Roland Meier
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 November 1967 Danikon, Switzerland |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 1993 | TVM–Bison Kit (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 1994–1995 | TVM–Bison Kit |
| 1996–1997 | PMU Romand–Bepsa |
| 1998–2000 | Cofidis |
| 2001 | Team Coast[1] |
Roland Meier (born 22 November 1967) is a Swiss former cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2] On 28 August 2001, he was suspended for eight months because he tested positive for EPO.[3]
Major results
[edit]- 1990
- 1st Stage 1 Ronde de l'Isard
- 3rd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 1991
- 3rd Overall Flèche du Sud
- 1992
- 2nd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 2nd Schynberg Rundfahrt
- 1993
- 1st Stausee Rundfahrt
- 1st Schynberg Rundfahrt
- 1st Stages 6 & 8 Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 4 Tour du Vaucluse
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd GP Lugano
- 8th Milano–Torino
- 1995
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 10th Overall Route du Sud
- 1996
- 1st Schynberg Rundfahrt
- 8th Overall Tour de Normandie
- 1997
- 1st Stage 2 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 3rd Overall Regio-Tour
- 5th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1998
- 2nd Wartenberg Rundfahrt
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 5th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 6th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 7th Overall Tour de France
- 8th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
- 1999
- 5th Classique des Alpes
- 7th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 2000
- 8th Overall Tour de Romandie
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France | — | — | — | — | 7 | 15 | 44 |
 Vuelta a España | 99 | 108 | — | — | — | DNF | — |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ "Roland Meier". Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roland Meier Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "Cyclist Meier banned for eight months". Swiss info. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
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