Michael Rich (cyclist)
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| Full name | Michael Rich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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23 September 1969 Freiburg, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time-Trialist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1997–1998 | Saeco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2006 | Gerolsteiner[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Rich (born 23 September 1969) is a professional road bicycle racer, who won the gold medal for his native country in the men's team time trial (100 km) at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[3] His winning teammates were Christian Meyer, Bernd Dittert and Uwe Peschel.
Rich is most famous for his individual time trial participations in the Grand Tours (Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España). He is the father of two children.
Rich retired from racing in 2006.
Major results
- 1993 (Amateur)
- 1 stage, Rapport-Tour
- 1994 (Amateur)
- Overall, Rapport-Tour
- 1 stage, Regio-Tour
- 1996 (Amateur)
- 2 stages, Rapport-Tour
- 1999
- 1 stage win, Regio-Tour
- 3 stages & Overall, Rapport-Tour
- 2000
- Breitling GP (with Torsten Schmidt)
- National Time Trial Championship
- 1 stage, Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 1 stage & Overall, Tour de la Somme
- 2001
- 1 stage, Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
- 2002
- 1 stage, Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
- 1 stage & Overall, Bayern-Rundfahrt
- Chrono des Herbiers
- 1 stage, Deutschland Tour
- 2003
- 1 stage & Overall, Bayern-Rundfahrt
- Chrono des Herbiers
- GP Eddy Merckx (with Uwe Peschel)
- National Time Trial Championships
- Grand Prix des Nations
- 1 stage win, Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
- GP Karlsruhe (with Sebastian Lang)
- 2004
- Grand Prix des Nations
- 1 stage, Deutschland Tour
- 1 stage, Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 1 stage, Hessen-Rundfahrt
- 2005
- Overall, Bayern-Rundfahrt
Notable results
- 2nd, 2000 World Time Trial Championships, Plouay
- 2nd, 2002 World Time Trial Championships, Heusden-Zolder/Hasselt
- 2nd, 2004 World Time Trial Championships, Verona
References
- ↑ "First Edition Cycling News for August 22, 2006" cyclingnews.com 2006-08-22 Retrieved 2010-02-21
- ↑ Michael Rich - Germany trap-friis.dk Retrieved 2010-02-21
- ↑ "Michael Rich Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
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