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Cyril Dessel
Key Stats
Team: AG2R-La Mondiale
Nationality: French
Born: November 29, 1974
Hometown: Rive-de-Gier, France
Height: 5-foot-6
Weight: 132 pounds
Strengths: climbing, attacking
Turned Pro: 2000
Web site: cyril.dessel.free.fr
Palmares
Career Highlights:
1st, stage 16, Tour de France, 2008
2008
1st, stage 16, Tour de France
2006
1st overall, Tour Mediterranean (plus stage 4)
1st overall, Tour de l’Ain (plus stage 1)
2nd, stage 10, Tour de France (one day in yellow jersey)
7th overall, Tour de France
2004
2nd, French road championship
2002
3rd, GP La Marsellaise
2000
1st, GP Ostfenster
Biography
The oft-injured Dessel enjoyed a breakthrough and injury-free 2006 season, winning both the Tour Mediterranean and Tour de l’Ain before roaring into the Tour de France. Second in stage 10 behind Spaniard Jose Miguel Mercado, Dessel grabbed the yellow jersey for one day. He proved he was worthy by holding steady through the Alps to finish in seventh, the best by a Frenchman that year.