Sylvain Georges (born 1 May 1984) is a professional French

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who last rode for . He was born in

Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme Beaumont (Auvergnat: ''Biaumont'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. The commune lies to the south of the dormant volcano, the Puy-de-Dôme (10 km from the commune and the city) which ...

, France. On 18 May 2012, Georges won his first pro tour stage on the 6th stage of the

Tour of California The Tour of California (officially sponsored as the Amgen Tour of California) was an annual professional road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race on the UCI World Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour that ran from 2006 to 2019. It was the ...

, where he broke away with six other riders at the start of a mountain stage leading to

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and rode solo for the last 50 kilometers to take the win as the peloton was in sight. In May 2013 Georges withdrew from the Giro D'Italia after testing positive for

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. He was later sacked by his team.

Palmarès

;2005 :7th Chrono Champenois ;2006 : 3rd

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, French Under–23 Road Championships :4th Chrono Champenois ;2007 :2nd Overall

Tour du Loir-et-Cher The Tour du Loir-et-Cher is a cycling stage race that takes place in the Loir-et-Cher region of France. The race traditionally starts and finishes in the capital of Blois. Since at least 2009, the final stage has consisted of a 12-lap circuit r ...

;2008 :7th

Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers is a road bicycle race held annually near Lillers, a commune in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. The editions 1964-1995 were reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, it is rated 1.2 on the UCI Europe Tour The ...

;2009 :1st Prologue 45ème Circuit De Saône Et Loire : 3rd Overall Grand Prix Chantal Biya ;2010 :8th Overall

Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour Rhône-Alpes () was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the river Rhône ...

;2011 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

:: 1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st GP Plumelec-Morbihan :2nd

Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise, formerly known as the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event ...

:10th

Tour du Finistère Tour du Finistère is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April around the city of Quimper, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, also being part of the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route ...

;2012 : 1st Stage 6

: 2nd

Tour du Doubs The Tour du Doubs is a single-day road bicycle race, currently held annually in September in the region of Doubs, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road ...

;2013 : 2nd

Paris–Camembert Paris–Camembert (also Paris–Camembert Trophée Lepetit or Paris–Camembert Lepetit) is a semi classic held annually in April. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The route of the race has varied over t ...

: 4th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche ;2015 :1st Stage 8a

Tour de Guadeloupe The Tour de Guadeloupe (; en, Tour of Guadeloupe) is an annual men's multiple stage road bicycle race held each August in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Founded in 1948 under the name Tour Cycliste de la Guadeloupe, this elite me ...

;2016 :1st Stage 7

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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