Cyril Dessel
Cyril Dessel (born 29 November 1974 in Rive-de-Gier, Loire) is a former French professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2000 to 2011.[1]
 Dessel at the 2011 Tour de l'Ain | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 29 November 1974 Rive-de-Gier, France |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Team information | |
| 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
Major results
- 2002
- 3rd, Grand Prix d'Ouverture
- 2003
- 9th, Overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 2004
- 2nd,
National road championship - 8th, Overall, Ronde van Nederland
- 11th, Overall, Tour Méditerranéen
- 2005
- 13th, Overall, Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2006
- 6th, Overall, Tour de France
Leader after Stage 10 (1 day)
Mountains leader after Stage 10 (1 day)- 2nd, Stage 10
- 1st, Overall, Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st, Stage 4
- 1st, Overall, Tour de l'Ain
- 1st, Stage 1
- 1st, Points
- 18th, Overall, Paris–Nice
- 2008
- 9th, Overall, Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st, Stage 5
- 1st, Stage 3, Volta a Catalunya
- 1st, Stage 16, Tour de France
- 6th, Overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st, Stage 4
References
- Westemeyer, Susan (14 September 2011). "Cyril Dessel retires after 11 years in the peloton". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- "Tour de France 2006". Archived from the original on 2006-07-15. Retrieved 2006-07-13.
- "Tour de France 2006". Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-07-24.
- 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 2016-12-04.
External links
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- Dessel's home page on the AG2R Prévoyance website
- Dessel's fan club at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-12-04)
- Cyril Dessel at Cycling Archives
- Cyril Dessel at CQ Ranking
- Cyril Dessel at ProCyclingStats
- Cyril Dessel at the International Olympic Committee
- Cyril Dessel at the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français (in French)
- Cyril Dessel at Olympedia
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