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Hichem Chaabane (Arabic: هشام شعبان; born 10 August 1988 in Blida) is an Algerian former professional road cyclist. He represented his nation Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Career

Riding for Team Konica Minolta–Bizhub, Chaabane qualified for the Algerian squad, as a 19-year-old, in the men's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving a berth and finishing fourth from stage four of Giro del Capo in Cape Town, South Africa. Passing through the 161.2-kilometre (100.2-mile)km mark, Chaabane could not achieve a best possible result with a severe fatigue under Beijing's intense heat and a lapped violation, as he failed to complete a grueling race against a vast field of nearly a hundred cyclists.

Chaabane signed an annual contract with MTN Cycling pro cycling team in 2009. On that same year, he and four other international cyclists were stabbed and injured on a house robbery in Potchefstroom, losing some cash, laptops, and five cellphones from their respective belongings. When MTN Cycling folded after the 2009 season, Chaabane was left with no contract, and ultimately decided to return to Algeria as a freelance agent. In 2010, Chaabane earned his first career title in road cycling for the under-23 division at the African Championships in Tunis, Tunisia.

When he joined with Vélo Club Sovac in 2012 under a bi-annual contract, Chaabane added two more titles for an elite level at the Tour de Blida and at the Algerian Road Championships in Mostaganem.

In April 2015, it was announced that Chaabane had tested positive for two undisclosed prohibited substances and was provisionally suspended from racing.

Major results

2007

5th Road race, UCI B World Championships

2008

4th Overall Giro del Capo

5th Road race, African Road Championships

2010

1st Road race, Arab Road Championships

National Road Championships

2nd Time trial

2nd Road race

2012

1st Road race, Arab Road Championships

1st Stage 4 Tour du Faso

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

African Road Championships

3rd Team time trial

7th Road race

4th Overall Kwita Izina Cycling Tour

5th Overall Tour d'Algérie

8th Overall Tour of Greece

9th Challenge Youssoufia, Challenge des phosphates

2013

National Road Championships

1st Road race

2nd Time trial

1st Overall Tour de Blida

1st Stage 3

2nd Team time trial, African Road Championships

5th Overall Tour de Wilaya de Tipaza

8th Circuit d'Alger

9th Overall Tour of Eritrea

10th Overall Tour d'Algérie

10th Overall Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)

10th Trophée de l'Anniversaire, Challenge du Prince

2014

2nd Grand Prix d'Oran

6th Overall Tour de Constantine

1st Mountains classification

7th Critérium International de Sétif

8th Circuit d'Alger

9th Overall Tour d'Algérie

1st Stage 5

9th Overall Tour de Blida

2015

1st Overall Tour d'Annaba

1st Mountains classification

1st Stage 4

1st Circuit de Constantine

1st Circuit d'Alger

Tour Internationale d'Oranie

1st Points classification

1st Stages 1 & 3

3rd Overall Tour de Blida

1st Stage 3

5th Team time trial, African Road Championships

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hichem Chaabane". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
2. "Hichem Chaâbane prend la 4e place" [Hichem Chaâbane takes fourth place] (in French). Le Soir d'Algérie. 9 March 2008. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
3. "Men's Road Race". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
4. "Olympic cyclist stabbed in robbery". Independent Online (South Africa). 2 June 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
5. "Cyclisme – Championnat arabe: Troisième place pour le cycliste algérien Hichem Chaabane" [Cycling – Arab Championships: Third place for Algerian cyclist Hichem Chaabane] (in French). Radio Algérienne. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
6. "Cyclisme Championnat d'Algérie, Hichem Chaâbane vainqueur" [Algerian Cycling Championships, Hichem Chaâbane is the winner] (in French). Algerie 360. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
7. Mourad Zemmouri (23 April 2015). "Hichem Chaâbane contrôlé positif". TSA (in French). Entrecom. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.

External links

• NBC 2008 Olympics profile
• Hichem Chaabane at ProCyclingStats
• Hichem Chaabane at Cycling Archives (archived)

• 1988 births
• Living people
• Algerian male cyclists
• Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Olympic cyclists for Algeria
• Sportspeople from Blida
• 21st-century Algerian sportsmen