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Sébastien Chavanel

    Key Stats

    Nationality: French
    Born: March 21, 1981
    Hometown: Châtellerault, France
    Height: 5-foot-11
    Weight: 170 pounds
    Strengths: Sprinting
    Turned Pro: 2003

    Palmares

    Career Highlights:

    1st, stages 2, 4, and 5, and Points Classification Tour de l’Avenir 2004
    4th overall, Kuurne-Brussells-Kuurne 2007
    1st, stage 5, Fléche Wallonne 2004
    1st, stages 2 & 3, Tour de l’Avenir 2003

    2007
    1st overall, Grand Prix de Denain
    1st, stage 3, Tour de Poitou et de la Vienne
    1st, stage 3, Tour de Picardie
    1st, stage 5, Etoile des Besseges
    4th overall, Kuurne-Brussells-Kuurne

    2006
    1st, stage 3, GP Internacional Costa Azul

    2004
    1st, stages 2, 4, and 5, and Points Classification Tour de l’Avenir
    1st, stage 5, Fléche Wallonne 2004
    4th overall, Tour de Picardie

    2003
    1st, stages 2 & 3, Tour de l’Avenir

    Biography

    In only his second year as a pro, the younger Chavanel brother racked up three impressive stage wins at the Tour de l’Avenir, as well as taking the overall points classification. He is an excellent sprinter with high hopes in the 2008 season.