Hichem Chaabane

Hichem Chaabane (; born 10 August 1988 in Blida) is an Algerian former professional road cyclist. He represented his nation Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Career Riding for , Chaabane qualified for the Algerian squad, as a 19-year-old, in the men's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving a berth and finishing fourth from stage four of Giro del Capo in Cape Town, South Africa. Passing through the km mark, Chaabane could not achieve a best possible result with a severe fatigue under Beijing's intense heat and a lapped violation, as he failed to complete a grueling race against a vast field of nearly a hundred cyclists.

Chaabane signed an annual contract with pro cycling team in 2009. On that same year, he and four other international cyclists were stabbed and injured on a house robbery in Potchefstroom, losing some cash, laptops, and five cellphones from their respective belongings. When folded after the 2009 season, Chaabane was left with no contract, and ultimately decided to return to Algeria as a freelance agent. In 2010, Chaabane earned his first career title in road cycling for the under-23 division at the African Championships in Tunis, Tunisia.

When he joined with Vélo Club Sovac in 2012 under a bi-annual contract, Chaabane added two more titles for an elite level at the Tour de Blida and at the Algerian Road Championships in Mostaganem.

In April 2015, it was announced that Chaabane had tested positive for two undisclosed prohibited substances and was provisionally suspended from racing.

Major results

2007 5th Road race, UCI B World Championships 2008 4th Overall Giro del Capo 5th Road race, African Road Championships 2010

National Road Championships 2nd Time trial 2nd Road race 2012

1st Stage 4 Tour du Faso 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships African Road Championships

7th Road race 4th Overall Kwita Izina Cycling Tour 5th Overall Tour d'Algérie 8th Overall Tour of Greece 9th Challenge Youssoufia, Challenge des phosphates 2013 National Road Championships

2nd Time trial 1st Overall Tour de Blida 1st Stage 3

5th Overall Tour de Wilaya de Tipaza 8th Circuit d'Alger 9th Overall Tour of Eritrea 10th Overall Tour d'Algérie 10th Overall Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) 10th Trophée de l'Anniversaire, Challenge du Prince 2014 2nd Grand Prix d'Oran 6th Overall Tour de Constantine 1st Mountains classification 7th Critérium International de Sétif 8th Circuit d'Alger 9th Overall Tour d'Algérie 1st Stage 5 9th Overall Tour de Blida 2015 1st Overall Tour d'Annaba 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 4 1st Circuit de Constantine 1st Circuit d'Alger Tour Internationale d'Oranie 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 3 3rd Overall Tour de Blida 1st Stage 3 5th Team time trial, African Road Championships