Silvan Dillier Explained
| Silvan Dillier |
| Fullname: | Silvan Dillier |
| Birth Date: | 1990 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Baden, Switzerland |
| Weight: | 750NaN0 |
| Role: | Rider |
| Ridertype: | Classics specialist |
| Amateuryears1: | 2010 |
| Amateurteam1: | Chambéry Cyclisme |
| Amateuryears2: | 2012 |
| Amateurteam2: | EKZ Racing |
| Amateuryears3: | 2013 |
| Amateuryears4: | 2013 |
| Amateurteam4: | (stagiaire) |
| Proyears1: | 2011 |
| Proyears2: | 2014–2017 |
| Proyears3: | 2018–2020 |
| Proteam3: | [1] |
| Proyears4: | 2021– |
| Majorwins: | Grand Tours Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2017)One-day races and Classics
National Time Trial Championships (2015)
|
Silvan Dillier (born 3 August 1990) is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[2]
Career
Amateur career
Dillier was born in Baden, Switzerland. In 2008, he was the Swiss national junior time trial champion, Under-23 road champion in 2009, and Under-23 time trial champion in 2010 and 2011.[3]
In 2012, he won a stage at the Tour de l'Avenir.
In the 2013 Tour of Alberta, he won stage 2 while riding with as a stagiaire.[4] This prompted BMC to sign him to a contract for the 2014 cycling season.[5]
BMC Racing Team (2014–17)
He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.[6] Dillier rode in the 2017 Giro d'Italia.[7] and won Stage 6 in a two-man sprint against Jasper Stuyven after the pair had been part of a five-man breakaway that rode clear of the peloton for almost all of the 217km (135miles) stage.[8] In June 2017, Dillier won his first stage race, the Route du Sud.[9]
AG2R La Mondiale (2018–20)
Dillier joined for the 2018 season to bolster the team's classics squad, but he suffered a broken thumb at Strade Bianche. He returned to racing in April 2018 and won his comeback race, Route Adélie.[10] At Paris–Roubaix, Dillier was part of a nine-man early breakaway that escaped from the peloton after an hour of racing, and was leading with Jelle Wallays, until the pair were caught by world champion Peter Sagan, who had attacked from the group of favourites with around 53km (33miles) remaining. Dillier was able to stay and work with Sagan all the way to the finish at Roubaix Velodrome, where Sagan won the two-up sprint finish.[11] In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France.[12]
Alpecin–Fenix (2021–)
In November 2020, Dillier signed a one-year contract with the team, for the 2021 season.[13] He extended his contract by a further two seasons in July 2021.[14]
Personal life
Dillier resides in Schneisingen.
Major results
Road
- 2006
1st Road race, National Novice Road Championships
- 2007
1st Stage 3 Kroz Istru
2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
2nd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
1st Stage 3a
9th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
1st Stage 4
- 2008
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
8th Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
- 2009
1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2010
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
8th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
- 2011
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
- 2012
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir
8th Overall Tour de Gironde
- 2013 (1 pro win)
1st Overall Tour de Normandie
1st Young rider classification
1st Flèche Ardennaise
1st Stage 2 Tour of Alberta
2nd Grand Prix des Marbriers
9th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig
- 2014
1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie
1st Young rider classification
6th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
9th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 2015 (2)
1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Arctic Race of Norway
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 4
- 2016
4th Overall Dubai Tour
8th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2017 (3)
National Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
1st Overall Route du Sud
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia
2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
8th Overall Tour of Guangxi
8th Brabantse Pijl
- 2018 (1)
1st Route Adélie
1st Mountains classification, Tour of Guangxi
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Paris–Roubaix
6th Tour du Doubs
9th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
10th La Roue Tourangelle
- 2020
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
10th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 2021 (1)
1st Road race, National Road ChampionshipsGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Monuments results timeline
Major championships timeline
Track
- 2008
1st Omnium, National Junior Championships
3rd Madison, UCI Junior World Championships
3rd Madison, National Championships
- 2009
National Championships
2nd Kilo
3rd Madison
- 2010
2nd Points race, National Championships
- 2011
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Madison (with Cyrille Thièry)
3rd Team pursuit
National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Claudio Imhof)
2nd Points race, UEC European Championships
2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Glenn O'Shea)
- 2012
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Madison (with Jan Keller)
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Team pursuit
2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Franco Marvulli)
National Championships
3rd Individual pursuit
3rd Madison
3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Robert Bartko)
- 2013
1st Six Days of Zürich (with Iljo Keisse)
- 2014
2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Leif Lampater)
3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Leif Lampater)
- 2015
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2nd Madison, National ChampionshipsNotes and References
- News: Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020. . Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. 1 January 2020.
- Web site: Alpecin-Fenix. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 3 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210103222800/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15247/1001488/280. 3 January 2021.
- Web site: BMC Racing Team: Silvan Dillier. bmcracingteam.com. 18 February 2014.
- Web site: Swissman Silvan Dillier Wins Stage 2 | Tour of Alberta. tourofalberta.ca. 18 February 2014.
- Web site: Dillier Steps Up To BMC Racing Team For 2014 | Cyclingnews.com. 9 September 2013. cyclingnews.com. 18 February 2014.
- Web site: 71st Vuelta a España . 20 August 2016 . ProCyclingStats.
- Web site: 2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List . 2 May 2017 . Pro Cycling Stats.
- Web site: Silvan Dillier pips Jasper Stuyven to Giro d'Italia stage six victory after colossal breakaway. 11 May 2017.
- Web site: Route du Sud - la Depeche du Midi 2017: Stage 4 Results. 18 June 2017.
- Web site: Dillier: Peter Sagan was an angel and a devil in the same person. 8 April 2018.
- News: Peter Sagan takes spectacular Paris-Roubaix victory after huge 54km attack. Henry. Robertshaw. Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. 8 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180408194621/http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/peter-sagan-takes-spectacular-paris-roubaix-victory-after-attacking-with-55km-to-go-375809. 8 April 2018. 8 April 2018.
- Web site: 2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List . 5 July 2017 . Pro Cycling Stats.
- News: Dillier joins Van der Poel at Alpecin-Fenix. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 18 November 2020. 18 November 2020.
- News: Theo. Chevalier. Route - Silvan Dillier a prolongé avec Alpecin-Fenix jusqu'en 2023. French. Road - Silvan Dillier extended with Alpecin-Fenix until 2023. Cyclism'Actu. Swar Agency. 29 July 2021. 23 December 2021.
