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{{Short description|French cyclist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name           = Sylvain Chavanel
| image          = Hazebrouck - Quatre jours de Dunkerque, étape 2, 8 mai 2014, départ (A128).JPG
| caption        = Chavanel in 2014
| full_name      = Sylvain Chavanel
| nickname       = Chava,<ref name="Chava OPQS">{{cite web|url=http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/team/rider/sylvain-chavanel|title=Sylvain Chavanel|work={{UCI team code|OPQ|2013}}|publisher=Decolef|access-date=20 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120010828/http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/team/rider/sylvain-chavanel|archive-date=20 January 2012}}</ref> Mimosa, La Machine
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|06|30}}
| birth_place    = [[Châtellerault]], France
| height         = 1.80 m<ref name="tdf-profile">{{cite web |title=Sylvain Chavanel profile |url=http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/riders/omega-pharma-quick-step/chavanel-sylvain.html?xtmc=chavanel&xtcr=1 |access-date=27 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227081040/http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/riders/omega-pharma-quick-step/chavanel-sylvain.html?xtmc=chavanel&xtcr=1 |archive-date=27 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| weight         = {{convert|70|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="tdf-profile" />
| currentteam    = Retired
| discipline     = Road
| role           = Rider
| ridertype      = All-rounder
| amateuryears1  = 1999
| amateurteam1   = [[Vendée U]]
| proyears1      = 2000–2004
| proteam1       = {{UCI team code|BBO|2000}}
| proyears2      = 2005–2008
| proteam2       = {{UCI team code|COF|2005}}
| proyears3      = 2009–2013
| proteam3       = {{UCI team code|QST|2009}}
| proyears4      = 2014–2015
| proteam4       = {{UCI team code|IAM|2014}}
| proyears5      = 2016–2018
| proteam5       = {{UCI team code|EUC|2016}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/direct-energie-le-point-sur-l-effectif-2018-5217023|title=Direct Énergie: le point sur l'effectif 2018|language=fr|trans-title=Direct Énergie: Roster Update 2018|date=1 September 2017|access-date=22 January 2018|first=Raphaël|last=Bonamy|work=[[Ouest-France]]|publisher=Groupe Ouest-France}}</ref>
| majorwins      = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
:'''[[Tour de France]]'''
::[[Combativity award in the Tour de France|Combativity award]] ([[2008 Tour de France|2008]], [[2010 Tour de France|2010]])
:: 3 individual stages ([[2008 Tour de France|2008]], [[2010 Tour de France|2010]])
'''[[Race stage|Stage races]]'''
:[[Four Days of Dunkirk]] (2002, 2004)
:[[Tour of Belgium]] (2004)
:[[Three Days of De Panne]] ([[2012 Three Days of De Panne|2012]], [[2013 Three Days of De Panne|2013]])
'''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]'''
:{{nowrap|[[French National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (2011)}}
:[[French National Time Trial Championships|National Time Trial Championships]] (2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014)
:[[Bretagne Classic|GP Ouest–France]] ([[2014 GP Ouest–France|2014]])
:[[Brabantse Pijl (men's race)|Brabantse Pijl]] ([[2008 Brabantse Pijl|2008]])
:[[Dwars door Vlaanderen]] ([[2008 Dwars door Vlaanderen|2008]])
| show-medals =
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[road bicycle racing]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{nowrap|{{UCI team code|OPQ|2013}}}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[UCI Road World Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2012 UCI Road World Championships|2012 Valkenburg]] | [[2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial|Team time trial]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2013 UCI Road World Championships|2013 Tuscany]] | [[2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial|Team time trial]] }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[track cycling]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{nowrap|{{flagu|France}}}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[UEC European Track Championships|European Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2016 UEC European Track Championships|2016 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines]] | [[Team pursuit]] }}
}}

'''Sylvain Chavanel'''<ref name="ProNov2008">''[[Procycling]]'', UK, November 2008</ref> (born 30 June 1979) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2018 for the {{UCI team code|COF|2008}}, {{UCI team code|QST|2013}}, {{UCI team code|IAM|2015}} and two spells with the {{UCI team code|BBO|2004|nolink=yes}}/{{UCI team code|TDE|2018}} team.<ref name="Retirement">{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/sylvain-chavanel-looking-back-on-19-years-as-a-pro-gallery/|title=Sylvain Chavanel: Looking back on 19 years as a pro – Gallery|first=Ellis|last=Bacon|website=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=16 October 2018|access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref> 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 [[Classic cycle races|northern classics]] rider, taking 45 wins during his professional career.<ref name="Retirement"/>

