Cyril Dessel
 Dessel at the 2011 Tour de l'Ain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Cyril Dessel |
| Born |
29 November 1974 Rive-de-Gier, France |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Retired |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 1999 | Casino-Ag2r Prévoyance (trainee) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2000–2002 | Jean Delatour |
| 2003–2004 | Phonak |
| 2005–2011 | AG2R Prévoyance |
|
Infobox last updated on 12 December 2012 | |
Cyril Dessel (born 29 November 1974 in Rive-de-Gier, Loire) is a former French professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2000 to 2011.[1]
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.
Major achievements
- 2002
- 3rd, Grand Prix d'Ouverture
- 2003
- 9th, Overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 2004
- 2nd,
National road championship - 8th, Overall, Ronde van Nederland
- 11th, Overall, Tour Méditerranéen
- 2005
- 13th, Overall, Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2006
- 6th, Overall, Tour de France
-
Leader after Stage 10 (1 day) -
Mountains leader after Stage 10 (1 day) - 2nd, Stage 10
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- 1st, Overall, Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st, Stage 4
- 1st, Overall, Tour de l'Ain
- 1st, Stage 1
- 1st, Points
- 18th, Overall, Paris–Nice
- 2008
- 9th, Overall, Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st, Stage 5
- 1st, Stage 3, Volta a Catalunya
- 1st, Stage 16, Tour de France
- 6th, Overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st, Stage 4
Grand Tour General Classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 99 |
| Tour |
113 | - | - | - | 6 | WD | 28 | WD | - | - |
 Vuelta |
99 | WD | - | - | WD | - | - | - | - | 60 |
WD=Withdrew
References
- ↑ Westemeyer, Susan (14 September 2011). "Cyril Dessel retires after 11 years in the peloton". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑
- ↑ Tour de France 2006
- ↑ Tour de France 2006
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