# Hichem Chaabane

Hichem Chaabane (Arabic: هشام شعبان; born 10 August 1988 in Blida) is an Algerian former professional road cyclist. He represented his nation Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

## Career

Riding for Team Konica Minolta–Bizhub, Chaabane qualified for the Algerian squad, as a 19-year-old, in the men's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving a berth and finishing fourth from stage four of Giro del Capo in Cape Town, South Africa. Passing through the 161.2-kilometre (100.2-mile)km mark, Chaabane could not achieve a best possible result with a severe fatigue under Beijing's intense heat and a lapped violation, as he failed to complete a grueling race against a vast field of nearly a hundred cyclists.
Chaabane signed an annual contract with MTN Cycling pro cycling team in 2009. On that same year, he and four other international cyclists were stabbed and injured on a house robbery in Potchefstroom, losing some cash, laptops, and five cellphones from their respective belongings. When MTN Cycling folded after the 2009 season, Chaabane was left with no contract, and ultimately decided to return to Algeria as a freelance agent. In 2010, Chaabane earned his first career title in road cycling for the under-23 division at the African Championships in Tunis, Tunisia.
When he joined with Vélo Club Sovac in 2012 under a bi-annual contract, Chaabane added two more titles for an elite level at the Tour de Blida and at the Algerian Road Championships in Mostaganem.
In April 2015, it was announced that Chaabane had tested positive for two undisclosed prohibited substances and was provisionally suspended from racing.

## Major results
### 2007

    5th Road race, UCI B World Championships

### 2008

    4th Overall Giro del Capo
    5th Road race, African Road Championships

### 2010

    1st Road race, Arab Road Championships
    National Road Championships
       2nd Time trial
       2nd Road race

### 2012

    1st Road race, Arab Road Championships
    1st Stage 4 Tour du Faso
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    African Road Championships
       3rd Team time trial
       7th Road race
    4th Overall Kwita Izina Cycling Tour
    5th Overall Tour d'Algérie
    8th Overall Tour of Greece
    9th Challenge Youssoufia, Challenge des phosphates

### 2013

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       2nd Time trial
    1st Overall Tour de Blida
       1st Stage 3
    2nd Team time trial, African Road Championships
    5th Overall Tour de Wilaya de Tipaza
    8th Circuit d'Alger
    9th Overall Tour of Eritrea
    10th Overall Tour d'Algérie
    10th Overall Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)
    10th Trophée de l'Anniversaire, Challenge du Prince

### 2014

    2nd Grand Prix d'Oran
    6th Overall Tour de Constantine
       1st Mountains classification
    7th Critérium International de Sétif
    8th Circuit d'Alger
    9th Overall Tour d'Algérie
       1st Stage 5
    9th Overall Tour de Blida

### 2015

    1st Overall Tour d'Annaba
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 4
    1st Circuit de Constantine
    1st Circuit d'Alger
    Tour Internationale d'Oranie
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    3rd Overall Tour de Blida
       1st Stage 3
    5th Team time trial, African Road Championships