| Cyril Dessel | |
| Birth Date: | 29 November 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Rive-de-Gier, France |
| Height: | 1.81 m |
| Weight: | 63 kg |
| Currentteam: | Retired |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Retired |
| Ridertype: | Climber |
| Amateuryears1: | 1999 |
| Amateurteam1: | (trainee) |
| Proyears1: | 2000–2002 |
| Proteam1: | Jean Delatour |
| Proyears2: | 2003–2004 |
| Proyears3: | 2005–2011 |
Cyril Dessel (born 29 November 1974 in Rive-de-Gier, Loire) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2000 to 2011.[1]
In 2006, he won the Tour Méditerranéen on the UCI Europe Tour.[2] 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;[3] he eventually finished sixth.[4] 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.
| 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