Sylvain Chavanel'' Procycling'', UK, November 2008 (born 30 June 1979) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2018 for the , , and two spells with the / team. His brother

Sébastien Chavanel Sébastien Chavanel (born 21 March 1981 in Châtellerault) is a retired French professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTeam . He is a younger brother, by just under 2 years, to fellow professional cyclist Sylvain Chavanel. Aft ...

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.

Background

Chavanel was born in Châtellerault, France, although his family roots are in

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. His great-grandparents were from Huesca, in the

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region. His grandfather was born in

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and moved to Châtellerault during the

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. Other members of the family still live in Aragon. He said: "Last year

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when the Vuelta was in

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, I got to know the cousin of mine using a journalist as the translator and she gave me a picture of my grandfather when he was young. Despite my origins, I hardly know a word of Spanish – just swear words". As a child he played in the garden with models of racing cyclists. He said: :We've got quite a big family and we're all into cycling. I remember playing out in the garden with my three brothers and sister with little figures that we gave names to. I was usually

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, then later I went on to be

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then eventually Laurent Jalabert. I remember LeMond's accent. I liked the way he spoke French. I just thought he was a nice guy and I liked his style of riding.'' Procycling'', UK, February 2003 Chavanel began cycling at Châtellerault school when he was eight. He gave up to try football, then went back. :I started cycling again at 12 and from then on I improved every year. I was a fragile little thing, immature physically. I used to finish races halfway down the girls' field and at the back of the boys'. Everything changed the day that I beat my elder brother, Frédéric, in the cadet category, although he was better than me at the time.

Racing career

He began racing when he was 13. He won 29 races on the road as a schoolboy and a junior. He won the national junior

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championship in 1997. His uncle, Philippe Raby, a former rider in the

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region, recommended him to Jean-René Bernaudeau who was building a professional team based there. Bernardeau saw Chavanel race for the first time at Montreveau, in

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, when he was racing against riders from Bernardeau's ''Vendée U'' junior team.

Bonjour (2000–2004)

Bernardeau and Chavanel agreed that Chavanel would spend another year with his club, AC Châtellerault, which had spent time and money on his training. Bernardeau's assistant, Thierry Bricau, was given the job of providing Chavanel with a training programme. Chavanel rode the

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in 1999 and then in 2000, aged 21, he turned professional for Bernardeau's ''Bonjour'' team, sponsored by a chain of local newspapers. He won the first stage of the Circuit Franco-Belge and lost his leader's jersey only on the last day. He also won the climbers' jersey in the Tour de l'Avenir by breaking clear in the

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and rode alone at the front of

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. Bernardeau said: :Sylvain has some of the faults I had as a young rider. He's always working at the front of the race – you have to rein him in for his own good. At his age, life is beautiful and risks are there to be taken. But he's acquiring self-knowledge and his days of gratuitous long-range sorties and suicide attacks are coming to an end. Chavanel rode his first Tour de France at 22, finishing 65th, later coming third in the Tour de l'Avenir behind

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and Florent Brard. In 2002 he won the

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and finished third in the

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. He later won both of those races in 2005.

Cofidis (2005–2008)

On 25 July 2008 Chavanel won the 19th stage of the

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by outsprinting Jérémy Roy at

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. That and other performances brought him election as the most combative rider of the race. On 3 September 2008, he came second in the

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stage of the

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. His ride brought him to second place overall, two seconds slower than the American, Levi Leipheimer. His team worked for him next day from Ciudad Real to

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to make sure he won time bonuses offered along the route. The six seconds he collected were enough to give him the leader's jersey on 4 September.

Quick Step (2009–2013)

Chavanel said in 2007 that he had had offers from foreign teams but was discouraged from joining them because he was unsure of his pension payments outside France. In July 2008 he said he had agreed with Patrick Lefevere the

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to join the team in Belgium for 2009. Chavanel said he made his decision to move after riding well in classic races in Belgium at the start of the year.Chavanel part chez Quick Step, L'Équipe, France, 27 July 2008 He won Dwars door Vlaanderen and the Brabantse Pijl. He said: :I had other options as well. Professionally, it's an experience that can only do me good. I had the chance to sign for three years with ''AG2R-La Mondiale'' but I had the feeling that I wasn't going to develop enough. I have always raced in France and, in my heart, some experience abroad has excited me for some time. I therefore decided to take the step and Patrick Lefévère's advances completely persuaded me. During the 2010 Tour de France, Chavanel took over the

