Michael Schär

Michael Schär
Personal information
Full name Michael Schär
Born (1986-09-29) 29 September 1986
Geuensee, Lucerne, Switzerland
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Current team BMC Racing Team
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Domestique
Amateur team(s)
2006 Hadimec
Professional team(s)
2006 Phonak
2007–2009 Astana
2010– BMC Racing Team
Major wins

Grand Tours

Tour de France
2 TTT stages (2015, 2018)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2013)

Michael Schär (born 29 September 1986 in Geuensee) is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI WorldTeam BMC Racing Team.[1]

He has competed in nine Grand Tours during his career, and was the winner of the Swiss National Road Race Championships in 2013.[2] He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3] His father Roland was also an Olympic cyclist.[3]

Career achievements

Major results

2004
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
2005
1st Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
2006
1st Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
10th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
2007
1st Young rider classification Sachsen Tour
2012
9th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
2013
1st Road race, National Road Championships
7th Overall Tour of Qatar
1st Stage 2 (TTT)
7th Overall Tour of Utah
2014
1st Stage 2 Tour of Utah
2015
1st Stage 9 (TTT) Tour de France
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné
2016
2nd Overall Tour des Fjords
10th Overall Tour of Qatar
2017
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
2018
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Tour de France
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
9th Great War Remembrance Race
Combativity award Stage 13 Tour de France

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 99 — — — — — — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 103 49 DNF 43 56 76 72 90
A red jersey Vuelta a España 110 — — — — — — — — —
Legend
 — Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ Gregor Brown (1 September 2009). "BMC strengthens team for 2010 with World Champ Ballan and USA's Hincapie". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  2. ↑ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Michael Schär Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-01.

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