==Background==
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.<ref name="ProNov2008" />
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&nbsp;– just swear words".<ref name="ProNov2008" />

As a child he played in the garden with models of racing cyclists. He said:

:We've got quite a big family and we're all into cycling. I remember playing out in the garden with my three brothers and sister with little figures that we gave names to. I was usually [[Greg LeMond]], then later I went on to be [[Miguel Induráin]] then eventually [[Laurent Jalabert]]. I remember LeMond's accent. I liked the way he spoke French. I just thought he was a nice guy and I liked his style of riding.<ref name="ProFeb2003">''[[Procycling]]'', UK, February 2003</ref>
Chavanel began cycling at Châtellerault school when he was eight. He gave up to try [[association football|football]], then went back.

:I started cycling again at 12 and from then on I improved every year. I was a fragile little thing, immature physically. I used to finish races halfway down the girls' field and at the back of the boys'. Everything changed the day that I beat my elder brother, Frédéric, in the cadet category, although he was better than me at the time.<ref name="ProFeb2003" />

==Racing career==
He began racing when he was 13. He won 29 races on the road as a schoolboy and a junior. 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.

===Bonjour (2000–2004)===
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 {{convert|217|km|abbr=off}} alone at the front of [[Paris–Tours]].

Bernardeau said:

:Sylvain has some of the faults I had as a young rider. He's always working at the front of the race&nbsp;– you have to rein him in for his own good. At his age, life is beautiful and risks are there to be taken. But he's acquiring self-knowledge and his days of gratuitous long-range sorties and suicide attacks are coming to an end.<ref>Tour de France Official Guide, 2002</ref>

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]]. 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.

===Cofidis (2005–2008)===
On 25 July 2008 Chavanel won the 19th stage of the [[2008 Tour de France|Tour de France]] by outsprinting [[Jérémy Roy (cyclist)|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 [[2008 Vuelta a España|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, Spain|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.

===Quick Step (2009–2013)===
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. In July 2008 he said he had agreed with [[Patrick Lefevere]] the [[directeur sportif]] to join the {{UCI team code|QST|2009}} 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.<ref name="lEqJul2008">Chavanel part chez Quick Step, L'Équipe, France, 27 July 2008</ref> He won [[Dwars door Vlaanderen]] and the [[Brabantse Pijl (men's race)|Brabantse Pijl]]. He said:

:I had other options as well. Professionally, it's an experience that can only do me good. I had the chance to sign for three years with ''AG2R-La Mondiale'' but I had the feeling that I wasn't going to develop enough. I have always raced in France and, in my heart, some experience abroad has excited me for some time. I therefore decided to take the step and Patrick Lefévère's advances completely persuaded me.<ref name="lEqJul2008" />

During the [[2010 Tour de France]], Chavanel took over the [[General classification in the Tour de France|yellow jersey]] after attacking at the {{convert|10|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} mark on stage 2. Following a series of crashes affecting the General Classification contenders on the descent into [[Spa, Belgium|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]] ({{UCI team code|SAX|2010}}).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/8789953.stm |title=Sylvain Chavanel wins stage to take Tour de France lead |publisher=BBC Sport |date=5 July 2010 |access-date=28 November 2012}}</ref> The following stage was not so good for Chavanel as two punctures on the cobbled roads meant [[Fabian Cancellara]] re-took the yellow jersey, however on the Tour's first mountain stage from [[Tournus]] to [[Les Rousses|Station des Rousses]] Chavanel bridged the gap to an early breakaway and rode away to take a famous win and inherit the yellow jersey for the second time.

