Murilo Fischer
 Fischer at the 2007 Tour de Pologne | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Murilo Antonio Fischer |
| Born |
16 June 1979 Brusque, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2004 | Domina Vacanze |
| 2005–2006 | Naturino-Sapore di Mare |
| 2007–2009 | Liquigas |
| 2010–2012 | Garmin–Transitions |
| 2013–2016 | FDJ |
| Major wins | |
| |
Murilo Antonio Fischer (born 16 June 1979 in Brusque, Santa Catarina) is a retired Brazilian professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI ProTeam FDJ.[1] He represented the Brazil in the last four Olympic Games (2000, 2004, 2008 e 2012).[2] Fischer competed his fifth Olympic Games in Rio 2016.[3]
Career
Prior to moving to the Garmin–Transitions team in 2010, Fischer had raced his whole career with Italian teams, having begun his career with Domina Vacanze in 2004, before moving to UCI Professional Continental team Naturino-Sapore di Mare for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. At Naturino-Sapore di Mare, Fischer proved his consistency over a season by winning the 2005 UCI Europe Tour. In 2007, Fischer made the step up to the UCI ProTour with Liquigas.
Fischer is the only Brazilian to have completed three Tour de France and five Giro d'Italia. And he is the second Brazilian (after Luciano Pagliarini) to win a stage of a UCI World Tour race (2007 Tour de Pologne).
Fischer signed with Garmin–Transitions on 3 January 2010, to be part of Tyler Farrar's leadout train in the 2010 season.[4] Fischer left Garmin–Sharp at the end of the 2012 season, and joined FDJ on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.[1]
Fisher completed the 2015 Vuelta a España and he became the first Brazilian rider to have completed all Grand Tours.[5]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2000
- 1st Prova Ciclística 9 de Julho
- 2nd Tour do Rio
- 2001
- 2nd Copa América de Ciclismo
- 2002
- 2nd Tour do Rio
- 2003
- 1st World B Road Race Championships
- 2004
- 6th overall Tour Down Under
- 2005
- 1st Overall UCI Europe Tour
- 1st Giro del Piemonte
- 1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 1st Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo
- 1st Due Giorni Marchigiana
- 1st Memorial Cimurri
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Qinghai Lake
- International Uniqa Classic
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 2nd Giro del Lazio
- 4th Coppa Sabatini
- 5th World Road Race Championships
- 2007
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Pologne
- 2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 3rd Trofeo Calvia
- 10th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2008
- 4th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 2009
- 1st Giro della Romagna
- 3rd National Road Race Championships
- 2010
- 1st
- 2011
- 1st Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova
- 1st
- 2012
- 1st stage 2 (TTT) Tour of Qatar
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
— | — | — | 112 | DNF | — | 147 | 135 | 130 | 152 |
 |
101 | 76 | — | — | — | — | 133 | — | — | — |
 |
— | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | DNF | 156 | DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- 1 2 "Fischer joins FDJ-BigMat". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ↑ "Brasil define equipe do ciclismo de estrada para os Jogos do Rio 2016" (in Portuguese). Globoesporte.com. June 9, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/garmin-transitions-sign-murilo-fischer%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
- ↑ http://www.lavuelta.com/la-vuelta/2015/es/clasificaciones.html
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