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. During his career, Elmiger was a four-time winner of the Swiss National Road Race Championships.[2]
.jpg) Elmiger at the 2013 Four Days of Dunkirk. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Martin Elmiger |
| Born | 23 September 1978 Hagendorn, Switzerland |
| 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 teams | |
| 1992–1996 | RMV Cham–Hagendorn |
| 1997 | Cilo–Ciclolinea–Columbus |
| 1998 | GS Bianchi–Girostar |
| 1999–2000 | GS Seat–Kona–Radio Argovia |
| 2000 | Saeco (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2001 | Post Swiss Team |
| 2002–2006 | Phonak |
| 2007–2012 | AG2R Prévoyance |
| 2013–2016 | IAM Cycling |
| 2017 | BMC Racing Team |
| Major wins | |
Stage races
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Career
editEarly career
editBorn in Hagendorn, Elmiger's sporting career began with RMV Cham-Hagendorn.[3]
AG2R Prévoyance (2007–12)
editOne of the best moments in Elmiger's career was leading the 2007 Tour Down Under for 2 stages and then winning it by a mere 3 seconds over Australian Karl Menzies. He started the UCI ProTour strongly with a 19th place in E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, 17th in Gent–Wevelgem and 24th in Paris–Roubaix after crashing. On stage 2 of the 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 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.
IAM Cycling (2013–16)
editElmiger left Ag2r–La Mondiale at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new IAM Cycling team for the 2013 season.[4]
On the fifteenth stage of the 2014 Tour de France, Elmiger broke away with Jack Bauer for 222 kilometres (138 miles), only to be caught by the charging peloton a few metres from the line.[5]
Major results
edit- 2000
- 1st Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
- 6th Rund um den Henninger Turm U23
- 2001
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
- 8th Tour du Lac Léman
- 2002
- 1st Circuito de Getxo
- 4th GP Ouest–France
- 4th Boucles de l'Aulne
- 4th Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
- 2003
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2nd Circuito de Getxo
- 2nd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 2nd Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
- 7th Coppa Sabatini
- 8th Giro del Lazio
- 2004
- 1st Stage 3 Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon
- 2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 2nd Paris–Bourges
- 3rd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2005
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya
- 6th HEW Cyclassics
- 7th Tour de Berne
- 8th Giro di Lombardia
- 10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 2006
- 2nd Trofeo Mallorca
- 5th Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova
- 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
- 9th Giro della Romagna
- 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 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
- 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
edit| Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | 108 | — | — | 74 | 71 | — | 75 | — | — | — | 75 | 100 | 64 |
| Vuelta a España | — | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ Post Swiss Team 2001. Däniken: Impressio AG. 2001. p. 15.
- ^ "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ Stephen Farrand (7 July 2014). "Bauer heartbroken to miss Tour de France stage win at Nîmes". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
External links
edit- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 February 2016)
- Martin Elmiger at UCI
- Martin Elmiger at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Martin Elmiger at ProCyclingStats
- Martin Elmiger at CQ Ranking
- Martin Elmiger at CycleBase
- Martin Elmiger at Olympedia (archive)
- Martin Elmiger at Olympics.com