In the [[2011 Vuelta a España]] Chavanel held the red leader's jersey for four stages. On stage three, as part of a breakaway, he finished second behind [[Pablo Lastras]] which left him second in general classification, 20 seconds behind Lastras.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/08/road/2011-vuelta-a-espana-results-stage-3_188939 |title=2011 Vuelta a España results, stage 3 |work=Velonews |date=2011-08-23 |access-date=2012-10-23}}</ref>
However, on the next stage Chavanel finished just 57 seconds behind the stage winner while Lastras lost over 18 minutes, thereby making Chavanel the overall leader of the Vuelta.<ref>[http://www.bbbparts.com/news/141] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930113516/http://www.bbbparts.com/news/141 |date=30 September 2011 }}</ref> He held this jersey until stage 8 where it was taken by [[Joaquim Rodríguez]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/08/news/joaquim-rodriguez-takes-stage-8-lead-in-2011-vuelta-a-espana_190064 |title=Joaquim Rodriguez takes stage 8, lead in 2011 Vuelta a España |work=Velonews |date=2011-08-27 |access-date=2012-10-23}}</ref>

[[File:Sylvain Chavanel, London 2012 Time Trial - Aug 2012.jpg|thumb|Chavanel competing in the [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial|2012 Olympics time trial]] in London]]
In 2012, Chavanel won the [[Three Days of De Panne]] and won the French National Time Trial Championships for the fourth time.

In 2013, after strong appearances in the [[2013 Tour de San Luis|Tour de San Luis]] and the [[2013 Volta ao Algarve|Volta ao Algarve]], Chavanel won stage six of [[2013 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]],<ref>{{cite news |first=Jonathan |last=Symcox |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/cycling-chavanel-wins-sprint-nice-160100955.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419014936/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/cycling-chavanel-wins-sprint-nice-160100955.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2013 |title=Chavanel wins sprint into Nice |work=[[Yahoo!]] [[Eurosport]] |date=9 March 2013 |access-date=29 March 2013 }}</ref> taking the points classification at the race. Chavanel also won the overall classification at the [[2013 Three Days of De Panne|Three Days of De Panne]] for the second year in a row, winning the final time trial stage.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/537646/sylvain-chavanel-wins-three-days-of-de-panne.html |first=Nigel |last=Wynn |title=Sylvain Chavanel wins Three Days of De Panne |work=Cycling Weekly |date=28 March 2013 |access-date=29 March 2013}}</ref>

After five years with the team, Chavanel left the squad at the end of the 2013 season,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=Mg&RefDate=09.01.2013&MenuId=MTY2Njk&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTY2Njk%26LangId%3D1 |title=Omega Pharma–Quick-Step Cycling Team (OPQ)&nbsp;– BEL |access-date=9 January 2013 |work=[[UCI World Tour]] |publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]}}</ref> and joined {{UCI team code|IAM|2014}} for the 2014 season.<ref name="IAM">{{cite news |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/08/news/chavanel-frank-among-transfers-to-iam-cycling_299926 |title=Chavanel, Frank among transfers to IAM Cycling |work=VeloNews |publisher=[[Competitor Group, Inc.]] |date=22 August 2013 |access-date=23 August 2013}}</ref>

===IAM (2014–2015)===
After winning the National Time trial title, Chavanel went on to win the 2014 [[Tour du Poitou-Charentes]] thanks to a great performance in the stage 4 time trial.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-du-poitou-charentes-2014/stage-5/results |title=Chavanel wins Tour du Poitou-Charentes |website=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=29 August 2014 |access-date=30 August 2014}}</ref> A couple of days later, Chavanel topped a very successful week as he prevailed in the [[2014 UCI World Tour|World Tour]] race [[2014 GP Ouest-France|GP Ouest-France]] by winning the sprint out of a small group ahead of [[Arthur Vichot]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gp-ouest-france-plouay-2014/results |title=Chavanel wins GP Ouest France-Plouay |website=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=31 August 2014 |access-date=31 August 2014}}</ref> In 2015 he also accomplished the impressive feat of starting and finishing each [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]].

