Swiss cyclist (born 1978)
Martin Elmiger (born 23 September 1978) is a Swiss former road racing cyclist ,[ 1] Phonak , Ag2r–La Mondiale , IAM Cycling and BMC Racing Team 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]
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 .
Elmiger left Ag2r–La Mondiale at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new IAM Cycling team for the 2013 season.[ 4]
On the fifteenth stage of the 2014 Tour de France , Elmiger broke away with Jack Bauer for 222 kilometres (138 miles), only to be caught by the charging peloton a few metres from the line.[ 5]
Major results
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend
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Did not compete
DNF
Did not finish
References
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