CYCLIST

Sylvain Chavanel

1979 - Today

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Sylvain Chavanel (born 30 June 1979) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2018 for the Cofidis, Omega Pharma–Quick-Step, IAM Cycling and two spells with the Brioches La Boulangère/Direct Énergie team. His brother Sébastien Chavanel also rode as a professional cyclist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sylvain Chavanel has received more than 159,664 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Sylvain Chavanel is the 459th most popular cyclist (up from 490th in 2019), the 5,424th most popular biography from France (down from 5,118th in 2019) and the 60th most popular French Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Sylvain Chavanel ranks 459 out of 1,613Before him are Sergei Ivanov, Robert Gesink, Paolo Savoldelli, Günter Haritz, Mads Pedersen, and Stefano Garzelli. After him are Kurt Asle Arvesen, Oleg Logvin, Steve Bauer, Ján Svorada, Sabine Spitz, and Roman Kreuziger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Sylvain Chavanel ranks 355Before him are Yukie Nakama, Eric Johnson, Radoslav Kováč, Raymond Lam, Lindy Booth, and Paola Rey. After him are Rodrigo Tello, Ararat Mirzoyan, Saleh Ali al-Sammad, Deivid, TheFatRat, and Song Chong-gug.

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In France

Among people born in France, Sylvain Chavanel ranks 5,424 out of 6,770Before him are Jean-François Clervoy (1958), Alexis Pinturault (1991), Karim Ziani (1982), Marc Alexandre (1959), Kurt Zouma (1994), and Jérôme Fernandez (1977). After him are Christophe Lemaitre (1990), William Saliba (2001), M. Pokora (1985), Pascale Trinquet (1958), Ana Tijoux (1977), and Hassan Yebda (1984).

Among CYCLISTS In France

Among cyclists born in France, Sylvain Chavanel ranks 60Before him are Thibaut Pinot (1990), Luc Leblanc (1966), Julian Alaphilippe (1992), Jean-René Bernaudeau (1956), Éric Caritoux (1960), and Michel Vermeulin (1934). After him are Armand de Las Cuevas (1968), Laurent Brochard (1968), Thomas Voeckler (1979), Miguel Martinez (1976), Romain Bardet (1990), and Cédric Vasseur (1970).