===Direct Énergie (2016–2018)===
In September 2015 {{UCI team code|EUC|2016}} announced that Chavanel would join them for the 2016 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bernaudeau-announces-direct-energie-as-new-sponsor/ |title=Bernaudeau announces Direct Energie as new sponsor|date=16 September 2015 |website=[[cyclingnews.com]] | access-date=24 September 2015}}</ref> In 2018, Chavanel participated in the [[2018 Tour de France|Tour de France]] for the 18th time to take the record outright from [[Stuart O'Grady]] and [[Jens Voigt]] for the most [[Tour de France records and statistics|Tour de France]] participations and was given the most [[Combativity award in the Tour de France|combative rider award]] for the second stage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-chavanel-earns-zwift-rider-of-the-day/|title=Tour de France: Chavanel earns Zwift Rider of the Day|date=8 July 2018|publisher=cyclingnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/stage-2/results/|title=Tour de France: Peter Sagan wins crash-marred stage 2 and takes yellow jersey|date=8 July 2018|publisher=cyclingnews.com}}</ref> On 26 July 2018, Chavanel finished Stage 18 of the race to break the record for most number of stages completed – overtaking [[Joop Zoetemelk]]'s 365. Three days later, he tied Zoetemelk's record of finishing the Tour de France 16 times and set the new record stages completed number at 369. On the last day of the race, 29 July, he announced he would retire after [[Tour de Vendée]] on 6 October 2018.<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Sylvain-chavanel-annonce-sa-retraite/926632 |title=Sylvain Chavanel annonce sa retraite |work=L'Équipe |language=fr |date=29 July 2018 |access-date=2 August 2018}}</ref> He extended his career to the following week's [[Chrono des Nations]] before retiring.<ref name="Retirement"/>

==Nickname==
Chavanel was known as Chava,<ref name="Chava OPQS" /> Mimosa or Mimo, after a French film character he imitated.<ref name="ProFeb2003" /> In the Dutch-speaking Belgian media, he was nicknamed 'La Machine' for his outstanding stamina and determination.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/952/Wielrennen/article/detail/1416151/2012/03/29/Chavanel-pakt-eindzege-Driedaagse-na-winst-in-tijdrit.dhtml |title=Chavanel pakt eindzege Driedaagse na winst in tijdrit |publisher=HLN.be |access-date=2012-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Coorevits|first=Hugo|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/EM3O46SH |title=Chavanel: 'Ik ken mijn plaats: ónder Tom Boonen'&nbsp;– Sportwereld |publisher=Nieuwsblad.be |access-date=2012-10-23}}</ref>

