Sylvain Chavanel

Sylvain Chavanel
Chavanel in 2014
Personal information
Full nameSylvain Chavanel
NicknameChava,[1] Mimosa, La Machine
Born (1979-06-30) 30 June 1979 (age 45)
Châtellerault, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)[2]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur team
1999Vendée U
Professional teams
2000–2004Bonjour
2005–2008Cofidis
2009–2013Quick-Step
2014–2015IAM Cycling
2016–2018Direct Énergie[3]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Combativity award (2008, 2010)
3 individual stages (2008, 2010)

Stage races

Four Days of Dunkirk (2002, 2004)
Tour of Belgium (2004)
Three Days of De Panne (2012, 2013)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2011)
National Time Trial Championships (2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014)
GP Ouest–France (2014)
Brabantse Pijl (2008)
Dwars door Vlaanderen (2008)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Valkenburg Team time trial
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tuscany Team time trial
Men's track cycling
Representing  France
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Team pursuit

Sylvain Chavanel[4] (born 30 June 1979) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2018 for the Cofidis, Omega Pharma–Quick-Step, IAM Cycling and two spells with the Brioches La Boulangère/Direct Énergie team.[5] His brother Sébastien Chavanel also rode as a professional cyclist. Sylvain Chavanel was noted as a strong all-rounder who won both sprints and time-trials, and was a good northern classics rider, taking 45 wins during his professional career.[5]

  1. ^ "Sylvain Chavanel". Omega Pharma–Quick-Step. Decolef. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Sylvain Chavanel profile". Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  3. ^ Bonamy, Raphaël (1 September 2017). "Direct Énergie: le point sur l'effectif 2018" [Direct Énergie: Roster Update 2018]. Ouest-France (in French). Groupe Ouest-France. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  4. ^ Procycling, UK, November 2008
  5. ^ a b Bacon, Ellis (16 October 2018). "Sylvain Chavanel: Looking back on 19 years as a pro – Gallery". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.