Cyril Dessel

Cyril Dessel (born 29 November 1974 in Rive-de-Gier, Loire) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2000 to 2011.

In 2006, he won the Tour Méditerranéen on the UCI Europe Tour. 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; he eventually finished sixth. 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 competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Career achievements Major results

2002 3rd Grand Prix d'Ouverture 2003 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 2004 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 8th Overall Ronde van Nederland 2006 6th Overall Tour de France

2nd Stage 10 1st Overall, Tour Méditerranéen 1st Stage 4 1st Overall Tour de l'Ain 1st Stage 1 1st Points classification 2008 1st Stage 3 Volta a Catalunya 1st Stage 16 Tour de France 6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1st Stage 4 9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 1st Stage 5

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

DNF=Did not finish