==Major results==
===Road===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
;1999
: 7th Overall [[Circuit de Lorraine|Circuit des Mines]]
;2000
: 1st [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Mountains classification, [[Tour de l'Avenir]]
: 3rd Overall [[Tour de l'Eurométropole|Circuit Franco-Belge]]
::1st Stage 1
: 6th Overall [[Tour de l'Ain]]
: 6th [[Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts]]
: 8th [[Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers]]
;2001
: 2nd [[Châteauroux Classic]]
: 3rd Overall [[Tour de l'Avenir]]
: 3rd [[Polynormande]]
: 4th Overall [[Tour de l'Ain]]
: 6th Overall [[Tour de Picardie]]
: 7th Overall [[Tour de l'Eurométropole|Circuit Franco-Belge]]
: 9th [[Le Samyn]]
;2002
: 1st [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
: 1st [[Trophée des Grimpeurs]]
: 2nd Overall [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine|Tour du Poitou-Charentes]]
: 3rd Overall [[Tour of Belgium]]
: 3rd [[Châteauroux Classic]]
: 9th Overall [[Danmark Rundt]]
;2003
: 1st [[2003 Tour du Haut Var|Tour du Haut Var]]
: 2nd Overall [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine|Tour du Poitou-Charentes]]
: 2nd [[Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan]]
: 3rd Overall [[La Méditerranéenne|Tour Méditerranéen]]
: 5th Overall [[2003 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 5th Overall [[Critérium International]]
: 5th Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
::1st Stage 3b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 5th [[Paris–Bourges]]
: 9th Overall [[Paris–Corrèze]]
: 9th [[2003 Tro-Bro Léon|Tro-Bro Léon]]
;2004
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour of Belgium]]
: 1st [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
: 1st [[Polynormande]]
: [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine|Tour du Poitou-Charentes]]
::1st Stages 3 & 4 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 5th [[Paris–Camembert]]
: 5th [[Trophée des Grimpeurs]]
: 6th [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]]
: 9th Overall [[La Méditerranéenne|Tour Méditerranéen]]
: 10th Overall [[Critérium International]]
;2005
: 1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
::1st Stage 5
: 1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine|Tour du Poitou-Charentes]]
: 1st [[Duo Normand]] (with [[Thierry Marichal]])
: 9th Overall [[2005 Tour de Pologne|Tour de Pologne]]
;2006
: 1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships
: 1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine|Tour du Poitou-Charentes]]
: 7th Overall [[Paris–Corrèze]]
: 7th [[Paris–Bourges]]
: 8th [[Gran Premio di Lugano]]
;2007
: 3rd [[Trophée des Grimpeurs]]
: 4th Overall [[Critérium International]]
: 9th [[Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan]]
: 10th Overall [[2007 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
;2008
: 1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships
: 1st [[2008 Dwars door Vlaanderen|Dwars door Vlaanderen]]
: 1st [[2008 Brabantse Pijl|Brabantse Pijl]]
: [[2008 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stage 19
::[[File:Jersey red number.svg|20px]] [[Combativity award in the Tour de France|Combativity award]] Stages 2, 6 & 19
::[[File:Jersey red number.svg|20px]] Winner Super Combativity award
: 1st Stage 5 [[La Méditerranéenne|Tour Méditerranéen]]
: 1st Stage 4 [[2008 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]]
: 2nd Overall [[Volta ao Algarve]]
: 8th Overall [[2008 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
::1st Stage 6
: 10th [[2008 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|Time trial]], [[2008 UCI Road World Championships|UCI World Championships]]
;2009
: 2nd [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships
: 2nd Overall [[2009 Eneco Tour|Eneco Tour]]
::1st Prologue
: 2nd Overall [[Volta ao Algarve]]
: 3rd Overall [[2009 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification
::1st Stage 3
: 4th [[Grote Prijs Jef Scherens]]
: 5th [[2009 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen|E3 Prijs Vlaanderen]]
: 7th [[2009 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
: 7th [[2009 Dwars door Vlaanderen|Dwars door Vlaanderen]]
: 9th [[Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne]]
;2010
: [[2010 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stages 2 & 7
::Held [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] after Stages 2 & 7
::Held [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] after Stage 2
::[[File:Jersey red number.svg|20px]] [[Combativity award in the Tour de France|Combativity award]] Stage 2 & Overall
: 2nd [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships
: 7th Overall [[Tour du Limousin]]
;2011
: 1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] [[French National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Championships
: 2nd [[2011 Tour of Flanders|Tour of Flanders]]
: 4th Overall [[2011 Three Days of De Panne|Three Days of De Panne]]
: [[2011 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
::Held [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Vuelta a España|alt=Red jersey]] after Stages 4–7
;2012
: 1st [[File:Gold medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial|Team time trial]], [[2012 UCI Road World Championships|UCI World Championships]]
: 1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships
: 1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Overall [[2012 Three Days of De Panne|Three Days of De Panne]]
::1st Stage 3b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 2nd Overall [[2012 Eneco Tour|Eneco Tour]]
: 2nd [[2012 Dwars door Vlaanderen|Dwars door Vlaanderen]]
: 2nd [[2012 Chrono des Nations|Chrono des Nations]]
: 8th Overall [[2012 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 8th Overall [[2012 Tour de San Luis|Tour de San Luis]]
: 10th [[2012 Tour of Flanders|Tour of Flanders]]
;2013
: 1st [[File:Gold medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial|Team time trial]], [[2013 UCI Road World Championships|UCI World Championships]]
: National Championships
::1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]]
::2nd [[French National Road Race Championships|Road race]]
: 1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Overall [[2013 Three Days of De Panne|Three Days of De Panne]]
::1st Stage 3b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 3rd [[2013 Chrono des Nations|Chrono des Nations]]
: 4th [[2013 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
: 4th [[2013 Brabantse Pijl|Brabantse Pijl]]
: 5th Overall [[2013 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification
::1st Stage 6
: 6th Overall [[2013 Eneco Tour|Eneco Tour]]
::1st Stage 5 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 6th [[2013 E3 Harelbeke|E3 Harelbeke]]
: 7th [[2013 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|Omloop Het Nieuwsblad]]
: 8th [[Grand Prix de Wallonie]]
;2014
: 1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships
: 1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine|Tour du Poitou-Charentes]]
::1st Stage 4 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 1st [[2014 GP Ouest–France|GP Ouest–France]]
: 1st [[2014 Chrono des Nations|Chrono des Nations]]
: 2nd Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
::1st Stage 3
: 3rd Overall [[2014 Tour of Belgium|Tour of Belgium]]
: 5th [[2014 Dwars door Vlaanderen|Dwars door Vlaanderen]]
: 7th Overall [[La Méditerranéenne|Tour Méditerranéen]]
: 7th Overall [[2014 Tour of Britain|Tour of Britain]]
;2015
: National Championships
::3rd [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]]
::3rd [[French National Road Race Championships|Road race]]
: 9th Overall [[2015 Vuelta a Andalucía|Vuelta a Andalucía]]
;2016
: 1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine|Tour du Poitou-Charentes]]
::1st Stage 4 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 4th Overall [[2016 Étoile de Bessèges|Étoile de Bessèges]]
::1st Stage 3
: 5th Overall [[2016 Three Days of De Panne|Three Days of De Panne]]
;2017
: 4th [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships
: 4th Overall [[2017 Three Days of De Panne|Three Days of De Panne]]
: 5th Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
::1st Stage 4
: 5th Overall [[2017 Étoile de Bessèges|Étoile de Bessèges]]
: 9th [[2017 Tour of Flanders|Tour of Flanders]]
: 9th [[2017 Tro-Bro Léon|Tro-Bro Léon]]
: 10th [[2017 Chrono des Nations|Chrono des Nations]]
: [[File:Jersey red number.svg|20px]] [[Combativity award in the Tour de France|Combativity award]] Stage 16 [[2017 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
;2018
: 2nd Overall [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine]]
: 4th Overall [[2018 Étoile de Bessèges|Étoile de Bessèges]]
: 4th Overall [[2018 Tour La Provence|Tour La Provence]]
: 5th [[Cholet-Pays de Loire]]
: 5th [[Chrono des Nations]]
: 6th [[La Roue Tourangelle]]
: 6th [[Paris–Chauny]]
: [[File:Jersey red number.svg|20px]] [[Combativity award in the Tour de France|Combativity award]] Stage 2 [[2018 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
{{div col end}}

