Elise Chabbey

Elise Chabbey
Personal information
Full nameElise Chabbey
Born (1993-04-24) 24 April 1993
Geneva, Switzerland
Team information
Current teamFDJ–Suez
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
2018Cogeas
2019–2020Bigla Pro Cycling[1][2]
2021–2024Canyon–SRAM[3]
2025–FDJ–Suez
Major wins
Major Tours
Tour de France
Mountains classification (2025)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2020)
Medal record
Women's road bicycle racing
Representing  Switzerland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Wollongong Mixed team relay
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Mixed team relay

Elise Chabbey (born 24 April 1993) is a Swiss road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam FDJ–Suez. She won the mixed team relay alongside her Swiss teammates at the UCI Road World Championships in 2022 and 2023. In 2025, Chabbey won the polka-dot jersey of the Queen of the Mountains classification at the Tour de France Femmes.

Career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed as a slalom canoer in the K-1 event,[4][5] finishing 20th in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals.[6] Retiring from canoe slalom, she entered medical school in 2014, starting to cycle after an injury prevented her from running.[7]

Chabbey started her professional cycling career in 2018, joining the Cogeas team.[7] In 2019, she joined Bigla Pro Cycling.[7] During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Chabbey worked full-time for three months at the University Hospital of Geneva – having completed her medical degree in October 2019.[7][8] Later in 2020, Chabbey won the road race at the Swiss National Road Race Championships. For the 2021 season, Chabbey joined the Canyon–SRAM team on a two-year contract, following the disbandment of Équipe Paule Ka.[9] At the 2021 Tour de Suisse Women, she finished 2nd overall, beaten by Lizzie Deignan by just 1 second.[10]

In 2022, she and her Swiss teammates won gold in the mixed team relay at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.[11] In 2023, she and her Swiss teammates defended their mixed team relay title at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships in Scotland.[12]

In 2025, Chabbey joined the French team FDJ-Suez.[13] At the 2025 Tour de France Femmes, Chabbey won the polka-dot jersey of the Queen of the Mountains classification, leading the competition from start to finish.[14] In August, she won the Tour de Romandie Féminin, the first stage race victory of her career.[15]

Major results

2017
5th Road race, National Road Championships
2019
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
5th Overall Tour of Scotland
2020
National Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
2nd Team relay, UEC European Road Championships
2021
2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 1
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Challenge by La Vuelta
4th Ronde van Drenthe
7th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
9th Overall The Women's Tour
1st Mountains classification
9th GP Oetingen
10th Overall Giro Rosa
2022
UCI Road World Championships
1st Team relay
9th Road race
3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen
4th Paris–Roubaix
5th Road race, National Road Championships
6th Strade Bianche
6th Overall The Women's Tour
6th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
6th Classic Lorient Agglomération
7th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
7th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
7th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
8th Overall Challenge by La Vuelta
8th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
2023
UCI Road World Championships
1st Team relay
7th Road race
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
4th Brabantse Pijl
5th Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Mountains classification
5th Overall UAE Tour
5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
6th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
9th La Flèche Wallonne
10th Classic Lorient Agglomération
2024
1st Mountains classification, Tour de Suisse
4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
4th Overall Vueltta a Burgos
5th Overall Itzulia Women
5th Road race, National Road Championships
7th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
8th Strade Bianche
2025
1st Mountains classification, Tour de France
1st Overall Tour de Romandie Féminin
1st Stage 2
5th Overall Tour Down Under
7th Tour of Flanders
7th Paris–Roubaix

References

  1. ^ "Bigla Pro Cycling Team". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Bigla - Katusha". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Canyon-SRAM Racing". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elise Chabbey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Elise Chabbey". London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  6. ^ Canoë: Elise Chabbey ne réalise pas d'exploit
  7. ^ a b c d Tyson, Jackie (9 February 2021). "Elise Chabbey: Frontline doctor shifts focus to Olympic Games". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  8. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (29 March 2020). "Elise Chabbey continues to help under-staffed hospital battle the coronavirus". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Canyon-SRAM signs Elise Chabbey". VeloNews. Pocket Outdoor Media Inc. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Tour de Suisse: Great Britain's Lizzie Deignan wins by one second". BBC Sport. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  11. ^ Cash, Dane (21 September 2022). "Switzerland wins Worlds team time trial mixed relay". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  12. ^ Farrand, Stephen (8 August 2023). "World Championships: Switzerland victorious despite Reusser crash in Mixed Relay TTT". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  13. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (18 September 2024). "'Raising my arms is my aim' - Elise Chabbey departs Canyon-SRAM, takes new opportunity with FDJ-SUEZ in 2025". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  14. ^ Knöfler, Lukas (3 August 2025). "Tour de France Femmes stage 9: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot claims historical overall victory with back-to-back mountain stage wins into Châtel". Cycling News. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  15. ^ "Tour de Romandie Féminin: Elise Chabbey snatches overall victory from Urška Žigart as Blanka Vas wins stage 3". Cyclingnews. 17 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.