Michael Schär
 Schär at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Schär |
| Born |
29 September 1986 Geuensee, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | BMC Racing Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Domestique |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2006 | Hadimec |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2006 | Phonak |
| 2007–2009 | Astana |
| 2010– | BMC Racing Team |
| Major wins | |
| |
Michael Schär (born 29 September 1986 in Geuensee) is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI WorldTeam BMC Racing Team.[1]
He has competed in nine Grand Tours during his career, and was the winner of the Swiss National Road Race Championships in 2013.[2] He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3] His father Roland was also an Olympic cyclist.[3]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2004
- 1st
Time trial, National Junior Road Championships - 2005
- 1st Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
- 2006
- 1st Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
- 10th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 2007
- 1st
Young rider classification Sachsen Tour - 2012
- 9th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 2013
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 7th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT)
- 7th Overall Tour of Utah
- 2014
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Utah
- 2015
- 1st Stage 9 (TTT) Tour de France
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné
- 2016
- 2nd Overall Tour des Fjords
- 10th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 2017
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France |
— | — | 103 | 49 | DNF | 43 | 56 | 76 | 72 |
 Vuelta a España |
110 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ Gregor Brown (1 September 2009). "BMC strengthens team for 2010 with World Champ Ballan and USA's Hincapie". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
- ↑ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- 1 2 "Michael Schär Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
External links
Media related to Michael Schär at Wikimedia Commons
- Profile at BMC Racing Team official website
- Michael Schär at ProCyclingStats
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