Michael Rich (cyclist)

Michael Rich

Personal information

Full name

Michael Rich

Born

9 November 1969 (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]

Medal record

Competitor for Germany
Men's Road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Gold	1992 Barcelona	Team Time Trial
World Championships
Silver	2000 Plouay	Elite Time Trial
Silver	2002 Heusden	Elite Time Trial
Silver	2004 Verona	Elite Time Trial
Bronze	2003 Hamilton	Elite Time Trial

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

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" cyclingnews.com 2006-08-22 Retrieved 2010-02-21
^ Michael Rich - Germany trap-friis.dk Retrieved 2010-02-21

Persondata
Name	Rich, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	German racing cyclist
Date of birth	1969-23-9
Place of birth	Freiburg, Germany
Date of death
Place of death

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Living people
Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Olympic cyclists of Germany
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
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