Michael Albasini
.jpg) Albasini at the 2009 Tour of Austria, a race he would win overall. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Albasini |
| Nickname | Alba |
| Born |
20 December 1980 Mendrisio, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Orica-GreenEDGE |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2001 | Fassa Bortolo (stagiaire) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2003–2004 2005–2008 2009–2011 2012– |
Phonak Liquigas-Bianchi Team Columbia-High Road GreenEDGE |
| Major wins | |
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Infobox last updated on 3 January 2014 | |
Michael Albasini (born 20 December 1980) is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Orica-GreenEDGE.[1] Albasini began his career in 2003 with Phonak, moved to Liquigas-Bianchi at the beginning of 2005, and signed with Team Columbia-High Road for the 2009 season. Since 2012, Albasini has been riding with the Australian professional cycling team GreenEDGE.[2]
In 2012, Albasini met success at the UCI World Tour race Volta a Catalunya. The six-stage event contained no time trials, and Albasini took the lead by triumphing on the very first stage over Anthony Delaplace from Saur-Sojasun, getting a 42 seconds overall lead.[3] On the very next stage, he was part of a select group of about 20 riders that were led to the line by Bradley Wiggins after a day in the mountains and he outsprinted his rivals, taking his second win in a row.[4] He held on to his advantage on the following hilly stages, winning the overall classification by 1 minute and 30 seconds over second-placed Samuel Sanchez of Euskaltel-Euskadi.[5]
Palmares
- 1998
- 1st
Under-19 National Road Race Championships - 2001
- 4th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 2002
- 1st European Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 7th Giro del Lago Maggiore
- 2004
- 5th Meisterschaft von Zürich
- 9th Paris–Bourges
- 2005
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
Sprints classification
- 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 10th Giro della Romagna
- 2006
- 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Sprints classification
- 1st
- 2007
- 5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1st Stage 4
- 2008
- 2nd GP Miguel Indurain
- 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 6th Tour du Haut Var
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
- 8th Gran Premio di Lugano
- 2009
- 1st
Overall Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta al País Vasco
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse
- 9th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2010
- 1st Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage 3
- 4th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2011
- 1st Stage 13 Vuelta a España
- 1st GP Kanton Aargau
- 1st Mountains classification Tour of the Basque Country
- 3rd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 3
- 4th Overall Tour of Oman
- 2012
- 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Stage 8 Tour de Suisse
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 4th Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau
- 2013
- 1st Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau
- 1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
References
- ↑ "Orica-GreenEDGE (OGE) – AUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ↑ Aubrey, Jane (5 September 2011). "Albasini joins GreenEdge in an "easy decision"". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ Atkins, Ben (19 March 2012). "Michael Albasini solos to Volta a Catalunya opener". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ↑ "Albasini wins second straight stage at Catalunya". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 20 March 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ↑ "Albasini takes win in Catalunya". Yahoo! Eurosport (TF1 Group). 25 March 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Michael Albasini. |
- Official website
- Profile at Liquigas official website
- Michael Albasini at Trap-Friis.dk. Archive copy at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2011)