Rafaâ Chtioui
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| Full name | Rafaa Chtioui | ||||||||||||
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26 January 1986 Tunisia | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Current team | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
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| 2008–2009 | Doha Team | ||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Acqua & Sapone | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | Team Europcar | ||||||||||||
| 2014– | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling | ||||||||||||
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Rafaâ Chtioui (born 26 January 1986 in Tunisia) is a Tunisian road bicycle racer who rides for UCI Continental team Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling.[1]
As a junior in 2004, Chtioui came second in the junior road race world championships. He was beaten by Roman Kreuziger in a two-man sprint after Chtioui established a breakaway on the final descent of the race.[2]
Chtioui represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Road Race, ultimately finishing in 87th place.[3]
From 2014, Chtioui competed for UCI Continental squad Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling. That year he won a stage and the overall victory at the Jelajah Malaysia, as well as winning the Tunisian national road race championships. In 2015, he won his biggest victories to date by winning the general classification as well as the first and second stages of the La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, a UCI 2.1-ranked race.[4]
Palmares
- 2005
- 2nd, African Time Trial Championships
- 2007
- 1st, Arab Time Trial Championship
- 1st, Pan Arab Games Time Trial
- 2009
- 1st, Arab Time Trial Championship
- 2010
- Tunisian Road Race Champion
- 2011
- 1st, Pan Arab Games Time Trial
- 2013
- Challenge du Prince
- 1st Trophée de l'Anniversaire
- 2nd Trophée Princier
- 1st National Road Race Championships
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 2014
- 1st, GC & Stage 1, Jelajah Malaysia
- 1st Tunisian National Road Race Championships
- 2015
- 1st overall
, La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st, Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Tunisian National Road Race Championships
- 1st Tunisian National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Stage 2, Tour of Japan
- 1st Stage 4, Tour of Taihu Lake[5]
References
- ↑ "Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ↑ Maloney, Tim; Jones, Jeff (2 October 2004). "Kreuziger cruises to Verona Victory". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ "Olympic Games Road Race 2008". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ↑ "Rafaâ Chtioui". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ↑ Quénet, Jean-François (3 November 2015). "Taihu Lake: Chtioui handed stage 4 win after Zhao penalised". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 November 2015.