Erich Maechler Explained
Erich Mächler (also spelled Maechler) (born 24 September 1960 in Hochdorf) is a former professional Swiss cyclist. In the 1987 Tour de France, he wore the yellow jersey for 6 days.[1] [2] [3] He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1984 and won the 1987 Milan–San Remo and the 1988 Tirreno–Adriatico.[4]
Major results
- 1982
1st Tour du Nord-Ouest
1st Stage 8 Tour de Suisse
2nd Trofeo Luis Puig
6th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1983
1st Grand Prix de Mendrisio
1st Stage 6 Tour de Suisse
2nd GP Lugano
3rd Grand Prix La Marseillaise
4th Züri-Metzgete
6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 1984
1st Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 2
- 1985
2nd GP du canton d'Argovie
8th Trofeo Pantalica
- 1986
1st Stage 21 Tour de France
1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1987
1st Milan–San Remo
Tour de France
1st Stage 2 (TTT)
Held Stages 3–9
1st Prologue & Stage 3b (ITT) Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Paris–Nice
- 1988
1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stages 2 & 6b (ITT)
1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 4b (ITT)
1st Volta al Camp Morverde
5th Overall Three Days of de Panne
8th Milan–San Remo
- 1989
8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 4
- 1990
2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
1st Stage 4
2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
7th Tre Valli Varesine
- 1992
1st Tour du Nord-Ouest
- 1994
2nd Japan CupGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish | |
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Notes and References
- News: Cyclist from Portugal wins 3rd stage of Tour de France. 5 July 1987. The Deseret News. 25 January 2010.
- News: Tour de France. 8 July 1987. Los Angeles Times. 25 January 2010.
- News: Tour de France Da Silva Wins 3rd Stage; Maechler Takes Lead. 5 July 1987. Los Angeles Times. 25 January 2010. 25 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121025021326/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58204966.html?dids=58204966:58204966&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+05,+1987&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Tour+de+France+Da+Silva+Wins+3rd+Stage;+Maechler+Takes+Lead&pqatl=google. dead.
- Web site: National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men) . 14 March 2015 . Cycling Archives.