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Michael Albasini
Albasini in 2009Personal information Full name Michael Albasini Born 20 December 1980
Mendrisio, SwitzerlandHeight 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Weight 65 kg (140 lb) Team information Current team Columbia-High Road Discipline Road Role Rider Professional team(s) 2003–2004
2005–2008
2009–Phonak
Liquigas-Bianchi
Team Columbia-High RoadMajor wins Vuelta a España, 1 stage
Tour de Suisse, 1 stage
- Sprints competition (2005, 2006)
Mountains competition (2006)
Infobox last updated on
2 September 2011Michael Albasini (born 20 December 1980) is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam HTC-Highroad. Albasini began his career in 2003 with Phonak, moved to Liquigas-Bianchi at the beginning of 2005, and signed with HTC-Highroad for the 2009 season. For the 2012 season Albasini will be riding with the new Australia pro cycling team GreenEDGE Cycling.
Palmares
- 1998
- 1st
U-19 Road Race Champion
- 2002
- 1st
U-23 Road Race Champion
- 2005
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse
- 2006
- 1st
Mountains Competition Tour de Suisse
- 1st
Sprints Competition Tour de Suisse
- 2007
- 1st Stage Circuit de la Sarthe
- 2008
- 2nd GP Miguel Indurain
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2009
- 1st
Overall Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta al País Vasco
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse
- 9th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2010
- 1st
Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage 3
- 4th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2011
- 1st Stage 13 Vuelta a España
- 1st GP Kanton Aargau
- 1st
Mountains Competition Tour of the Basque Country
- 3rd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 3
- 4th Overall Tour of Oman
External links
- Official website
- Profile at Liquigas official website
- Michael Albasini at Trap-Friis.dk
Riders on HTC-Highroad Michael Albasini | Lars Bak | Matt Brammeier | Mark Cavendish | John Degenkolb | Bernhard Eisel | Caleb Fairly | Jan Ghyselinck | Matthew Goss | Bert Grabsch | Patrick Gretsch | Leigh Howard | Craig Lewis | Tony Martin | Danny Pate | Marco Pinotti | František Raboň | Mark Renshaw | Hayden Roulston | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Gatis Smukulis | Tejay van Garderen | Martin Velits | Peter Velits | Manager: Bob Stapleton
Categories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- Swiss cyclists
- Tour de Suisse stage winners
- Vuelta a España stage winners
- People from Ticino
- Swiss cycling biography stubs
- Sprints competition (2005, 2006)
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