Cyril Dessel

Cyril Dessel

Personal information
Full name	Cyril Dessel
Born	29 November 1974 (1974-11-29) (age 36) Rive-de-Gier, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	63 kg (140 lb)
Team information
Current team	Ag2r-La Mondiale
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur team(s)
1999	Casino-Ag2r Prévoyance (trainee)
Professional team(s)
2000–2002 2003–2004 2005–	Jean Delatour Phonak AG2R Prévoyance
Infobox last updated on December 24, 2007

Cyril Dessel (born 29 November 1974 in Rive-de-Gier, Loire) is a French professional road racing cyclist for Ag2r-La Mondiale on the UCI ProTour. He made his professional debut in 2000.^[1]

In 2006, he won the Tour Méditerranéen on the UCI Europe Tour.^[2] Then in the 2006 Tour de France, he finished second in the tenth stage, taking the leader's yellow jersey for a day and the lead in the King of the Mountains competition;^[1] he eventually finished sixth.^[3] In 2008, he won the 16th stage of the Tour after being in a chase group most of the day, beating David Arroyo, Yaroslav Popovych and Sandy Casar.

Dessel uses a hearing aid.

Major achievements

2002

3rd, Grand Prix d'Ouverture

2003

9th, Overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

2004

2nd, National road championship

8th, Overall, Ronde van Nederland

11th, Overall, Tour Méditerranéen

2005

13th, Overall, Four Days of Dunkirk

2006

6th, Overall, Tour de France

Leader after Stage 10 (1 day)

Mountains leader after Stage 10 (1 day)

2nd, Stage 10

1st, Overall, Tour Méditerranéen

1st, Stage 4

1st, Overall, Tour de l'Ain

1st, Stage 1

1st, Points

18th, Overall, Paris–Nice

2008

9th, Overall, Four Days of Dunkirk

1st, Stage 5

1st, Stage 3, Volta a Catalunya

1st, Stage 4, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st, Stage 16, Tour de France

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Tour de France 2006
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ Tour de France 2006

External links

• Dessel's home page on the AG2R Prévoyance website
• Dessel's fan club

Persondata
Name	Dessel, Cyril
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1974-11-29
Place of birth	Rive-de-Gier, France
Date of death
Place of death