Martin Elmiger
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| Elmiger during the 2009 Tour Down Under | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Martin Elmiger |
| Date of birth | September 23, 1978 |
| Country |  Switzerland |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 111⁄2 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) |
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| Infobox last updated on: | |
| September 23, 2007
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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
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
- 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
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