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after attacking at the mark on stage 2. Following a series of crashes affecting the General Classification contenders on the descent into

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, the race was neutralized for every rider except Chavanel, who was the lone escapee at that time. He capitalized on that, opening up enough of a gap to win the stage and capture the yellow jersey from

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(). The following stage was not so good for Chavanel as two punctures on the cobbled roads meant

re-took the yellow jersey, however on the Tour's first mountain stage from

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Chavanel bridged the gap to an early breakaway and rode away to take a famous win and inherit the yellow jersey for the second time. In the

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Chavanel held the red leader's jersey for four stages. On stage three, as part of a breakaway, he finished second behind Pablo Lastras which left him second in general classification, 20 seconds behind Lastras. However, on the next stage Chavanel finished just 57 seconds behind the stage winner while Lastras lost over 18 minutes, thereby making Chavanel the overall leader of the Vuelta. He held this jersey until stage 8 where it was taken by Joaquim Rodríguez. Sylvain Chavanel, London 2012 Time Trial - Aug 2012

Sylvain Chavanel, London 2012 Time Trial - Aug 2012

In 2012, Chavanel won the Three Days of De Panne and won the French National Time Trial Championships for the fourth time. In 2013, after strong appearances in the Tour de San Luis and the Volta ao Algarve, Chavanel won stage six of

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, taking the points classification at the race. Chavanel also won the overall classification at the Three Days of De Panne for the second year in a row, winning the final time trial stage. After five years with the team, Chavanel left the squad at the end of the 2013 season, and joined for the 2014 season.

IAM (2014–2015)

After winning the National Time trial title, Chavanel went on to win the 2014

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thanks to a great performance in the stage 4 time trial. A couple of days later, Chavanel topped a very successful week as he prevailed in the World Tour race

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by winning the sprint out of a small group ahead of Arthur Vichot. In 2015 he also accomplished the impressive feat of starting and finishing each

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Direct Énergie (2016–2018)

In September 2015 announced that Chavanel would join them for the 2016 season. In 2018, Chavanel participated in the

for the 18th time to take the record outright from

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and Jens Voigt for the most

participations and was given the most combative rider award for the second stage. On 26 July 2018, Chavanel finished Stage 18 of the race to break the record for most number of stages completed - overtaking Joop Zoetemelk's 365. Three days later, he tied Zoetemelk's record of finishing the Tour de France 16 times and set the new record stages completed number at 369. On the last day of the race, 29 July, he announced he would retire after

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on 6 October 2018. He extended his career to the following week's Chrono des Nations before retiring.

Nickname

Chavanel was known as Chava, Mimosa or Mimo, after a French film character he imitated. In the Dutch-speaking Belgian media, he was nicknamed 'La Machine' for his outstanding stamina and determination.

Major results

;1999 : 7th Overall Circuit des Mines ;2000 : 1st Mountains classification

: 3rd Overall

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::1st Stage 1 : 6th Overall Tour de l'Ain : 6th Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts : 8th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers ;2001 : 2nd Châteauroux Classic : 3rd Overall

: 3rd

Polynormande The Polynormande is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in the region of Normandy, France. Between 1980 and 2002 it was a criterium. Since 2003, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, also being part of ...

: 4th Overall Tour de l'Ain : 6th Overall

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: 7th Overall

: 9th Le Samyn ;2002 : 1st Jersey pink

Overall

: 1st Trophée des Grimpeurs : 2nd Overall

: 3rd Overall

: 3rd Châteauroux Classic : 9th Overall Danmark Rundt ;2003 : 1st Tour du Haut Var : 2nd Overall

: 2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan : 3rd Overall

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: 5th Overall

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: 5th Overall

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::1st Stage 3b (

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) : 5th Paris–Bourges : 9th Overall

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: 9th

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;2004 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

: 1st

Overall

: 1st

::1st Stages 3 & 4 (

) : 5th

Paris–Camembert Paris–Camembert (also Paris–Camembert Trophée Lepetit or Paris–Camembert Lepetit) is a semi classic held annually in April. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The route of the race has varied over t ...

: 5th Trophée des Grimpeurs : 6th

Grand Prix de Fourmies The Grand Prix de Fourmies is a bicycle race held in the Fourmies commune of France. Since 2005 it has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which wer ...

