Silvan Dillier (born 3 August 1990) is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for

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Career

Amateur career

Dillier was born in

Baden, Switzerland Baden (German language, German for "Thermal bath, baths"), sometimes unofficially, to distinguish it from Baden (disambiguation), other Badens, called Baden bei Zürich ("Baden near Zürich") or Baden im Aargau ("Baden in the Aargau"), is a town ...

. In 2008, he was the Swiss national junior time trial champion, Under-23 road champion in 2009, and Under-23 time trial champion in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, he won a stage at the

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir () is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Felice Gimondi, Joo ...

. In the

2013 Tour of Alberta The 2013 Tour of Alberta is the inaugural edition of the Tour of Alberta stage race. The inaugural event is included on the UCI America Tour, with a UCI classification of UCI race classifications, 2.1. As such, the race was only open to teams on th ...

, he won stage 2 while riding with as a stagiaire. This prompted BMC to sign him to a contract for the 2014 cycling season.

BMC Racing Team (2014–17)

He was named in the startlist for the

2016 Vuelta a España The 2016 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 20 August and 11 September 2016. The race was the 71st edition of the Vuelta a España and the final Grand Tour of the ...

. Dillier rode in the

2017 Giro d'Italia The 2017 Giro d'Italia was the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The race started on 5 May in Alghero on the island of Sardinia, and ended on 28 May in Milan. The race was won by Tom Dumoulin, who became the ...

. and won Stage 6 in a two-man sprint against

Jasper Stuyven Jasper Stuyven (born 17 April 1992) is a Belgian professional bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is considered to be a Classic cycle races, classics specialist, and has won several major races including the ...

() after the pair had been part of a five-man breakaway that rode clear of the peloton for almost all of the stage. In June 2017, Dillier won his first stage race, the

Route du Sud The Route d'Occitanie is a road bicycle race with 4 stages held annually in Southern France. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually held a week before the Tour de France ...

AG2R La Mondiale (2018–20)

Dillier joined for the 2018 season to bolster the team's classics squad, but he suffered a broken thumb at

Strade Bianche The Strade Bianche (; ) is a road bicycle race in Tuscany, Central Italy, starting and finishing in Siena. First held in 2007, it is raced annually on the first or second Saturday of March. The name stems from the historic white gravel roads in ...

. He returned to racing in April 2018 and won his comeback race,

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. At

Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional 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 monument, Monuments' ...

, Dillier was part of a nine-man early breakaway that escaped from the peloton after an hour of racing, and was leading with

Jelle Wallays Jelle Wallays (born 11 May 1989) is a Belgian former road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2011 to 2023. Career Jelle Wallays is the brother and nephew of racing cyclists Jens Wallays and Luc Wallays. He was coached by his uncle ...

(), until the pair were caught by world champion

Peter Sagan Peter Sagan (; born 26 January 1990) is a Slovak former professional cyclist who competed in road bicycle racing and mountain bicycle racing. Sagan had a successful junior cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing career, winning the junior cross-c ...

(), who had attacked from the group of favourites with around remaining. Dillier was able to stay and work with Sagan all the way to the finish at

Roubaix Velodrome The Roubaix Velodrome (officially Vélodrome André-Pétrieux) is a velodrome in Roubaix, Nord, France. It was opened in 1936 and has hosted the finish of the one-day " monument classic" cycling race Paris–Roubaix since 1943, and the Paris–Ro ...

, where Sagan won the two-up sprint finish. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

Alpecin–Fenix (2021–)

In November 2020, Dillier signed a one-year contract with the team, for the 2021 season. He extended his contract by a further two seasons in July 2021.

Personal life

Dillier resides in

Schneisingen Schneisingen is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Zurzach (district), Zurzach in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Geography Located in the Surb river valley, Schneisingen has an area, , ...

Major results

Road

;2006 : 1st MaillotSuiza

Road race, National Novice Road Championships ;2007 : 1st Stage 3 Kroz Istru : 2nd

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

, National Junior Road Championships : 2nd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud ::1st Stage 3a : 9th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors ::1st Stage 4 ;2008 : 1st MaillotSuiza

, National Junior Road Championships : 8th Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud ;2009 : 1st MaillotSuiza

Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2010 : 1st MaillotSuiza

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 8th Overall

Tour du Loir-et-Cher The Tour du Loir-et-Cher is a cycling stage race that takes place in the Loir-et-Cher region of France. The race traditionally starts and finishes in the capital of Blois. Since at least 2009, the final stage has consisted of a 12-lap circuit ra ...

;2011 : National Under-23 Road Championships ::1st MaillotSuiza

::2nd Road race ;2012 : National Under-23 Road Championships ::1st MaillotSuiza

::2nd Road race : 1st Stage 1

: 8th Overall

Tour de Gironde The Tour de Gironde is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It was organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cy ...

;2013 (1 pro win) : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Tour de Normandie Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandy, France. The race started in 1939, but was not held in the periods of 1940–1955 and 1960–1980. It was originally a race for amateurs, but was opened for professi ...

::1st

Young rider classification : 1st

Flèche Ardennaise The Flèche Ardennaise is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in the province of Liège, Belgium. Since 2010, the race is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ...

: 1st Stage 2

Tour of Alberta The ATB Tour of Alberta was a Canadian bicycle stage race, which raced across the province of Alberta. It was sanctioned by Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and was part of the UCI America Tour. It was classified as a 2.1 race, making it one o ...

