Hichem Chaabane ( ar, هشام شعبان; born 10 August 1988 in Blida) is an Algerian former professional road cyclist. He represented his nation

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at the

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Career

Riding for , Chaabane qualified for the Algerian squad, as a 19-year-old, in the men's road race at the

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by receiving a berth and finishing fourth from stage four of Giro del Capo in

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. Passing through the 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. 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

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, losing some cash, laptops, and five cellphones from their respective belongings. 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

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. 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

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

Major results

;2007 : 5th Road race, UCI B World Championships ;2008 : 4th Overall Giro del Capo : 5th Road race,

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;2010 : 1st Gold medal blank

Road race, Arab Road Championships : National Road Championships ::2nd Time trial ::2nd Road race ;2012 : 1st Gold medal blank

Road race, Arab Road Championships : 1st Stage 4

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: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships :

::3rd

Team time trial ::7th Road race : 4th Overall

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: 5th Overall

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: 8th Overall Tour of Greece : 9th Challenge Youssoufia,

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;2013 : National Road Championships ::1st Algeria's champion maillot

Road race ::2nd Time trial : 1st Overall

Tour de Blida The Tour de Blida is a staged cycling race held annually in Algeria since 2013. It is rated 2.2 and is part of UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the ...

::1st Stage 3 : 2nd Silver medal africa

Team time trial,

: 5th Overall Tour de Wilaya de Tipaza : 8th

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: 9th Overall

Tour of Eritrea The Tour of Eritrea ( ti, ዙር ኤርትራ, it, Giro dell’ Eritrea) is a multistage bicycle race held annually throughout Eritrea. History The first race was staged in 1946. It was promoted by the Italian community of Eritrea with the Ita ...

: 10th Overall

: 10th Overall Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) : 10th Trophée de l'Anniversaire,

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;2014 : 2nd

Grand Prix d'Oran The GP de la Ville d'Oran is a one-day race held annually since 2015 in Oran, Algeria, rated 1.2 and is part of UCI Africa Tour. Winners See also *Tour International de la Wilaya d'Oran References Cycling Cycling, also, when on ...

: 6th Overall

Tour de Constantine The Tour de Constantine was a stage race held in Algeria between 2014 and 2016, that was rated 2.2 and was held as part of the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in ...

::1st Mountains classification : 7th

Critérium International de Sétif The Critérium International de Sétif was a one-day cycling race held in Algeria, between 2014 and 2016. It was held as part of the UCI Africa Tour, rated 1.2 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of ...

: 8th

: 9th Overall

::1st Stage 5 : 9th Overall

;2015 :1st Overall
Tour d'Annaba The Tour d'Annaba was a stage race held in 2015 and 2016 in Algeria, which was rated 2.2 and part of the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cyc ...
::~~1st Mountains classification~~ ::~~1st Stage 4~~ : 1st
Circuit de Constantine The Circuit de Constantine was a one-day cycling race held in 2015 and 2016 in Algeria, that was rated 1.2 and held as part of the UCI Africa Tour. Hichem Chaabane Hichem Chaabane ( ar, هشام شعبان; born 10 August 1988 in Blida) is an A ...
: 1st

Tour Internationale d'Oranie The Tour International de la Wilaya d'Oran (Tour Internationale d'Oranie) is a 2.2-categorised stage race held between 2015 and 2018 in Algeria, as part of the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compe ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 3rd Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 5th Team time trial,

References

External links

NBC 2008 Olympics profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaabane, Hichem 1988 births Living people Algerian male cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Algeria People from Blida 21st-century Algerian people