{{Short description|Algerian cyclist (born 1988)}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Hichem Chaabane | image = | caption = | fullname = Hichem Chaabane | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|8|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = Blida, Algeria | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = 2015 | amateurteam1 = Olympique Team Algérie Tour Aglo37 | proyears1 = 2008 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|KON|2008}} | proyears2 = 2009 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|MTN|2009}} | proyears3 = 2012–2013 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|VCS|2012}} | proyears4 = 2014 | proteam4 = Olympic Team Algérie Tour Aglo37 | majorwins = | medaltemplates = }} '''Hichem Chaabane''' ({{langx|ar|هشام شعبان}}; born 10 August 1988 in Blida) is an Algerian former professional road cyclist.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Hichem Chaabane|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/hichem-chabane-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418064527/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/hichem-chabane-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 6 October 2013}}</ref> He represented his nation Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
==Career== Riding for {{UCI team code|KON|2008}}, 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hichem Chaâbane prend la 4e place|trans-title=Hichem Chaâbane takes fourth place|language=French|url=http://www.lesoirdalgerie.com/articles/2008/03/09/article.php?sid=65510&cid=5|publisher=Le Soir d'Algérie|date=9 March 2008|accessdate=6 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227083322/http://www.lesoirdalgerie.com/articles/2008/03/09/article.php?sid=65510&cid=5|archive-date=27 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Passing through the {{convert|161.2|km|abbr=off|adj=on}}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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's Road Race |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc=CRM012100/index.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=21 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213124/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCRM012100/index.html |archivedate=19 August 2012 }}</ref>
Chaabane signed an annual contract with {{UCI team code|MTN|2009}} 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Olympic cyclist stabbed in robbery|url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/olympic-cyclist-stabbed-in-robbery-1.445034#.UlDmWBCbF7c|publisher=Independent Online (South Africa)|date=2 June 2009|accessdate=6 October 2013}}</ref> When {{UCI team code|MTN|2009}} 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cyclisme – Championnat arabe: Troisième place pour le cycliste algérien Hichem Chaabane|trans-title=Cycling – Arab Championships: Third place for Algerian cyclist Hichem Chaabane|language=French|url=http://www.radioalgerie.dz/fr/sports/cyclisme/1825-cyclisme-championnat-arabe-troisieme-place-pour-le-cycliste-algerien-hichem-chaabane-|publisher=Radio Algérienne|date=20 October 2010|accessdate=6 October 2013}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cyclisme Championnat d'Algérie, Hichem Chaâbane vainqueur|trans-title=Algerian Cycling Championships, Hichem Chaâbane is the winner|language=French|url=http://www.radioalgerie.dz/fr/sports/cyclisme/1825-cyclisme-championnat-arabe-troisieme-place-pour-le-cycliste-algerien-hichem-chaabane-|publisher=Algerie 360|date=15 June 2013|accessdate=6 October 2013}}</ref>
In April 2015, it was announced that Chaabane had tested positive for two undisclosed prohibited substances and was provisionally suspended from racing.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tsa-algerie.com/20150423/hichem-chaabane-controle-positif/|title=Hichem Chaâbane contrôlé positif|work=TSA|publisher=Entrecom|date=23 April 2015|accessdate=24 April 2015|language=French|author=Mourad Zemmouri|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428064624/http://www.tsa-algerie.com/20150423/hichem-chaabane-controle-positif/|archive-date=28 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2007 : 5th Road race, UCI B World Championships ;2008 : 4th Overall Giro del Capo : 5th Road race, African Road Championships ;2010 : 1st 15px Road race, Arab Road Championships : National Road Championships ::2nd Time trial ::2nd Road race ;2012 : 1st 15px Road race, Arab Road Championships : 1st Stage 4 Tour du Faso : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : African Road Championships ::3rd 15px 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 20px Road race ::2nd Time trial : 1st Overall Tour de Blida ::1st Stage 3 : 2nd 15px 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 :<s>1st Overall Tour d'Annaba</s> ::<s>1st Mountains classification</s> ::<s>1st Stage 4</s> : <s>1st Circuit de Constantine</s> : 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 {{div col end}}
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20131005021838/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=56898/bio/index.html NBC 2008 Olympics profile] *{{Procyclingstats}} *{{cycling Archives|30468}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaabane, Hichem}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Algerian male cyclists Category:Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic cyclists for Algeria Category:Sportspeople from Blida Category:21st-century Algerian sportsmen