Sylvain Chavanel

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**Sylvain Chavanel**
Personal information
Full name	Sylvain Chavanel
Date of birth	June 30, 1979 (age 27)
Country	France
Height	1.82 m
Weight	70 kg
Team information
Current team	Cofidis
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
2000-2004 2005-	Brioches La Boulangère Cofidis
Major wins
National Time-Trial Champion (2005, 2006) Four Days of Dunkirk (2002, 2004) Circuit de la Sarthe (2005)

Infobox last updated on:
January 11, 2007

Sylvain Chavanel (born on June 30, 1979) is a French professional road bicycle racer. He was born in Châtellerault and currently resides there. His brother Sebastien Chavanel is also a cyclist.

He started his professional career in 2000 with Jean-René Bernaudeau's team Bonjour, which then became Brioches La Boulangère in 2003. He is currently with Cofidis.

[edit] Race won

2006

Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
French time trial championship

2005

Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
Circuit Cycliste Sarthe et Pays de la Loire
Circuit Cycliste Sarthe et Pays de la Loire, stage 4
French time trial championship

2004

Tour of Belgium
4 Jours de Dunkerque
Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne, stage 3 and 4

2003

Tour du Haut Var
Circuit Cycliste Sarthe et Pays de la Loire, stage 4 time trial

2002

4 Jours de Dunkerque
Trophée des Grimpeurs

[edit] External links

Fan club

Riders on Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone
Stéphane Augé \| Frédéric Bessy \| Mickaël Buffaz \| Sylvain Chavanel \| Kevin De Weert \| Hervé Duclos-Lassalle \| Leonardo Duque \| Michiel Elijzen \| Tyler Farrar \| Bingen Fernandez \| Nicolas Hartmann \| Maryan Hary \| Mathieu Heijboer \| Frank Høj \| Yann Huguet \| Geoffroy Lequatre \| Sébastien Minard \| Amaël Moinard \| David Moncoutié \| Maxime Monfort \| Damien Monier \| Cristian Moreni \| Nick Nuyens \| Ivan Ramiro Parra \| Staf Scheirlinckx \| Christopher Sutton \| Tristan Valentin \| Rik Verbrugghe \| Bradley Wiggins \| Steve Zampieri
Manager
Eric Boyer