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Sylvain Chavanel was born on 30 June, 1979 in Châtellerault, France, is a French cyclist. Discover Sylvain Chavanel's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 44 years old?
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| Age |
44 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
| Born |
30 June 1979 |
| Birthday |
30 June |
| Birthplace |
Châtellerault, France |
| Nationality |
France
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He is a member of famous Cyclist with the age 44 years old group.
Sylvain Chavanel Height, Weight & Measurements
At 44 years old, Sylvain Chavanel height is 1.80 m and Weight 70 kg.
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1.80 m |
| Weight |
70 kg |
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Not Available |
Who Is Sylvain Chavanel's Wife?
His wife is Natacha Chavanel
| Family |
| Parents |
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| Wife |
Natacha Chavanel |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Maxence Chavanel, Baptiste Chavanel |
Sylvain Chavanel Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Sylvain Chavanel worth at the age of 44 years old? Sylvain Chavanel’s income source is mostly from being a successful Cyclist. He is from France. We have estimated Sylvain Chavanel's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
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Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Cyclist |
Sylvain Chavanel Social Network
Timeline
Chavanel rode his first Tour de France at 22, finishing 65th, later coming third in the Tour de l'Avenir behind Denis Menchov and Florent Brard.
Sylvain Chavanel (born 30 June 1979) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2018 for the, , and two spells with the / team.
His brother Sébastien Chavanel also rode as a professional cyclist.
Sylvain Chavanel was noted as a strong all-rounder who won both sprints and time-trials, and was a good northern classics rider, taking 45 wins during his professional career.
Chavanel was born in Châtellerault, France, although his family roots are in Spain.
His great-grandparents were from Huesca, in the Aragon region.
His grandfather was born in Barcelona and moved to Châtellerault during the Spanish Civil War.
Other members of the family still live in Aragon.
He won the national junior individual pursuit championship in 1997.
His uncle, Philippe Raby, a former rider in the Vendée region, recommended him to Jean-René Bernaudeau who was building a professional team based there.
Bernardeau saw Chavanel race for the first time at Montreveau, in Maine-et-Loire, when he was racing against riders from Bernardeau's Vendée U junior team.
Bernardeau and Chavanel agreed that Chavanel would spend another year with his club, AC Châtellerault, which had spent time and money on his training.
Bernardeau's assistant, Thierry Bricau, was given the job of providing Chavanel with a training programme.
Chavanel rode the Tour de l'Avenir in 1999 and then in 2000, aged 21, he turned professional for Bernardeau's Bonjour team, sponsored by a chain of local newspapers.
He won the first stage of the Circuit Franco-Belge and lost his leader's jersey only on the last day.
He also won the climbers' jersey in the Tour de l'Avenir by breaking clear in the Pyrenees and rode 217 km alone at the front of Paris–Tours.
In 2002 he won the Four Days of Dunkirk and finished third in the Tour of Belgium.
He later won both of those races in 2005.
He said: "Last year [2007], when the Vuelta was in Zaragoza, I got to know the cousin of mine using a journalist as the translator and she gave me a picture of my grandfather when he was young. Despite my origins, I hardly know a word of Spanish – just swear words".
As a child he played in the garden with models of racing cyclists.
Chavanel began cycling at Châtellerault school when he was eight.
He gave up to try football, then went back.
He began racing when he was 13.
He won 29 races on the road as a schoolboy and a junior.
Chavanel said in 2007 that he had had offers from foreign teams but was discouraged from joining them because he was unsure of his pension payments outside France.
On 25 July 2008 Chavanel won the 19th stage of the Tour de France by outsprinting Jérémy Roy at Montluçon.
That and other performances brought him election as the most combative rider of the race.
On 3 September 2008, he came second in the individual time trial stage of the Vuelta a España at Ciudad Real.
His ride brought him to second place overall, two seconds slower than the American, Levi Leipheimer.
His team worked for him next day from Ciudad Real to Toledo to make sure he won time bonuses offered along the route.
The six seconds he collected were enough to give him the leader's jersey on 4 September.
In July 2008 he said he had agreed with Patrick Lefevere the directeur sportif to join the team in Belgium for 2009.
Chavanel said he made his decision to move after riding well in classic races in Belgium at the start of the year.
He won Dwars door Vlaanderen and the Brabantse Pijl.
During the 2010 Tour de France, Chavanel took over the yellow jersey after attacking at the 10 km mark on stage 2.
Following a series of crashes affecting the General Classification contenders on the descent into Spa, the race was neutralized for every rider except Chavanel, who was the lone escapee at that time.
He capitalized on that, opening up enough of a gap to win the stage and capture the yellow jersey from Fabian Cancellara.
