Cyril Dessel

Cyril Dessel
	Dessel at the 2011 Tour de l'Ain
Personal information
Born	29 November 1974 (age 49); 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
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Professional teams
2000–2002	Jean Delatour
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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.

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,

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

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 d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	99
Tour de France	113	—	—	—	6	DNF	28	DNF	—	—
Vuelta a España	99	DNF	—	—	DNF	—	—	—	—	60

DNF=Did not finish

References

^ Westemeyer, Susan (14 September 2011). "Cyril Dessel retires after 11 years in the peloton". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
^ [1] Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Tour de France 2006". Archived from the original on 2006-07-15. Retrieved 2006-07-13.
^ "Tour de France 2006". Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-07-24.
^ 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 2016-12-04.

External links

Dessel's home page on the AG2R Prévoyance website
Dessel's fan club at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-12-04)
Cyril Dessel at Cycling Archives
Cyril Dessel at CQ Ranking
Cyril Dessel at ProCyclingStats
Cyril Dessel at Olympics.com
Cyril Dessel at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
Cyril Dessel at Olympedia

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[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] [1] Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Tour de France 2006". Archived from the original on 2006-07-15. Retrieved 2006-07-13.

[4] "Tour de France 2006". Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2006-07-24.

[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 2016-12-04.

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