Martin Elmiger

Martin Elmiger

Martin Elmiger (2011)
To person
Date of birth	September 23, 1978
nation	Switzerland
discipline	Road, mountain bike, train
Driver type	All-rounder
height	181 cm
Racing weight	72 kg
End of career	2017
Societies)
1992-1996 1997 1998 1999-2000	RMV Cham-Hagendorn Cilo-Ciclolinea-Columbus GS Bianchi-Girostar GS Seat-Kona-Radio Argovia
Most important successes
Swiss road champions 2001, 2005, 2010, 2014 overall ranking Tour Down Under 2007 overall ranking Four days of Dunkirk 2010
Last updated: October 7, 2017

Elmiger at the Tour de France 2015

Martin Elmiger (born September 23, 1978 in Hagendorn ) is a former Swiss cyclist and four-time Swiss champion. He is considered an all-rounder with sprinting qualities and a good helper .

Career

Elmiger started cycling in 1992 at his hometown club RMV Cham-Hagendorn . After taking eleventh place in the U23 road race at the road world championships in 2000 , he became a professional with the Post Swiss team in 2001 . Elmiger achieved his first major victory in 2001 when he won the Swiss championships.

After the Post Swiss team was dissolved , Elmiger signed with the later UCI ProTeam Phonak in 2002 and achieved his first international success at the Circuito de Getxo . In the 2003 season Elmiger won the GP Canton Aargau in Gippingen in his home country and was 13th in the elite race of the 2002 World Championships . In 2004, the Tour de France was his first Grand Tour , which he finished in 108th place. Then he took part in the Olympic Games for his country .

After the Phonak team split up , Elminger switched to the French team Ag2r La Mondiale in 2007 . On his first assignment for the new employer, he celebrated one of the greatest successes of his career by winning the Tour Down Under in Australia - just three seconds ahead of runner-up Karl Menzies . In September he won the Grand Prix d'Isbergues . In the subsequent road world championship he was tenth. Another major success he achieved in 2010 with the overall victory at the Four Days of Dunkirk . Decisive for this was the solo victory on the fourth part of the day. At the Swiss Championships, he won bronze in the time trial and his third championship title in road racing.

In 2013 he moved to the Swiss team IAM Cycling and won his fourth national road race title that same year. After four years at IAM, he switched to BMC Cycling for a year with the aim of taking part in the Tour de Suisse 2017 , the start weekend of which was organized by his home club RMV Cham-Hagendorn and a stage circuit through his place of residence. At the age of eleven he had contested his first race on the same track. Next to Albert Zweifel he is the cyclist with the most participations (16) in the Tour de Suisse. At the end of the 2017 season he ended his active cycling career.

successes

1995

• Vaud tour

2000

• Klingnau reservoir tour

2001

• Swiss champions - road races

2002

• Circuito de Getxo

2003

• GP Canton Aargau

2004

• two stages Tour du Poitou-Charentes

2005

• Team time trial Tour of Catalonia
• Swiss champions - road races

2007

• Overall Tour Down Under
• Grand Prix d'Isbergues

2008

• a stage Tour de Picardie

2010

• Overall standings and a stage 4 days from Dunkirk
• Swiss champions - road races
• Grand Prix de la Somme

2013

• Overall ranking and one stage Tour du Limousin

2014

• Swiss champions - road races

2016

• Best Swiss Tour de Suisse

Grand Tour overall ranking

Grand Tour	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Giro d'Italia	-	-	80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tour de France	108	-	-	74	71	-	75	-	-	-	75	100	64	-
Vuelta a España	-	86	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Teams

• 2001 Post Swiss team
• 2002–2006 Phonak Hearing Systems
• 2007–2012 Ag2r Prévoyance
• 2013 IAM Cycling
• 2014 IAM Cycling
• 2015 IAM Cycling
• 2016 IAM Cycling
• 2017 BMC Racing Team

Professional

Martin Elmiger completed his training as a civil engineering draftsman.

Web links

Commons : Martin Elmiger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Martin Elmiger in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Martin Elmiger in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Martin Elmiger in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Elminger. (No longer available online.) Strassenradsport.com, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; Retrieved April 25, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Post Swiss Team 2001 . Impressio AG, Däniken 2001, p. 15 .
3. ↑ Bear bites twice as Petrov captures road race title. cyclingnews.com, October 13, 2000, accessed April 25, 2015 . 
4. ^ A little bit extra: Audacious Astarloa solos to World's win. cyclingnews.com, October 12, 2003, accessed April 25, 2015 . 
5. ↑ A kitschy farewell for Martin Elmiger. In: fm1today.ch. May 1, 2010, accessed December 9, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Statistics document Tour de Suisse. Retrieved December 9, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Neylan strengthens Movistar women's team, Elmiger stops. In: radsport-news.com. October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017 .