Martin Elmiger

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search
Martin Elmiger
Elmiger during the 2009 Tour Down Under
Elmiger during the 2009 Tour Down Under
Personal information
Full name Martin Elmiger
Date of birth September 23, 1978 (1978-09-23) (age 31)
Country  Switzerland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Weight 72 kg (160 lb)
Team information
Current team Ag2r-La Mondiale
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)1
2001
2002–2006
2007–
Post Swiss
Phonak
Ag2r Prevoyance
Major wins
National Road Race Champion (2001-2005)
GP Gippingen (2003)
Tour Down Under (2007)
Grand Prix d'Isbergues (2007)
Infobox last updated on:
September 23, 2007

1 Team names given are those prevailing
at time of rider beginning association with that team.

Martin Elmiger (born September 23, 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 on the Phonak (cycling team) 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 [1]

2000
Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
2001
MaillotSuiza.PNG National Road Race Championships
2002
Circuito de Getxo
2003
Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau
2004
Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon - 1 stage
2005
Volta a Catalunya - 1 stage
MaillotSuiza.PNG National Road Race Championships
2006
9th, Milan-Sanremo
2007
1st overall Tour Down Under
1st overall Grand Prix d'Isbergues
2008
2nd, GP Kantons Aargau
3rd overall Tour de Picardie
2nd, stage 11 2008 Tour de France
18th, Amstel Gold Race
2009
4th overall, Tour Down Under
3rd Monte Paschi Eroica
12th Milan-Sanremo
9th, 2009 Ronde van Vlaanderen

[edit] References

[edit] External links