====Grand Tour general classification results timeline====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Grand Tour
! scope="col" | 2001
! scope="col" | 2002
! scope="col" | 2003
! scope="col" | 2004
! scope="col" | 2005
! scope="col" | 2006
! scope="col" | 2007
! scope="col" | 2008
! scope="col" | 2009
! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! scope="col" | 2013
! scope="col" | 2014
! scope="col" | 2015
! scope="col" | 2016
! scope="col" | 2017
! scope="col" | 2018
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2015 Giro d'Italia|36]]
| —
| —
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
| [[2001 Tour de France|65]]
| [[2002 Tour de France|36]]
| [[2003 Tour de France|37]]
| [[2004 Tour de France|30]]
| [[2005 Tour de France|58]]
| [[2006 Tour de France|45]]
| [[2007 Tour de France|DNF]]
| [[2008 Tour de France|61]]
| [[2009 Tour de France|19]]
| [[2010 Tour de France|31]]
| [[2011 Tour de France|61]]
| [[2012 Tour de France|DNF]]
| [[2013 Tour de France|31]]
| [[2014 Tour de France|34]]
| [[2015 Tour de France|54]]
| [[2016 Tour de France|43]]
| [[2017 Tour de France|25]]
| [[2018 Tour de France|39]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2007 Vuelta a España|16]]
| [[2008 Vuelta a España|DNF]]
| —
| —
| [[2011 Vuelta a España|27]]
| —
| —
| —
| [[2015 Vuelta a España|47]]
| —
| —
| —
|}

