Sylvain Georges

Sylvain Georges (born 1 May 1984) is a professional French racing cyclist who last rode for . He was born in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France. On 18 May 2012, Georges won his first pro tour stage on the 6th stage of the Tour of California, where he broke away with six other riders at the start of a mountain stage leading to Big Bear Lake and rode solo for the last 50 kilometers to take the win as the peloton was in sight.

In May 2013 Georges withdrew from the Giro D'Italia after testing positive for Heptaminol. He was later sacked by his team.

Palmarès

2005 7th Chrono Champenois 2006 3rd Time trial, French Under–23 Road Championships 4th Chrono Champenois 2007 2nd Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher 2008 7th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers 2009 1st Prologue 45ème Circuit De Saône Et Loire 3rd Overall Grand Prix Chantal Biya 2010 8th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour 2011

1st Stages 1 & 3 1st GP Plumelec-Morbihan 2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 10th Tour du Finistère 2012 1st Stage 6 Tour of California 2nd Tour du Doubs 2013 2nd Paris–Camembert 4th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche 2015 1st Stage 8a Tour de Guadeloupe 2016 1st Stage 7 Tour de Guadeloupe

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish