Silvan Dillier

Silvan Dillier (born 3 August 1990) is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .

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.

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. This prompted BMC to sign him to a contract for the 2014 cycling season.

BMC Racing Team (2014–17)

He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España. Dillier rode in the 2017 Giro d'Italia. 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 stage. In June 2017, Dillier won his first stage race, the Route du Sud.

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. 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 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. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France.

Alpecin–Fenix (2021–)

In November 2020, Dillier signed a one-year contract with the team, for the 2021 season. He extended his contract by a further two seasons in July 2021.

Diller became known as a reliable domestique for Mathieu van der Poel. At Milan-Sanremo, he would regularly ride approximately 200km, often unassisted by other teams, at the front of the peloton.

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 <small>(1 pro win)</small>

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 <small>(2)</small>

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 <small>(3)</small>

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 <small>(1)</small>

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 <small>(1)</small>

1st Road race, National Road Championships

Grand 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 Championships

References

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