| Fullname | Elise Chabbey |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 24 April 1993 (age 33) |
| Birth place | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Ridertype | All-rounder |
| Proyears 1 | 2018 |
| Proyears 2 | 2019–2020 |
| Proteam 2 | [1][2] |
| Proyears 3 | 2021–2024 |
| Proteam 3 | [3] |
| Proyears 4 | 2025– |
| Majorwins |
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Elise Chabbey (born 24 April 1993) is a Swiss road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . 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. In March 2026, she won the Strade Bianche Donne.
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 .[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 team on a two-year contract, following the disbandment of .[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 Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Mountains classification, Tour de France
- 2nd Grand Prix du Morbihan
- 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 5th Overall Tour Down Under
- 7th Tour of Flanders
- 7th Paris–Roubaix
- 9th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2026
- 1st Strade Bianche
- 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
References
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- ^ "Bigla - Katusha". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived 19 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Canyon-SRAM Racing". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived 10 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ "Elise Chabbey". Archived 3 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Canoë: Elise Chabbey ne réalise pas d'exploit
- ^ Tyson, Jackie (2021-02-09). "Elise Chabbey: Frontline doctor shifts focus to Olympic Games". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (2020-03-29). "Elise Chabbey continues to help under-staffed hospital battle the coronavirus". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ^ "Canyon-SRAM signs Elise Chabbey". VeloNews. Pocket Outdoor Media Inc. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Tour de Suisse: Great Britain's Lizzie Deignan wins by one second". BBC Sport. 2021-06-06. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ^ Cash, Dane (2022-09-21). "Switzerland wins Worlds team time trial mixed relay". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (2023-08-08). "World Championships: Switzerland victorious despite Reusser crash in Mixed Relay TTT". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (2024-09-18). "'Raising my arms is my aim' - Elise Chabbey departs Canyon-SRAM, takes new opportunity with FDJ-SUEZ in 2025". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Tour de Romandie Féminin: Elise Chabbey snatches overall victory from Urška Žigart as Blanka Vas wins stage 3". Cyclingnews. 2025-08-17. Retrieved 2025-08-18.