Hichem Chaabane Explained

Hichem Chaabane
Fullname:Hichem Chaabane
Birth Date:10 August 1988
Birth Place:Blida, Algeria
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2015
Amateurteam1:Olympique Team Algérie Tour Aglo37
Proyears1:2008
Proyears2:2009
Proyears3:2012–2013
Proyears4:2014
Proteam4:Olympic Team Algérie Tour Aglo37

Hichem Chaabane (Arabic: هشام شعبان; born 10 August 1988 in Blida) is an Algerian former professional road cyclist.[1] He represented his nation Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Career

Riding for, Chaabane qualified for the Algerian squad, as a 19-year-old, in the men's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving a berth and finishing fourth from stage four of Giro del Capo in Cape Town, South Africa.[2] Passing through the 161.2km (100.2miles)km mark, Chaabane could not achieve a best possible result with a severe fatigue under Beijing's intense heat and a lapped violation, as he failed to complete a grueling race against a vast field of nearly a hundred cyclists.[3]

Chaabane signed an annual contract with pro cycling team in 2009. On that same year, he and four other international cyclists were stabbed and injured on a house robbery in Potchefstroom, losing some cash, laptops, and five cellphones from their respective belongings.[4] When folded after the 2009 season, Chaabane was left with no contract, and ultimately decided to return to Algeria as a freelance agent. In 2010, Chaabane earned his first career title in road cycling for the under-23 division at the African Championships in Tunis, Tunisia.[5]

When he joined with Vélo Club Sovac in 2012 under a bi-annual contract, Chaabane added two more titles for an elite level at the Tour de Blida and at the Algerian Road Championships in Mostaganem.[6]

In April 2015, it was announced that Chaabane had tested positive for two undisclosed prohibited substances and was provisionally suspended from racing.[7]

Major results

2007
  • 5th Road race, UCI B World Championships
    2008
  • 4th Overall Giro del Capo
  • 5th Road race, African Road Championships
    2010
  • 1st Road race, Arab Road Championships
  • National Road Championships
  • 2nd Time trial
  • 2nd Road race
    2012
  • 1st Road race, Arab Road Championships
  • 1st Stage 4 Tour du Faso
  • 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
  • African Road Championships
  • 3rd Team time trial
  • 7th Road race
  • 4th Overall Kwita Izina Cycling Tour
  • 5th Overall Tour d'Algérie
  • 8th Overall Tour of Greece
  • 9th Challenge Youssoufia, Challenge des phosphates
    2013
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 2nd Time trial
  • 1st Overall Tour de Blida
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 2nd Team time trial, African Road Championships
  • 5th Overall Tour de Wilaya de Tipaza
  • 8th Circuit d'Alger
  • 9th Overall Tour of Eritrea
  • 10th Overall Tour d'Algérie
  • 10th Overall Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)
  • 10th Trophée de l'Anniversaire, Challenge du Prince
    2014
  • 2nd Grand Prix d'Oran
  • 6th Overall Tour de Constantine
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 7th Critérium International de Sétif
  • 8th Circuit d'Alger
  • 9th Overall Tour d'Algérie
  • 1st Stage 5
  • 9th Overall Tour de Blida
    2015
  • 1st Overall Tour d'Annaba
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 1st Stage 4
  • 1st Circuit de Constantine
  • 1st Circuit d'Alger
  • Tour Internationale d'Oranie
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stages 1 & 3
  • 3rd Overall Tour de Blida
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 5th Team time trial, African Road Championships

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Hichem Chaabane. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418064527/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/hichem-chabane-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 6 October 2013.
    2. News: Hichem Chaâbane prend la 4e place. Hichem Chaâbane takes fourth place. French. Le Soir d'Algérie. 9 March 2008. 6 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131227083322/http://www.lesoirdalgerie.com/articles/2008/03/09/article.php?sid=65510&cid=5. 27 December 2013. dead.
    3. Web site: Men's Road Race . . . 21 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213124/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCRM012100/index.html . 19 August 2012 .
    4. News: Olympic cyclist stabbed in robbery. Independent Online (South Africa). 2 June 2009. 6 October 2013.
    5. News: Cyclisme – Championnat arabe: Troisième place pour le cycliste algérien Hichem Chaabane. Cycling – Arab Championships: Third place for Algerian cyclist Hichem Chaabane. French. Radio Algérienne. 20 October 2010. 6 October 2013.
    6. News: Cyclisme Championnat d'Algérie, Hichem Chaâbane vainqueur. Algerian Cycling Championships, Hichem Chaâbane is the winner. French. Algerie 360. 15 June 2013. 6 October 2013.
    7. News: Hichem Chaâbane contrôlé positif. TSA. Entrecom. 23 April 2015. 24 April 2015. French. Mourad Zemmouri. https://web.archive.org/web/20150428064624/http://www.tsa-algerie.com/20150423/hichem-chaabane-controle-positif/. 28 April 2015. dead.

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