Cyril Dessel

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Cyril Dessel
Cyril Dessel TA 2011.jpg
Dessel at the 2011 Tour de l'Ain
Personal information
Born (1974-11-29) 29 November 1974 (age 48)
Rive-de-Gier, France
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRetired
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
1999 Casino–Ag2r Prévoyance (trainee)
Professional teams
2000–2002 Jean Delatour
2003–2004 Phonak
2005–2011 AG2R Prévoyance

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]

Contents

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 Road race, National Road Championships
8th Overall Ronde van Nederland
2006
6th Overall Tour de France
Held Jersey yellow.svg after Stage 10
Held Jersey polkadot.svg after Stage 10
2nd Stage 10
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

Grand Tour 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia — — — — — — — — — 99
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 113 — — — 6 DNF 28 DNF — —
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 99 DNF — — DNF — — — — 60

DNF=Did not finish

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References

  1. ↑ Westemeyer, Susan (14 September 2011). "Cyril Dessel retires after 11 years in the peloton". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Tour de France 2006". Archived from the original on 15 July 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2006.
  4. ↑ "Tour de France 2006". Archived from the original on 8 November 2006. Retrieved 24 July 2006.
  5. ↑ 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.



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