hospital where he was unconscious for a week and had his leg amputated below the knee. Although the injury ended his professional racing career he did go on to win medals at the Paralympics

Major results

Sources:

1976

1st Overall Tour of Southland

1st Overall Ster Van Henegouwen

1st Stage 7

1977

2nd Overall Tour of Southland

1978

1st Overall Tour of Southland

2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie

2nd Overall Tour de Liège

1979

4th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden

1980

1st Stage 10 Vuelta a España

2nd Ronde de Montauroux [fr]

3rd Nokere Koerse

1998

1st 4000m Paralympic Pursuit World Championship

1st 18km Time trial Paralympic World Championship

2004

3rd Summer Paralympics Road race/Time trial

Grand Tour results

Grand Tour	1979	1980
Vuelta a España	–	29
Giro d'Italia	–	–
Tour de France	DNF	–

References

1. ^ "'Oh, THAT Tour': The Paul Jesson Story". pezcycling. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
2. "Paul Jesson". cyclingarchives. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
3. "Paralympics: NZ team head for Athens". nzherald. 31 August 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
4. "Paul Jesson". procyclingstats. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
5. "Paul Jesson". firstcycling. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
6. "Paul Jesson". cyclingarchives. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
7. "Road cycling not a sport for the faint-hearted, as former Kiwi star recalls". stuff.co.nz. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

External links

• Paul Jesson at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Paul Jesson at ProCyclingStats

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