Silvan Dillier

Silvan Dillier
	Dillier at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Silvan Dillier
Born	3 August 1990 (age 34); Baden, Switzerland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)
Team information
Current team	Alpecin–Deceuninck
Disciplines	Road; Track;
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist
Amateur teams
2010	Chambéry Cyclisme
2012	EKZ Racing
2013	BMC Development Team
2013	BMC Racing Team (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2011	Team Vorarlberg
2014–2017	BMC Racing Team
2018–2020	AG2R La Mondiale
2021–	Alpecin–Fenix
Major wins
	Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2017) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2017, 2021) National Time Trial Championships (2015)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing BMC Racing Team
World Championships

Silvan Dillier (born 3 August 1990) is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck.^[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.^[3]

In the 2013 Tour of Alberta, he won stage 2 while riding with BMC Racing Team 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 (Trek–Segafredo) after the pair had been part of a five-man breakaway that rode clear of the peloton for almost all of the 217-kilometre (135-mile) stage.^[8] In June 2017, Dillier won his first stage race, the Route du Sud.^[9]

AG2R La Mondiale (2018–20)

Dillier (centre) following Peter Sagan at the 2018 Paris–Roubaix; he ultimately finished second to Sagan in a sprint finish.

Dillier joined AG2R La Mondiale 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 (Lotto–Soudal), until the pair were caught by world champion Peter Sagan (Bora–Hansgrohe), who had attacked from the group of favourites with around 53 kilometres (33 miles) 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 Alpecin–Fenix 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 Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Giro d'Italia	52	DNF	67	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	—	—	83	—	—	59	60	129
Vuelta a España	—	79	—	—	72	—	—	—

Monuments results timeline

Monument	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Milan–San Remo	—	38	—	125	—	—	—	—	102	100
Tour of Flanders	46	61	—	49	—	54	DNF	DNF	98	80
Paris–Roubaix	DNF	—	—	—	2	57	NH	49	63	42
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	—	—	123	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Giro di Lombardia	Has not yet contested during his career

Major championships timeline

Event		2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Olympic Games	Road race	—	Not held			—	Not held				—	NH
World Championships	Time trial	—	—	18	30	—	—	47	—	—	—
	Road race	—	—	—	28	DNF	50	—	DNF	DNF	45
	Team time trial	—	—	1	1	—	2	15	Not held
National Championships	Time trial	—	—	3	1	DNS	2	2	—	2	—	—
National Championships	Road race	9	—	13	4	13	1	8	13	—	1	6