: 2nd

Grand Prix des Marbriers The Grand Prix des Marbriers is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the ...

: 9th

Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig The Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig was a professional cycling race held annually in Belgium between 1985 and 2019. It was first held in 1985 under the name Grand Prix Jerry Blondel. In 1987 it was renamed Trophée Cycliste Internati ...

;2014 : 1st Gold medal uci

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 ...

UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and , a UCI Road World Championships ...

: 2nd

Grand Prix of Aargau Canton Grand Prix of Aargau Canton () is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town of Gippingen, which belongs to the municipa ...

: 3rd

, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall

Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...

::1st

Young rider classification : 6th Overall

Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen Dwars door West-Vlaanderen is a road bicycle race through the Belgian province of West Flanders. History The race was originally created unter the name Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen (''English'': Tour of the Flemish Ardennes) in 1945 as a one-day ...

: 9th Vattenfall Cyclassics ;2015 (2) : 1st Gold medal uci

: 1st

, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall

Arctic Race of Norway The Arctic Race of Norway is an annual multiple stage bicycle race held in northern Norway. The first edition was in 2013, from 8 August to 11 August, and lasted for four days. The organising partners are Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and Arct ...

::1st

Young rider classification ::1st Stage 4 ;2016 : 4th Overall

Dubai Tour The Dubai Tour was an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in Dubai, which began in 2014 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It merged with the Abu Dhabi Tour to become the UAE Tour from 2019. History The race was classif ...

: 8th

;2017 (3) : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotSuiza

Road race ::2nd

: 1st

Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st MaillotCyan

Mountains classification : 1st Stage 6

Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...

: 2nd

: 2nd Dwars door West-Vlaanderen : 8th Overall

Tour of Guangxi The Tour of Guangxi (officially known as the GREE-Tour of Guangxi for sponsorship purposes) is an annual professional Road bicycle racing, cycling race held in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The m ...

: 8th Brabantse Pijl ;2018 (1) : 1st

: 1st

Mountains classification,

: 2nd

, National Road Championships : 2nd

: 6th

Tour du Doubs The Tour du Doubs is a single-day road bicycle race, currently held annually in April in the region of Doubs, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour and since 2010 it is part of the French Road Cycling Cu ...

: 9th

: 10th

La Roue Tourangelle La Roue Tourangelle is a road bicycle race held annually in the Region Centre-Val de Loire, France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territo ...

;2020 : 2nd

, National Road Championships : 10th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine ;2021 (1) : 1st MaillotSuiza

Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Monuments results timeline

Major championships timeline

Track

;2008 : 1st MaillotSuiza

Omnium, National Junior Championships : 3rd Bronze medal uci

Madison, UCI Junior World Championships : 3rd Madison, National Championships ;2009 : National Championships ::2nd Kilo ::3rd Madison ;2010 : 2nd Points race, National Championships ;2011 : UEC European Under-23 Championships ::1st UEC Champion Jersey

Madison (with

Cyrille Thièry Cyrille Thièry (born 27 September 1990) is a Swiss professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Major results Road ;2008 : 1st Overall Grand Prix Rüeb ...

) ::3rd

Team pursuit : National Championships ::1st MaillotSuiza

Omnium ::1st MaillotSuiza

Madison (with

Claudio Imhof Claudio Imhof (born 26 September 1990) is a Swiss road and track cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team . As a junior, he won the gold medal in the scratch at the 2008 UEC European Track Championships. He competed at the 201 ...

) : 2nd

Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic event for men from 1984 to 2008 and for women from 1996 to 2008. Since 2012, the points race has been one of the omniu ...

, UEC European Championships : 2nd Six Days of Zürich (with

Glenn O'Shea Glenn O'Shea (born 14 June 1989, Swan Hill) is an Australian track cyclist who won the Omnium at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He was also a member of the Australian team that won silver in the team pursuit at the 2012 World Ch ...

) ;2012 : UEC European Under-23 Championships ::1st UEC Champion Jersey

Madison (with Jan Keller) ::1st UEC Champion Jersey

Individual pursuit ::2nd Silver medal europe

Team pursuit : 2nd Six Days of Berlin (with

Franco Marvulli Franco Marvulli (born 11 November 1978 in Zürich) is a Swiss former professional racing cyclist. He won a silver medal in the Madison with Bruno Risi at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also a two time world champion in both the Madison, also w ...

) : National Championships ::3rd Individual pursuit ::3rd Madison : 3rd

Six Days of Ghent The Six Days of Ghent () is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium. It takes place in the Kuipke velodrome A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of ...

(with

Robert Bartko Robert Bartko (born 23 December 1975) is a German former road and track cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2014. Born in the former East Germany, Bartko won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia: in ...

) ;2013 : 1st Six Days of Zürich (with Iljo Keisse) ;2014 : 2nd Six Days of Zürich (with

Leif Lampater Leif Lampater (born 22 December 1982 in Waiblingen) is a German former professional racing cyclist. He competed in the men's team pursuit at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He mainly focused on track cycling and excelled in the madison, individual p ...

) : 3rd

(with

) ;2015 : 2nd Silver medal europe

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

, UEC European Championships : 2nd Madison, National Championships

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dillier, Silvan 1990 births Living people Swiss male cyclists UCI Road World Champions (elite men) Olympic cyclists for Switzerland Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swiss Giro d'Italia stage winners Swiss track cyclists Sportspeople from Baden, Switzerland Cyclists from Aargau 21st-century Swiss sportsmen