Marcel Wyss (cyclist)
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Date of birth | June 25, 1986 |
nation | Switzerland |
discipline | Street |
End of career | 2016 |
Last updated: December 28, 2016 |
Marcel Wyss (born June 25, 1986 in Langnau im Emmental ) is a former Swiss cyclist .
Marcel Wyss became Swiss junior champion in road racing in 2004 and took second place in the time trial. In the 2006 season he won a stage in the Vuelta al Goierri . He was also the Swiss runner-up in the U23 class at the mountain championship. In 2007 and 2008 he drove for the Continental Team Atlas Romer's in-house bakery . In his first season there he finished fifth in the one-day race around the Henninger tower . In 2008 he became Swiss U23 champion in the individual time trial and on the mountain. He also finished fourth in the U23 individual time trial at the World Road Championships .
In 2012, Wyss had a benign but aggressive tumor surgically removed from behind his ribs. Two years later there was another operation for the same reason. According to his own statement, the athlete had finished competitive sport at this point, but was back on his bike after a month and a half and competed in the Tour de France .
From 2013 Wyss drove for the IAM Cycling team. When this was dissolved at the end of 2016, he ended his cycling career.
successes
- 2004
- 2008
- Overall classification and prologue Flèche du Sud
- Swiss Champion - Individual Time Trial (U23)
- Swiss Champion - Mountain (U23)
- 2012
- Team time trial Settimana Internazionale
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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Giro d'Italia | 38 | 34 | - | - | - | - | 40 |
Tour de France | - | - | - | - | 32 | 60 | - |
Vuelta a España | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21st |
Teams
- 2007 Atlas-Romer's in-house bakery
- 2008 Atlas-Romer's in-house bakery
- 2008 Scott-American Beef (Stagiaire)
- 2009 Cervélo TestTeam
- 2010 Cervélo TestTeam
- 2011 Geox-TMC
- 2012 Atlas Personal-Jakroo (until March 7th)
- 2012 Team NetApp (from March 8th)
- 2013 IAM Cycling
- 2014 IAM Cycling
- 2015 IAM Cycling
- 2016 IAM Cycling
Web links
- Marcel Wyss in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Marcel Wyss in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ «I don't know how many times I've fallen». In: Berner Zeitung . December 1, 2016, accessed December 28, 2016 .
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SURNAME | Wyss, Marcel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1986 |