Armin Meier Explained

Armin Meier
Birth Place:	Rickenbach, Lucerne, Switzerland
Currentteam:	Retired
Discipline:	Road
Role:	Rider
Proyears1:	1995
Proteam1:	Cicli Ghia–Villiger
Proyears2:	1996
Proyears3:	1997
Proyears4:	1998
Proyears5:	1999–2001

Armin Meier (born 3 November 1969) is a Swiss former cyclist.^[1] He was involved the Festina affair, and was part of the team that was disqualified from the 1998 Tour de France. Despite never testing positive for any drugs, he admitted to the use of EPO throughout his career. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1996 and 1999.^[2] He also competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Major results

1st Hegiberg-Rundfahrt

2nd Road race, National Amateur Road Championships

1st Tour du Canton de Genève

1st Road race, National Road Championships

7th Josef Voegeli Memorial

7th Overall Regio-Tour

2nd Josef Voegeli Memorial

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

3rd Josef Voegeli Memorial

1st Road race, National Road Championships

5th Josef Voegeli Memorial

Grand Tour	1997	1998	1999	2000
Giro d'Italia	DNF	48	—	—
Tour de France	—	DSQ	31	DNF
Vuelta a España	—	—	DNF	104

Web site: Armin Meier . 1 March 2015.
Web site: National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men) . 14 March 2015 . Cycling Archives.
Armin Meier Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111526/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/armin-meier-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 18 July 2016.