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Sylvain Chavanel

Key Stats

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:

1st, stage 19, Tour de France
National Time-Trial Champion 2005, 2006
1st, Four Days of Dunkirk 2002, 2004
1st, Circuit de la Sarthe 2005

2008
1st, stage 19, Tour de France

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