Martin Elmiger
.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 | IAM Cycling |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2001 2002–2006 2007–2012 2013– |
Post Swiss Team Phonak AG2R Prévoyance IAM Cycling |
| Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
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Infobox last updated on 2 October 2013 | |
Martin Elmiger (born 23 September 1978 in Hagendorn) is a Swiss professional road racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental Team IAM Cycling.[1] He turned pro in 2001 with the Swiss Post Office team. Elmiger was a member of Phonak from 2002 to 2006, and AG2R Prévoyance from 2007 to 2012. He was seen animating a stage of the 2003 Tour de Romandie finishing second in stage number 2.
Arguably one of the best moments in his 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.
Elmiger left Ag2r-La Mondiale at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new IAM Cycling team for the 2013 season.[1]
Palmares
- 2000
- 1st Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
- 2001
- 1st
National Road Race Championships - 2002
- 1st Circuito de Getxo
- 2003
- 1st Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau
- 2004
- 1st Stage 3 Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon
- 2005
- 1st National Road Race Championships
- 1st Stage 1 TTT Volta a Catalunya
- 2006
- 9th Milan–San Remo
- 2007
- 1st
Overall, Tour Down Under - 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 2008
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour de Picardie
- 1st Stage 2
- 2009
- 3rd Monte Paschi Eroica
- 4th Overall Tour Down Under
- 9th Tour of Flanders
- 2010
- 1st Grand Prix de la Somme
- 1st National Road Race Championships
- 1st
Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 4
- 2012
- 10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2013
- 1st Overall Tour du Limousin
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 9th Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro |
— | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour |
108 | — | — | 74 | 71 | — | 75 | — | — | — |
 Vuelta |
— | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 20 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
External links
- Martin Elmiger profile at Cycling Archives
- Official website
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