: 9th Overall

: 10th Overall

;2005 : 1st MaillotFra

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, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 5 : 1st Jersey white

Overall

: 1st Duo Normand (with

Thierry Marichal Thierry Marichal (born 13 June 1973 in Leuze-en-Hainaut) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. Major results * Duo Normand (2005-with Sylvain Chavanel) * Bayern-Rundfahrt – 1 stage (2000) * Circuit Franco-Belge – 1 stage (2 ...

) : 9th Overall Tour de Pologne ;2006 : 1st MaillotFra

, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey white

Overall

: 7th Overall

: 7th Paris–Bourges : 8th

Gran Premio di Lugano The Gran Premio di Lugano ( en, Grand Prix of Lugano) is a road bicycle race held annually in Lugano, Switzerland. Prior to 1981 it was held as an individual time trial but in recent years it has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe ...

;2007 : 3rd Trophée des Grimpeurs : 4th Overall

: 9th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan : 10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ;2008 : 1st MaillotFra

, National Road Championships : 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen : 1st Brabantse Pijl :

::1st Stage 19 :: Jersey red number

Combativity award Stages 2, 6 & 19 :: Jersey red number

Winner Super Combativity award : 1st Stage 5

: 1st Stage 4

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of t ...

: 2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve : 8th Overall

::1st Stage 6 : 10th

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;2009 : 2nd

, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall Eneco Tour ::1st Prologue : 2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve : 3rd Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 4th

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: 5th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen : 7th

Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional road bicycle racing, bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling m ...

: 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen : 9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne ;2010 :

::1st Stages 2 & 7 ::Held Jersey yellow

after Stages 2 & 7 ::Held Jersey green

after Stage 2 :: Jersey red number

Combativity award Stage 2 & Overall : 2nd

, National Road Championships : 7th Overall

Tour du Limousin Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle raci ...

;2011 : 1st MaillotFra

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, National Road Championships : 2nd

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: 4th Overall Three Days of De Panne :

::Held

after Stages 4–7 ;2012 : 1st Gold medal blank

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...

: 1st

, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey white

Overall Three Days of De Panne ::1st Stage 3b (

) : 2nd Overall Eneco Tour : 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen : 2nd Chrono des Nations : 8th Overall

: 8th Overall Tour de San Luis : 10th

;2013 : 1st Gold medal blank

: National Road Championships ::1st MaillotFra

::2nd

: 1st

Overall Three Days of De Panne ::1st Stage 3b (

) : 3rd Chrono des Nations : 4th Milan–San Remo : 4th Brabantse Pijl : 5th Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 6 : 6th Overall Eneco Tour ::1st Stage 5 (

) : 6th

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: 7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 8th

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It has a profile similar to the Ardennes classics The Ardennes classics a ...

;2014 : 1st MaillotFra

, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey white

Overall

::1st Stage 4 (

) : 1st GP Ouest–France : 1st Chrono des Nations : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall

: 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen : 7th Overall

: 7th Overall Tour of Britain ;2015 : 1st MaillotFra

Individual pursuit,

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: National Road Championships ::3rd

::3rd

: 9th Overall

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI P ...

;2016 :

2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup was a multi-race series over a track cycling season. It was the 25th edition of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by the UCI. The series ran from 4 November 2016 to 26 February 2017 and consiste ...

, Glasgow ::1st gold medal blank

Individual pursuit ::2nd silver medal blank

Team pursuit : 1st European champion jersey 2016

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UEC European Track Championships The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC ...

: 1st

Individual pursuit,

: 1st

Overall

::1st Stage 4 (

) : 4th Overall Étoile de Bessèges ::1st Stage 3 : 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne ;2017 : 4th

, National Road Championships : 4th Overall Three Days of De Panne : 5th Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges : 9th

: 9th

: 10th Chrono des Nations : Jersey red number

Combativity award Stage 16

;2018 : 2nd Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine : 4th Overall Étoile de Bessèges : 4th Overall Tour La Provence : 5th

Cholet-Pays de Loire Grand Prix Cholet-Pays de la Loire is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in March in Cholet, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle rac ...

: 5th Chrono des Nations : 6th La Roue Tourangelle : 6th

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Combativity award Stage 2

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

References

External links

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