Erich Maechler Explained

Erich Mächler
Fullname:	Erich Mächler
Birth Date:	24 September 1960
Birth Place:	Hochdorf, Switzerland
Currentteam:	Retired
Discipline:	Road
Role:	Rider
Proyears1:	1982
Proyears2:	1983–1984
Proteam2:	Cilo–Aufina
Proyears3:	1985–1991
Proyears4:	1992
Proyears5:	1993
Proyears6:	1994–1995
Proteam6:	Parkpre–Tange
Proyears7:	1994–1995
Proteam7:	Inoac–Deki
Majorwins:	Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1986) 1 TTT stage (1987)Stage races Tirreno–Adriatico (1988)One-day races and Classics Milan–San Remo (1987)

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 Cup

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993
Giro d'Italia	91	—	—	23	—	—	DNF	—	—	—	—	120
Tour de France	—	106	84	114	49	85	136	117	130	128	DNF	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	58	—	75	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

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.