Martin Elmiger
Elmiger at the 2013 Four Days of Dunkirk. | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Martin Elmiger |
Born |
Hagendorn, Switzerland | 23 September 1978
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | All-rounder |
Amateur team(s) | |
1992–1996 | RMV Cham–Hagendorn |
1997 | Cilo–Ciclolinea–Columbus |
1998 | GS Bianchi–Girostar |
1999–2000 | GS Seat–Kona–Radio Argovia |
2000 | Saeco (stagiaire) |
Professional team(s) | |
2001 | Post Swiss Team |
2002–2006 | Phonak |
2007–2012 | AG2R Prévoyance |
2013–2016 | IAM Cycling |
2017 | BMC Racing Team |
Major wins | |
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Martin Elmiger (born 23 September 1978) is a Swiss former road racing cyclist,[1] who rode professionally between 2001 and 2017 for the Post Swiss Team, Phonak, Ag2r–La Mondiale, IAM Cycling and BMC Racing Team squads.
Career
Born in Hagendorn, one of the best moments in Elmiger's career was leading the Tour Down Under in 2007 for 2 stages and then winning it by a mere 3 seconds over Australian Karl Menzies. He started the 2007 UCI ProTour strongly with a 19th place in Prijs Vlaanderen, 17th in Gent–Wevelgem and 24th in Paris–Roubaix after crashing. On stage 2 of The 2007 Tour de Romandie Elmiger finished 5th behind stage winner Robbie McEwen in the wake of a massive pileup involving several riders at high speed. Elmiger started the 2007 Tour de Suisse strongly with a 7th place in the prologue, finishing 10.82 seconds behind Fabian Cancellara and in front of riders like Andreas Klöden and Michael Rogers.
On the fifteenth stage of the 2014 Tour de France, Elmiger broke away with Jack Bauer for 222 km, only to be caught by the charging peloton a few meters from the line.[2]
Elmiger left Ag2r–La Mondiale at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new IAM Cycling team for the 2013 season.[3] He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 2001, 2005, 2010 and 2014.[4]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2000
- 1st Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
- 2001
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 2002
- 1st Circuito de Getxo
- 4th GP Ouest-France
- 4th Boucles de l'Aulne
- 2003
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2nd Circuito de Getxo
- 2nd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 2004
- 1st Stage 3 Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon
- 2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 2nd Paris–Bourges
- 3rd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2005
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya
- 6th HEW Cyclassics
- 8th Giro di Lombardia
- 10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 2006
- 9th Milan–San Remo
- 2007
- 1st
Overall Tour Down Under - 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 3rd Grand Prix de la Somme
- 8th Gran Premio di Chiasso
- 10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 2008
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 3rd Overall Tour de Picardie
- 1st Stage 2
- 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2009
- 3rd Monte Paschi Strade Bianche
- 4th Overall Tour Down Under
- 5th Overall Circuit de Lorraine
- 8th Tour de Vendée
- 9th Tour of Flanders
- 2010
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Four Days of Dunkirk - 1st Stage 4
- 1st Grand Prix de la Somme
- 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2011
- 5th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2012
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 10th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 10th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2013
- 1st
Overall Tour du Limousin - 1st Stage 1
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 2nd Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 9th Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 2014
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 6th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 7th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
Combativity award Stages 7 & 15 Tour de France - 2015
- 5th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- 10th Tour of Flanders
- 2016
- 1st
Best Swiss rider classification Tour de Suisse - 4th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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— | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
108 | — | — | 74 | 71 | — | 75 | — | — | — | 75 | 100 | 64 | |
— | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ Biermayr, Raphael (6 October 2017). "Martin Elmiger: Das verlässliche Rädchen tritt ab" [Martin Elmiger: The reliable wheel cedes]. Neue Luzerner Zeitung (in German). AG für die Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ↑ Stephen Farrand (7 July 2014). "Bauer heartbroken to miss Tour de France stage win at Nîmes". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ↑ "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ↑ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Martin Elmiger. |
- Martin Elmiger at Cycling Archives
- Official website