Elise Chabbey

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.

Elise Chabbey

Chabbey at the 2025 Tour de France Femmes
Personal information
Full name	Elise Chabbey
Born	(1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 32) Geneva, Switzerland
Team information
Current team	FDJ–Suez
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional teams
2018	Cogeas
2019–2020	Bigla Pro Cycling[1][2]
2021–2024	Canyon–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 2022 Wollongong Mixed team relay 2023 Glasgow Mixed team relay

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 Overall Tour de Romandie

1st Stage 2

1st Mountains classification, Tour de France

2nd Grand Prix du Morbihan Féminin^[16]

4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

5th Overall Tour Down Under

7th Tour of Flanders

7th Paris–Roubaix