Cyril Dessel
Cyril Dessel is a French former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2000 to 2011.
In 2006, he won the Tour Méditerranéen on the UCI Europe Tour. Then in the 2006 [Tour de France], he finished second in the tenth stage, taking the leader's yellow jersey for a day and the lead in the King of the Mountains competition; he eventually finished sixth. In 2008, he won the 16th stage of the Tour after being in a chase group most of the day, beating David Arroyo, Yaroslav Popovych and Sandy Casar.
Dessel competed for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Career achievements
Major results
;2002;2003
;2004
;2006
;2008
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 99 |
| Tour de France | 113 | — | — | — | 6 | DNF | 28 | DNF | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | 99 | DNF | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | 60 |
DNF=Did not finish