Hichem Chaabane
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Hichem Chaabane |
| Born | 10 August 1988 Blida, Algeria |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2015 | Olympique Team Algérie Tour Aglo37 |
| Professional teams | |
| 2008 | Team Konica Minolta–Bizhub |
| 2009 | MTN Cycling |
| 2012–2013 | Vélo Club Sovac Algérie |
| 2014 | 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[edit]
Riding for Team Konica Minolta–Bizhub, 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 161.2-kilometre (100.2-mile)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 MTN Cycling 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 MTN Cycling 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[edit]
- 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
- 3rd
- 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
- 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'Annaba1st Mountains classification1st 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
References[edit]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hichem Chaabane". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Hichem Chaâbane prend la 4e place" [Hichem Chaâbane takes fourth place] (in French). Le Soir d'Algérie. 9 March 2008. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Men's Road Race". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ^ "Olympic cyclist stabbed in robbery". Independent Online (South Africa). 2 June 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Cyclisme – Championnat arabe: Troisième place pour le cycliste algérien Hichem Chaabane" [Cycling – Arab Championships: Third place for Algerian cyclist Hichem Chaabane] (in French). Radio Algérienne. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Cyclisme Championnat d'Algérie, Hichem Chaâbane vainqueur" [Algerian Cycling Championships, Hichem Chaâbane is the winner] (in French). Algerie 360. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ Mourad Zemmouri (23 April 2015). "Hichem Chaâbane contrôlé positif". TSA (in French). Entrecom. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
External links[edit]
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
- Hichem Chaabane at ProCyclingStats
- Hichem Chaabane at Cycling Archives
