Cyril Dessel (born 29 November 1974 in Rive-de-Gier, Loire) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2000 to 2011.[1]
 Dessel at the 2011 Tour de l'Ain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 November 1974 Rive-de-Gier, France |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Retired |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team | |
| 1999 | Casino–Ag2r Prévoyance (trainee) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2000–2002 | Jean Delatour |
| 2003–2004 | Phonak |
| 2005–2011 | AG2R Prévoyance |
In 2006, he won the Tour Méditerranéen on the UCI Europe Tour.[2] Then in the 2006 Tour de France, he finished second in the tenth stage, taking the leader's yellow jersey for a day and the lead in the King of the Mountains competition;[3] he eventually finished sixth.[4] In 2008, he won the 16th stage of the Tour after being in a chase group most of the day, beating David Arroyo, Yaroslav Popovych and Sandy Casar.
Dessel competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[5]
Career achievements
editMajor results
edit- 2002
- 3rd Grand Prix d'Ouverture
- 2003
- 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 2004
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 2006
- 6th Overall Tour de France
- Held
after Stage 10 - Held
after Stage 10 - 2nd Stage 10
- Held
- 1st Overall, Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Points classification
- 2008
- 1st Stage 3 Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 16 Tour de France
- 6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stage 4
- 9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 5
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 99 |
| Tour de France
|
113 | — | — | — | 6 | DNF | 28 | DNF | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
99 | DNF | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | 60 |
DNF=Did not finish
References
edit- ^ Westemeyer, Susan (14 September 2011). "Cyril Dessel retires after 11 years in the peloton". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ [1] Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tour de France 2006". Archived from the original on 15 July 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2006.
- ^ "Tour de France 2006". Archived from the original on 8 November 2006. Retrieved 24 July 2006.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cyril Dessel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
edit
- Dessel's home page on the AG2R Prévoyance website at the Wayback Machine (archived 31 August 2008)
- Dessel's fan club at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 December 2006)
- Cyril Dessel at UCI
- Cyril Dessel at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Cyril Dessel at CQ Ranking
- Cyril Dessel at ProCyclingStats
- Cyril Dessel at Olympedia
- Cyril Dessel at Olympics.com
- Cyril Dessel at Olympic.org (archived)
- Cyril Dessel at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
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