Grischa Niermann
Grischa Niermann (born November 3, 1975 in Hanover ) is a former German racing cyclist and later sporting director of a cycling team .
Athletic career
Since 1999 Grischa Niermann drove for the Dutch team Rabobank ; he was considered a good time trial . From 2000 to 2004 he competed in the Tour de France for Rabobank . In 2007 he started again in the Tour de France , which he finished 86th in the overall classification. In 2009, 2010 and 2011 he was nominated again for the tour. After the Vuelta a España in 2012 , he ended his career in order to work on the coaching staff of the Rabobank Continental Team , the junior team of the Rabobank Cycling Team.
doping
In January 2013, Grischa Niermann admitted to having doped with EPO "a few times" between 2000 and 2003 . He announced that he would provide the Dutch Anti-Doping Commission with all the details and information. At that time, Niermann drove for the Dutch Rabobank team . With effect from February 15, 2013, Niermann, who has been employed as a junior trainer by the Dutch cycling association Koninklijke Nederlandsche Wielren Unie (KNWU) since January 1, 2013, was suspended as a trainer for six months.
successes
- 1998
- German mountain championships
- Overall ranking and a stage tour of the Hessen
- one stage Volta ao Algarve
- 1999
- Overall ranking Regio-Tour
- 2001
- 2008
- one stage Rothaus Regio-Tour
Grand Tour overall ranking
Grand Tour | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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Giro d'Italia | - | - | - | 22nd | - | - | 51 | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | 55 |
Tour de France | - | 24 | DNF | 51 | 28 | 65 | - | - | 85 | - | 52 | 54 | 69 | - |
Vuelta a España | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 72 | - | 30th | - | 71 | - | 103 |
Teams
- 1997–1999 The Continentale Olympia
- 2000–2012 Rabobank
literature
- Birte Vogel: Grischa Niermann. In: Hanover in person. Seewind Verlag, Wennigsen 2011. ISBN 978-3-9814559-0-8 , pp. 86-102
Web links
- Grischa Niermann in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Grischa Niermann in the Tour de France database(French / English )
- Former official website ( Memento of December 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Niermann: "I'm not a Jens Voigt" on radsport-news.com v. September 12, 2012
- ↑ Niermann admits EPO doping on radsport-news.com v. January 28, 2013
- ↑ Grischa Niermann admits epo-doping on sueddeutsche.de v. January 28, 2013
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Niermann, Grischa |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German racing cyclist and sporting director of a cycling team |
DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd November 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |