Cyril Dessel

Cyril Dessel is a French former professional road racing cyclist, born on 29 November 1974 in Rive-de-Gier in the Loire, who competed as a professional from 2000 to 2011. In 2006 he won the Tour Méditerranéen on the UCI Europe Tour. Later that year he finished second on the tenth stage of the Tour de France, which gave him the leader's yellow jersey for a day and the lead of the King of the Mountains competition, and he finished that Tour in sixth place overall. In 2008 he won the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France after spending most of the day in a chase group, beating David Arroyo, Yaroslav Popovych and Sandy Casar in the finish. He also competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics.