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Historic Overview Michael Rich

Rider

Overall Rank1853
NameMichael RICH
Country
  Germany
Date of birth29-Sep-1969 - Freiburg (Baden Wurttemberg)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Michael Rich

Michael Rich (born 23 September 1969) is a German former 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. His profession was a mechanic.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

2 18

Major Victories

G.P. des Nations 2003, 2004
Chrono des Nations - Les Herbiers 2002, 2003
Bayern Rundfahrt 2002, 2003, 2005
G.P. Baden-Baden 2000, 2002, 2003
Deutschland Rundfahrt - stages 2002 (1), 2004 (1)
Wyścig Pokoju / Závod Míru / Friedensfahrt - stages 1994 (1)
Bayern Rundfahrt - stages 2000 (1), 2002 (1), 2003 (1), 2004 (1)
ZLM Tour - stages 2005 (1)
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Seasons

Michael Rich - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1988 Individual 3 1220
2. 1989 Individual 47 568
3. 1990 Individual 76 468
4. 1991 Individual 17 780
5. 1994 Telekom 19 665
6. 1996 Individual 10 901
7. 1997 Saeco - Estro 145 327
8. 1998 Saeco - Cannondale 269 216
9. 1999 Team Gerolsteiner 152 343
10. 2000 Team Gerolsteiner 410 178
11. 2001 Gerolsteiner 82 546
12. 2002 Gerolsteiner 398 182
13. 2003 Gerolsteiner 502 129
14. 2004 Gerolsteiner 472 147
15. 2005 Gerolsteiner 314 211
16. 2006 Gerolsteiner 74 620
Overall: 2990 1853