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Sylvain Chavanel
Key Stats
Team: Cofidis
Nationality: French
Born: June 30, 1979
Hometown: Châtellerault, France
Residence: Châtellerault, France
Height: 5-foot-11.5
Weight: 150 pounds
Strengths: Climbing, time trialing and stage racing.
Turned Pro: 2000
Palmares
Career Highlights:
National Time-Trial Champion 2005, 2006
1st, Four Days of Dunkirk 2002, 2004
1st, Circuit de la Sarthe 2005
2007
Stage 5, Combativity award, Tour de France
1st, stage 5 King of the Mountains, Tour de France
2006
1st overall, Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
1st, French National Time Trial Championship
2005
1st overall, Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
1st overall, Circuit Cycliste Sarthe et Pays de la Loire
1st, French National Time Trial Championship
2004
1st overall, Tour of Belgium
1st overall, Four Days of Dunkirk
1st, stage 3 and 4, Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
2003
1st overall, Tour du Haut Var
2002
1st overall, Four Days of Dunkirk
1st, Trophée des Grimpeurs
Biography
Chavanel began his pro career at Bonjour and has been with Cofidis since 2005.Related Articles
- May. 22, 2004Saturday's Eurofile: Moreau out front in Languedoc-Roussillon; Chavanel leads in Belgium
- Aug. 25, 2003Monday's EuroFile: Levi tunes up for Vuelta; Chavanel favored at Poitou-Charentes; Strict controls in Spain
- Feb. 22, 2003Saturday news: Chavanel takes Haut Var; Wellens wins again; Voight the reformer
- May. 12, 2002Chavanel takes Dunkirk overall
