Michael Rich (cyclist)

Michael Rich (cyclist)
Michael Rich
Personal information
Full name Michael Rich
Born 9 November 1969 (1969-23-09) (age 41)
Freiburg, Germany
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Time-Trialist
Professional team(s)
1997–1998
1999–2006		 Saeco
Gerolsteiner[1][2]
Infobox last updated on
21 February 2010

Michael Rich (born September 23, 1969 in Freiburg, Germany) 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. 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.

Wins

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

References

  1. ^ "First Edition Cycling News for August 22, 2006" cyclingnews.com 2006-08-22 Retrieved 2010-02-21
  2. ^ Michael Rich - Germany trap-friis.dk Retrieved 2010-02-21

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