Martin Elmiger Explained
| Martin Elmiger |
| Fullname: | Martin Elmiger |
| Birth Date: | 23 September 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Hagendorn, Switzerland |
| Weight: | 72kg (159lb) |
| Currentteam: | Retired |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Ridertype: | All-rounder |
| Amateuryears1: | 1992–1996 |
| Amateurteam1: | RMV Cham–Hagendorn |
| Amateuryears2: | 1997 |
| Amateurteam2: | Cilo–Ciclolinea–Columbus |
| Amateuryears3: | 1998 |
| Amateurteam3: | GS Bianchi–Girostar |
| Amateuryears4: | 1999–2000 |
| Amateurteam4: | GS Seat–Kona–Radio Argovia |
| Amateuryears5: | 2000 |
| Amateurteam5: | Saeco (stagiaire) |
| Proyears1: | 2001 |
| Proteam1: | Post Swiss Team |
| Proyears2: | 2002–2006 |
| Proyears3: | 2007–2012 |
| Proyears4: | 2013–2016 |
| Proyears5: | 2017 |
| Majorwins: | Stage races Tour Down Under (2007)
Four Days of Dunkirk (2010)One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2001, 2005, 2010, 2014)
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Martin Elmiger (born 23 September 1978) is a Swiss former road racing cyclist,[1] who rode professionally between 2001 and 2017 for the Post Swiss Team,,, and squads. During his career, Elmiger was a four-time winner of the Swiss National Road Race Championships.[2]
Career
Early career
Born in Hagendorn, Elmiger's sporting career began with RMV Cham-Hagendorn.[3]
AG2R Prévoyance (2007–12)
One of the best moments in Elmiger's career was leading the 2007 Tour Down Under for 2 stages and then winning it by a mere 3 seconds over Australian Karl Menzies. He started the UCI ProTour strongly with a 19th place in E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, 17th in Gent–Wevelgem and 24th in Paris–Roubaix after crashing. On stage 2 of the 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 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.
IAM Cycling (2013–16)
Elmiger left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new team for the 2013 season.[4]
On the fifteenth stage of the 2014 Tour de France, Elmiger broke away with Jack Bauer for 222km (138miles), only to be caught by the charging peloton a few metres from the line.[5]
Major results
- 2000
1st Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
6th Rund um den Henninger Turm U23
- 2001
1st Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
8th Tour du Lac Léman
- 2002
1st Circuito de Getxo
4th GP Ouest–France
4th Boucles de l'Aulne
4th Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
- 2003
1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
2nd Circuito de Getxo
2nd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
2nd Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
7th Coppa Sabatini
8th Giro del Lazio
- 2004
1st Stage 3 Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon
2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
2nd Paris–Bourges
3rd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2005
National Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya
6th HEW Cyclassics
7th Tour de Berne
8th Giro di Lombardia
10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 2006
2nd Trofeo Mallorca
5th Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova
9th Milan–San Remo
- 2007
1st Overall Tour Down Under
1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
3rd Grand Prix de la Somme
8th Gran Premio di Chiasso
9th Giro della Romagna
10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 2008
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
3rd Overall Tour de Picardie
1st Stage 2
7th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2009
3rd Monte Paschi Strade Bianche
4th Overall Tour Down Under
5th Overall Circuit de Lorraine
8th Tour de Vendée
9th Tour of Flanders
- 2010
National Road Championships
1st Road race
3rd Time trial
1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Stage 4
1st Grand Prix de la Somme
3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2011
5th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2012
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
10th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
10th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2013
1st Overall Tour du Limousin
1st Stage 1
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
2nd Overall Tour of Britain
1st Points classification
8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
9th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
- 2014
1st Road race, National Road Championships
6th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
7th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
Combativity award Stages 7 & 15 Tour de France
- 2015
5th Overall Tour of Belgium
5th Paris–Roubaix
10th Tour of Flanders
- 2016
1st Best Swiss rider classification Tour de Suisse
4th Overall Arctic Race of NorwayGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend| — | Did not compete |
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Notes and References
- News: Martin Elmiger: Das verlässliche Rädchen tritt ab. de. Martin Elmiger: The reliable wheel cedes. 6 October 2017. 2 January 2018. Raphael. Biermayr. Neue Luzerner Zeitung. AG für die Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
- Web site: National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men) . 14 March 2015 . Cycling Archives.
- Book: Post Swiss Team 2001. Impressio AG. 2001. Däniken. 15.
- News: IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster. 24 September 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012.
- News: Bauer heartbroken to miss Tour de France stage win at Nîmes. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 7 July 2014. 7 July 2014. Stephen Farrand.
