Armin Meier
Personal information
Born (1969-11-03) 3 November 1969 (age 54)
Rickenbach, Lucerne, Switzerland
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1995Cicli Ghia–Villiger
1996PMU Romand–Bepsa
1997Batik–Del Monte
1998Festina–Lotus
1999–2001Saeco–Cannondale

Armin Meier (born 3 November 1969) is a Swiss former cyclist.[1] He was involved the Festina affair, and was part of the team that was disqualified from the 1998 Tour de France. Despite never testing positive for any drugs, he admitted to the use of EPO throughout his career. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1996 and 1999.[2] He also competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[3]

Major results

1989
1st Hegiberg-Rundfahrt
1992
2nd Road race, National Amateur Road Championships
1993
1st Tour du Canton de Genève
1994
1st Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
1995
1st Prologue Tour de Normandie
1996
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 3 Uniqa Classic
2nd Gran Premio di Lugano
7th Josef Voegeli Memorial
7th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
7th Overall Regio-Tour
9th Overall Tour de Suisse
10th Overall Tour de Normandie
1997
2nd Josef Voegeli Memorial
3rd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
6th GP de Fourmies
7th Overall Giro di Sardegna
1998
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Josef Voegeli Memorial
4th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
1999
1st Road race, National Road Championships
7th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
2000
5th Josef Voegeli Memorial
2001
9th GP du canton d'Argovie

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1997 1998 1999 2000
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF 48 — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — DSQ 31 DNF
A gold jersey Vuelta a España — — DNF 104
Legend
DSQ Disqualified
DNF Did not finish
— Did not compete

References

  1. ^ "Armin Meier". Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  2. ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Armin Meier Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2016.

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