Sébastien Chavanel (born 21 March 1981 in

Châtellerault Châtellerault (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Châteulrô/Chateleràud''; oc, Chastelairaud) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in France. It is located in the northeast of the former province Poitou, and the ...

) is a retired

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professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

who last rode for UCI ProTeam . He is a younger brother, by just under 2 years, to fellow professional cyclist Sylvain Chavanel. After three seasons with , Chavanel returned to for the 2014 season. At the

2015 Tour of Flanders The 2015 Tour of Flanders ( nl, 2015 Ronde van Vlaanderen) was the 99th edition of the Tour of Flanders one-day cycling race. It took place on 5 April and was the eighth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. The race was one of the cobbled classics ...

, Chavanel sustained right thigh hematoma as a neutral service car rammed his team car which was stopped behind him to change his bike's wheel. By finishing in last place in the 2015 Tour de France, he was that year's

lanterne rouge The ''lanterne rouge'' is the competitor in last place in the Tour de France. The phrase comes from the French for "Red Lantern" and refers to the red lantern hung on the rear vehicle of a passenger railway train or the brake van of a freight ...

rider.

Major results

;2002 : 1st La Côte Picarde : 1st Stage 3

Ronde de l'Isard The Ronde de l'Isard is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It is organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour. Winners References UCI Europe Tour races Cycle races in France 19 ...

: 5th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 7th

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, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships ;2003 : Tour de l'Avenir ::1st Stages 2 & 3 ;2004 : Tour de l'Avenir ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 4 & 5 : 1st Stage 5 Tour de Wallonie : 4th Overall

Tour de Picardie The Tour de Picardie was a professional multi-stage cycle road race that was held between 1936 and 2016 in Picardy, France. In its last twelve editions, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was called Tour de l'Oise ...

;2006 : 1st Stage 3 GP Internacional da Costa Azul ;2007 : 1st Overall

French Road Cycling Cup The French Road Cycling Cup ( English for Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route) is a road bicycle racing competition under the Fédération Francaise de Cyclisme (French Cycling Federation) each year since 1992. It consists of a number of one-day ...

: 1st

Grand Prix de Denain Grand Prix de Denain is a professional cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before becoming a 1.HC The UCI 1.HC and UCI 2.HC are the second tier classifica ...

: Étoile de Bessèges ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 5 : 1st Stage 3

: 1st Stage 3

Tour de Poitou-Charentes et de la Vienne Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France. It was first held in 1987 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Eu ...

: 2nd

Tro-Bro Léon Tro-Bro Léon ( en, Tour of Léon, french: Tour du Léon) is a professional cycle road race held in Finistère, Brittany. The event was first run in 1984 as an amateur race before becoming a professional race since 2000. The race was established ...

: 3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 5th Châteauroux Classic de l Indre ;2008 : 1st Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Grand Prix de la Ville de Rennes ;2009 : 3rd Nokere Koerse : 5th Paris–Bourges ;2010 : 5th Paris–Bourges : 6th

: 10th

Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200&nbs ...

;2011 : 1st Stage 2

Circuit de Lorraine The Circuit de Lorraine is a multi-stage road bicycle racing event held annually in Lorraine, France. 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 racing competi ...

: 3rd La Roue Tourangelle : 5th Overall Tour de Wallonie : 6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 8th Le Samyn : 9th 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-da ...

;2012 : 2nd Neuseen Classics : 7th Overall

: 7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

References

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Europcar Profile
French male cyclists 1981 births Living people People from Châtellerault Sportspeople from Vienne Cyclists from Nouvelle-Aquitaine French people of Spanish descent {{France-cycling-bio-1980s-stub