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Cyril Dessel

Cyril Dessel

French cyclist

Cyril Dessel (born 29 November 1974 in Rive-de-Gier, Loire) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2000 to 2011.[1]

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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.

Dessel competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[5]

Career achievements

Major results

2002
3rd Grand Prix d'Ouverture
2003
9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
2004
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
8th Overall Ronde van Nederland
2006
6th Overall Tour de France
Held after Stage 10
Held after Stage 10
2nd Stage 10
1st Overall, Tour Méditerranéen
1st Stage 4
1st Overall Tour de l'Ain
1st Stage 1
1st Points classification
2008
1st Stage 3 Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 16 Tour de France
6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 4
9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Stage 5

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

More information Grand Tour, Giro d'Italia ...

DNF=Did not finish

References

  1. [1]
    Westemeyer, Susan (14 September 2011). "Cyril Dessel retires after 11 years in the peloton". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. [2]
    Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    "Tour de France 2006". Archived from the original on 15 July 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2006.
  4. [4]
    "Tour de France 2006". Archived from the original on 8 November 2006. Retrieved 24 July 2006.
  5. [5]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cyril Dessel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
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