Gaël Suter

Gaël Suter

Gaël Suter (2017)
To person
Date of birth	March 23, 1992
nation	Switzerland
discipline	Road cycling, track cycling
End of career	2018
Team (s)
since 2013	Team Hörmann
Most important successes
UEC European Rail Championships 2016 - Scratch UEC European Rail Championships (U23) 2014 - Omnium
Last updated: July 22, 2018

Gaël Suter (born March 23, 1992 in Aigle ) is a former Swiss cyclist .

Athletic career

In 2009, Gaël Suter was second in the Swiss championship in the individual time trial of the juniors and third in the Omnium on the track . In 2010 he won the Giro del Mendrisiotto (U 19).

In 2011 Suter became Swiss champion in the elite sprint ; In 2013 he won two more national titles, in the points race and in the scratch . The following year he was third in the Omnium at the European Rail Championships (U23) .

In 2016 Gaël Suter was nominated for participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he finished twelfth in the Omnium. In July 2018 he announced his retirement from competitive cycling.

Professional

Since 2010 Suter has been working part-time in the administration of the World Cycling Association UCI in Aigle (as of 2017).

Successes - rail

2011

• Swiss Champion - Sprinter Omnium (Sprint, Keirin, Elimination Race)

2013

• Swiss champions - points race
• Swiss champions - Scratch

2014

• U23 European Championship - Omnium

2015

• Swiss champion - sprint

2016

• European Champion - Scratch
• European Championship - Omnium
• Swiss champion - Omnium

Successes - road

2010

• Giro del Mendrisiotto

2013

• Prologue (team time trial) Tour de la Nouvelle-Caledonie

Web links

• Gaël Suter in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Gaël Suter in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cyclisme sur piste: Gaël Suter décide de tourner la page. In: rts.ch. July 20, 2018, accessed July 22, 2018 (French). 
2. ^ Gaël Suter: Olympian and UCI staff member. In: uci.ch. March 29, 2017, accessed March 31, 2017 .