Elise Chabbey

Elise Chabbey (born 24 April 1993) is a Swiss road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam FDJ United–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. 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, finishing 20th in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. Retiring from canoe slalom, she entered medical school in 2014, starting to cycle after an injury prevented her from running.

Chabbey started her professional cycling career in 2018, joining the Cogeas team. In 2019, she joined Bigla Pro Cycling. 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. 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. At the 2021 Tour de Suisse Women, she finished 2nd overall, beaten by Lizzie Deignan by just 1 second.

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. In 2023, she and her Swiss teammates defended their mixed team relay title at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships in Scotland.

In 2025, Chabbey joined the French team FDJ-Suez. 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. In August, she won the Tour de Romandie Féminin, the first stage race victory of her career.