# Silvan Dillier

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

## 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 BMC Racing Team 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 (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. In June 2017, Dillier won his first stage race, the Route du Sud.

### AG2R La Mondiale (2018–20)

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. 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. 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 Alpecin–Fenix team, for the 2021 season. He extended his contract by a further two seasons in July 2021.

## 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 | Has not yet contested during his career | Has not yet contested during his career | Has not yet contested during his career | Has not yet contested during his career | Has not yet contested during his career | Has not yet contested during his career | Has not yet contested during his career | Has not yet contested during his career |

#### Major championships timeline

| Event | Event | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Olympic Games | Road race | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | NH |
| World Championships | Time trial | — | — | 18 | 30 | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | |
| World Championships | Road race | — | — | — | 28 | DNF | 50 | — | DNF | DNF | 45 | |
| World Championships | Team time trial | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 15 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 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 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |

### 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