Michael Rich (cyclist)
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.
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| Full name | Michael Rich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 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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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. His profession was a mechanic.[4]
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" Archived 3 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine cyclingnews.com 2006-08-22 Retrieved 2010-02-21
- Michael Rich - Germany trap-friis.dk Retrieved 2010-02-21
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michael Rich Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- Kraus, Rainer (2016). Die Welt hat Pedale und Freunde, die sie treten (in German). Bielefeld: Delius Klasing. p. 155. ISBN 978-3-667-10706-0.
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