Sylvain Calzati

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Sylvain Calzati
Personal information
Full name Sylvain Calzati
Date of birth July 1, 1979 (age 27)
Country France
Team information
Current team Ag2r Prévoyance
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2003
2004
2004
2005-
Team Barloworld
Saint-Quentin Oktos
RAGT Semences MG Rover
Ag2r Prévoyance
Major wins
2004 Tour de l'Avenir
2006 Tour de France, 1 stage win
Infobox last updated on:
January 12, 2007

Sylvain Calzati is a French road bicycle racer born on July 1, 1979 in Lyon. He turned professional during the year 2003 with Team Barloworld, but is currently a member of Ag2r Prévoyance riding the UCI ProTour circuit. His biggest success is winning the 8th Stage in the 2006 Tour de France. He also won the Tour de l'Avenir in 2004. He currently lives in Genay with his wife Aurélia and daughter Emma.

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[edit] Career Highlights

[edit] 2003

  • 24th in French Road Championships

[edit] 2004

  • 2nd in the 4th stage of the Star of Bessèges.
  • 2nd overall in the Star of Bessèges.
  • 71st overall in the Tour de France.
  • Winner of the Tour de l'Avenir.

[edit] 2005

  • 4th overall in the Route du sud
  • 9th in French Road Championships
  • 9th in French Time-Trial Championships

[edit] 2006

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Riders on AG2R Prévoyance

José Luis Arrieta | Sylvain Calzati | Philip Deignan | Cyril Dessel | Renaud Dion | Samuel Dumoulin | Hubert Dupont | Martin Elmiger | John Gadret | Simon Gerrans | Stéphane Goubert | Yuriy Krivtsov | Julien Loubet | Rene Mandri | Laurent Mangel | Lloyd Mondory | Christophe Moreau | Carl Naibo | David Navas | Jean-Patrick Nazon | Rinaldo Nocentini | Stéphane Poulhies | Christophe Riblon | Nicolas Rousseau | Blaise Sonnery | Ludovic Turpin |  Alexandre Usov

Manager
Vincent Lavenu