====Classics results timeline====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Monument
! 2000
! 2001
! 2002
! 2003
! 2004
! 2005
! 2006
! 2007
! 2008
! 2009
! 2010
! 2011
! 2012
! 2013
! 2014
! 2015
! 2016
! 2017
! 2018
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Milan–San Remo]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2004 Milan–San Remo|52]]
| —
| [[2006 Milan–San Remo|71]]
| —
| [[2008 Milan–San Remo|59]]
| [[2009 Milan–San Remo|37]]
| [[2010 Milan–San Remo|21]]
| [[2011 Milan–San Remo|20]]
| —
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[2013 Milan–San Remo|4]]
| [[2014 Milan–San Remo|21]]
| [[2015 Milan–San Remo|23]]
| —
| —
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tour of Flanders]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2008 Tour of Flanders|29]]
| [[2009 Tour of Flanders|31]]
| [[2010 Tour of Flanders|24]]
| style="background:silver;" |[[2011 Tour of Flanders|'''2''']]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[2012 Tour of Flanders|10]]
| [[2013 Tour of Flanders|13]]
| [[2014 Tour of Flanders|19]]
| [[2015 Tour of Flanders|45]]
| [[2016 Tour of Flanders|33]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[2017 Tour of Flanders|9]]
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Paris–Roubaix]]
| [[2000 Paris–Roubaix|DNF]]
| [[2001 Paris–Roubaix|52]]
| —
| [[2003 Paris–Roubaix|DNF]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[2009 Paris–Roubaix|7]]
| —
| [[2011 Paris–Roubaix|38]]
| [[2012 Paris–Roubaix|27]]
| [[2013 Paris–Roubaix|19]]
| —
| [[2015 Paris–Roubaix|94]]
| [[2016 Paris–Roubaix|DNF]]
| [[2017 Paris–Roubaix|19]]
| [[2018 Paris–Roubaix|80]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
| —
| —
| [[2002 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|DNF]]
| [[2003 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|DNF]]
| [[2004 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|89]]
| [[2005 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|48]]
| [[2006 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|46]]
| [[2007 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|57]]
| —
| —
| [[2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|DNF]]
| [[2011 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|69]]
| [[2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|DNF]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Giro di Lombardia]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2005 Giro di Lombardia|84]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2010 Giro di Lombardia|DNF]]
| [[2011 Giro di Lombardia|DNF]]
| [[2012 Giro di Lombardia|DNF]]
| [[2013 Giro di Lombardia|DNF]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
! Classic
! 2000
! 2001
! 2002
! 2003
! 2004
! 2005
! 2006
! 2007
! 2008
! 2009
! 2010
! 2011
! 2012
! 2013
! 2014
! 2015
! 2016
! 2017
! 2018
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Omloop Het Nieuwsblad]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2008 Omloop Het Volk|36]]
| [[2009 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|17]]
| [[2010 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|20]]
| [[2011 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|25]]
| [[2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|21]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[2013 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|7]]
| [[2014 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|26]]
| [[2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|28]]
| [[2016 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|34]]
| [[2017 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|53]]
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="background:#ddf;"   | 9
| [[2010 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|22]]
| [[2011 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|91]]
| [[2012 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|125]]
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" |NH
| —
| —
| —
| [[2017 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|60]]
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[E3 Saxo Bank Classic|E3 Harelbeke]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[2009 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen|5]]
| [[2010 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen|28]]
| —
| [[2012 E3 Harelbeke|33]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[2013 E3 Harelbeke|6]]
| [[2014 E3 Harelbeke|29]]
| [[2015 E3 Harelbeke|20]]
| —
| [[2017 E3 Harelbeke|61]]
| [[2018 E3 Harelbeke|29]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Gent–Wevelgem]]
| —
| [[2001 Gent–Wevelgem|71]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2010 Gent–Wevelgem|22]]
| [[2011 Gent–Wevelgem|47]]
| —
| —
| —
| [[2015 Gent–Wevelgem|20]]
| [[2016 Gent–Wevelgem|72]]
| —
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Dwars door Vlaanderen]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="background:gold;"   |[[2008 Dwars door Vlaanderen|'''1''']]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[2009 Dwars door Vlaanderen|7]]
| [[2010 Dwars door Vlaanderen|66]]
| [[2011 Dwars door Vlaanderen|27]]
| style="background:silver;" |[[2012 Dwars door Vlaanderen|'''2''']]
| —
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[2014 Dwars door Vlaanderen|5]]
| —
| —
| [[2017 Dwars door Vlaanderen|85]]
| [[2018 Dwars door Vlaanderen|72]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Brabantse Pijl (men's race)|Brabantse Pijl]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="background:gold;"   |[[2008 Brabantse Pijl|'''1''']]
| —
| [[2010 Brabantse Pijl|24]]
| —
| —
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[2013 Brabantse Pijl|4]]
| —
| [[2015 Brabantse Pijl|23]]
| —
| —
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Amstel Gold Race (men's race)|Amstel Gold Race]]
| —
| —
| —
| [[2003 Amstel Gold Race|119]]
| —
| [[2005 Amstel Gold Race|60]]
| [[2006 Amstel Gold Race|60]]
| [[2007 Amstel Gold Race|109]]
| [[2008 Amstel Gold Race|57]]
| [[2009 Amstel Gold Race|24]]
| [[2010 Amstel Gold Race|16]]
| [[2011 Amstel Gold Race|16]]
| [[2012 Amstel Gold Race|37]]
| —
| [[2014 Amstel Gold Race|DNF]]
| [[2015 Amstel Gold Race|79]]
| —
| —
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Clásica de San Sebastián]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2005 Clásica de San Sebastián|106]]
| [[2006 Clásica de San Sebastián|91]]
| [[2007 Clásica de San Sebastián|70]]
| [[2008 Clásica de San Sebastián|14]]
| [[2009 Clásica de San Sebastián|32]]
| —
| [[2011 Clásica de San Sebastián|17]]
| [[2012 Clásica de San Sebastián|DNF]]
| [[2013 Clásica de San Sebastián|11]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Bretagne Classic|GP Ouest–France]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2005 GP Ouest–France|58]]
| [[2006 GP Ouest–France|12]]
| —
| [[2008 GP Ouest–France|59]]
| —
| [[2010 GP Ouest–France|33]]
| —
| [[2012 GP Ouest–France|91]]
| [[2013 GP Ouest–France|48]]
| style="background:gold;"   |[[2014 GP Ouest–France|'''1''']]
| —
| [[2016 Bretagne Classic Ouest–France|34]]
| —
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Paris–Tours]]
| [[2000 Paris–Tours|85]]
| [[2001 Paris–Tours|84]]
| —
| —
| —
| [[2005 Paris–Tours|87]]
| —
| —
| —
| [[2009 Paris–Tours|36]]
| [[2010 Paris–Tours|51]]
| [[2011 Paris–Tours|35]]
| [[2012 Paris–Tours|83]]
| [[2013 Paris–Tours|12]]
| [[2014 Paris–Tours|31]]
| —
| —
| —
| [[2018 Paris–Tours|45]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="row" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did not finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|-
! scope="row" | NH
| Not held
|}

