Michael Schär

Michael Schär

Personal information
Full name Michael Schär
Born (1986-09-29) 29 September 1986
Geuensee, Switzerland
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Current team BMC Racing Team
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2007–2009 Astana
2010– BMC Racing Team
Major wins

Grand Tours

Tour de France
1 TTT stage (2015)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2013)
Infobox last updated on
11 August 2013

Michael Schär (born 29 September 1986 in Geuensee) is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam BMC Racing Team.[1]

He has competed in the 2009 Vuelta a España, the 2010 Giro d'Italia and the 2011 Tour de France. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 2013.[2] He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3] His father Roland was also an Olympic cyclist.[3]

Career achievements

Major results

2004
1st National Junior Time Trial Championships
2005
1st National Under-23 Time Trial Championships
2006
1st National Under-23 Time Trial Championships
10th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
2007
1st Young rider classification Sachsen Tour
2012
9th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
2013
1st National Road Race Championships
7th Overall Tour of Qatar
1st Stage 2 (TTT)
7th Overall Tour of Utah
2014
1st Stage 2 Tour of Utah
2015
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Stage 9 (TTT) Tour de France
2016
2nd Overall Tour des Fjords
10th Overall Tour of Qatar

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Pink jersey Giro - 99 - - - - - -
Yellow jersey Tour - - 103 49 WD 43 56 76
red jersey Vuelta 110 - - - - - - -

WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP

References

  1. Gregor Brown (1 September 2009). "BMC strengthens team for 2010 with World Champ Ballan and USA's Hincapie". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  2. "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Michael Schär Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-01.

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