 Dessel at the 2011 Tour de l'Ain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1974-11-29) 29 November 1974 (age 50) 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 |
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.
In 2006, he won the Tour Méditerranéen on the UCI Europe Tour. 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; he eventually finished sixth. 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.
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
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
| 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
- 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 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
- 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 (archive)
- 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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