Sven Montgomery

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Sven Montgomery (born May 10, 1976 in Detmold ) is a former Swiss cyclist , today's cycling official and television commentator.

Athletic career

Sven Montgomery was a professional from 1998 to 2006 and drove for several renowned teams, including for la Française des Jeux , the Italian team Fassa Bortolo and the German team Gerolsteiner . He was considered a mountain specialist. For example, in 2001 he was the first to climb the Col du Tourmalet as part of the Tour de France .

He started four times (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004) in the Tour de France , but never made it to Paris . In 2005 Montgomery finished the Giro d'Italia as 59th, the Vuelta a España as 88th overall.

However, Montgomery's career was overshadowed by bad luck. In 2001, at his strongest Tour de France, he was eliminated from a mass fall in a descent, in which he suffered severe facial and skull injuries and almost went blind. In 2004 he suffered serious injuries both at the Giro d'Italia (tear in the shoulder blade) and at the tour with a broken collarbone . In addition, he fell ill with a persistent virus in 2002, which seriously endangered the continuation of his career.

Professional

The numerous setbacks brought Montgomery, as he himself said, to his psychological and physical limits, which is why he announced his retirement from active cycling at the end of 2006. He initially stayed in cycling for two years as coordinator of the Swiss women's equipe Bigla Cycling Team . Since 2011 he has been working as a co-commentator for Swiss television. From August 2012 he took on a position at Swiss Cycling as an instructor for coaches, sporting directors and competition judges.

Teams

successes

1997
  • Vice European Champion Road
1998
  • Martigny – Mauvoisin
2001
2004

Individual evidence

  1. Benjamin Steffen: On the long way to the top. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, March 7, 2004, accessed on August 1, 2014 .
  2. Sudden end of the Tour de France for Sven Montgomery. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, July 26, 2001, accessed on August 1, 2014 .
  3. a b Sven Montgomery quits after nine years as a professional. 20 Minuten, September 6, 2006, accessed August 1, 2014 .
  4. Sven Montgomery becomes the new training manager at swiss-cycling.de

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