Michael Rich (cyclist)
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 Michael Rich |
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Competitor for  Germany |
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| Road bicycle racing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | Team Time Trial | |
| World Championships | |||
| Silver | 2000 Plouay | Elite Men's Time Trial | |
| Silver | 2002 Heusden-Zolder | Elite Men's Time Trial | |
| Silver | 2004 Verona | Elite Men's Time Trial | |
| Bronze | 2003 Hamilton | Elite Men's Time Trial | |
Michael Rich (born September 23, 1969 in Freiburg, Germany) is a professional road bicycle racer, who won the gold medal for his native country in the men's team time trial (100 km) at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. His winning teammates were Christian Meyer, Bernd Dittert and Uwe Peschel.
Rich is most famous for his individual time trial participations in the Grand Tours (Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España). He is the father of two children.
Recently riding with German UCI ProTour team Gerolsteiner he is the best time trialist in his team. Rich is a highly valued cyclist who profits from the technological know-how.
[edit] Wins
- 1993 (Amateur)
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- 1 stage, Rapport-Tour
- 1994 (Amateur)
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- Overall, Rapport-Tour
- 1 stage, Regio-Tour
- 1996 (Amateur)
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- 2 stages, Rapport-Tour
- 1999
- 1 stage win, Regio-Tour
- 3 stages & Overall, Rapport-Tour
- 2000
- Breitling GP (with Torsten Schmidt)
- National Time Trial Championship
- 1 stage, Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 1 stage & Overall, Tour de la Somme
- 2001
- 1 stage, Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
- 2002
- 1 stage, Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
- 1 stage & Overall, Bayern-Rundfahrt
- Chrono des Herbiers
- 1 stage, Deutschland Tour
- 2003
- 1 stage & Overall, Bayern-Rundfahrt,
- Chrono des Herbiers
- GP Eddy Merckx (with Uwe Peschel)
- National Time Trial Championships
- Grand Prix des Nations
- 1 stage win, Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
- GP Karlsruhe (with Sebastian Lang)
- 2004
- Grand Prix des Nations
- 1 stage, Deutschland Tour
- 1 stage, Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 1 stage, Hessen-Rundfahrt
[edit] Notable results
- 2nd, 2000 World Time Trial Championships, Plouay
- 2nd, 2002 World Time Trial Championships, Heusden-Zolder/Hasselt
- 2nd, 2004 World Time Trial Championships, Verona
