Martin Elmiger

Martin Elmiger

Elmiger during the 2009 Tour Down Under
Personal information
Full name	Martin Elmiger
Born	23 September 1978 (1978-09-23) (age 33) Hagendorn, Switzerland
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (160 lb)
Team information
Current team	Ag2r-La Mondiale
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
2001 2002–2006 2007–	Post Swiss Team Phonak AG2R Prévoyance
Major wins
National Road Race Champion (2001, 2005, 2010) Tour Down Under (2007) Four Days of Dunkirk (2010)
Infobox last updated on 23 September 2007

Martin Elmiger (born 23 September 1978 in Hagendorn) is a Swiss professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam Ag2r-La Mondiale. He turned pro in 2001 with the Swiss Post Office team. Elmiger was a member of Phonak from 2002–2006. He was seen animating a stage of the 2003 Tour de Romandie finishing second in stage number 2.

Arguably one of the best moments in his career was leading the Tour Down Under in 2007 for 2 stages and then winning it by a mere 3 seconds over Australian Karl Menzies. He started the 2007 UCI ProTour strongly with a 19th place in Prijs Vlaanderen, 17th in Gent–Wevelgem and 24th in Paris–Roubaix after crashing. On stage 2 of The 2007 Tour de Romandie Elmiger finished 5th behind stage winner Robbie McEwen in the wake of a massive pileup involving several riders at high speed. Elmiger started the 2007 Tour de Suisse strongly with a 7th place in the prologue, finishing 10.82 seconds behind Fabian Cancellara and in front of riders like Andreas Klöden and Michael Rogers.

Palmares

2000

1st Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau

2001

1st National Road Race Champion

2002

1st Circuito de Getxo

2003

1st Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau

2004

1st Stage 3 Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon

2005

1st National Road Race Champion

1st Stage 1 TTT Volta a Catalunya

2006

9th Milan–San Remo

2007

1st Overall, Tour Down Under

1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues

2008

2nd National Road Race Champion

3rd Overall Tour de Picardie

1st Stage 2

2009

3rd Monte Paschi Eroica

4th Overall Tour Down Under

9th Ronde van Vlaanderen

2010

1st Grand Prix de la Somme

1st National Road Race Champion

1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

1st Stage 4

References

• Martin Elmiger profile at Cycling Archives
• Official Webpage Martin Elmiger
• Profile on AG2R Prévoyance official website

External links

• Martin Elmiger profile at Cycling Archives

Persondata
Name	Elmiger, Martin
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1978-09-23
Place of birth	Hagendorn, Switzerland
Date of death
Place of death