===Track===
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
;2015
: 1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] Individual pursuit, [[French National Track Championships|National Championships]]
;2016
: 1st [[File:European champion jersey 2016.svg|20px]] [[2016 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]], [[2016 UEC European Track Championships|UEC European Championships]]
: 1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] Individual pursuit, [[French National Track Championships|National Championships]]
: [[2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup|UCI World Cup]], Glasgow
::1st Individual pursuit
::2nd Team pursuit
;2017
: [[French National Track Championships|National Championships]]
::1st [[File:MaillotFra.PNG|20px]] Madison (with [[Thomas Boudat]])
::2nd Individual pursuit
;2018
: [[French National Track Championships|National Championships]]
::2nd Individual pursuit
::2nd Madison (with [[Thomas Boudat]])
::3rd Team pursuit
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Sylvain Chavanel}}
* {{UCI rider}}
* {{Cycling Archives}}
* {{CQ ranking}}
* {{ProCyclingStats}}
* [http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/103.html Tour de France results]
* [http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=103&idtitle=1 Palmares at Cycling Base]
* [http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/952/Wielrennen/article/detail/1416151/2012/03/29/Chavanel-pakt-eindzege-Driedaagse-na-winst-in-tijdrit.dhtml Chavanel pakt eindzege Driedaagse na winst in tijdrit]
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|sylvain-chavanel}}

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{{UEC European Track Champions – Men's team pursuit}}
{{Tour de France combativity award winners}}
{{French National Road Race Championships (men)}}
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