Martin Elmiger
 Elmiger during the 2009 Tour Down Under |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Martin Elmiger | ||
| Born | 23 September 1978 Hagendorn, Switzerland |
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| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 72 kg (160 lb) | ||
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| Current team | Ag2r-La Mondiale | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2001 2002–2006 2007– |
Post Swiss Team Phonak AG2R Prévoyance |
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| Infobox last updated on 23 September 2007 |
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Martin Elmiger (born 23 September 1978 in Hagendorn) is a Swiss professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam Ag2r-La Mondiale. He turned pro in 2001 with the Swiss Post Office team. Elmiger was a member of Phonak from 2002–2006. 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.
[edit] Palmares
- 2000
- 1st Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
- 2001
- 1st
National Road Race Champion - 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 Champion
- 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 Champion
- 3rd Overall Tour de Picardie
- 1st Stage 2
- 2009
- 3rd Monte Paschi Eroica
- 4th Overall Tour Down Under
- 9th Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 2010
- 1st Grand Prix de la Somme
- 1st National Road Race Champion
- 1st
Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 4
[edit] References
- Martin Elmiger profile at Cycling Archives
- Official Webpage Martin Elmiger
- Profile on AG2R Prévoyance official website
[edit] External links
- Martin Elmiger profile at Cycling Archives
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