Eric Wohlberg

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Eric Wohlberg
Personal information
Born (1965-01-08) January 8, 1965 (age 59)
Sudbury, Ontario
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
Role
Rider typeTime-trialist
Professional teams
1997–2000 Team Shaklee
2001–2003 Saturn
2004 Sierra Nevada Cycling
2005–2008 Symmetrics
Managerial teams
2009–2010 Bissell
2012– Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies [1]
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Winnipeg Time Trial
Pan American Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 São Paulo Time trial
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur Time Trial
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur Road Race

Eric Wohlberg (born January 8, 1965, in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian former professional racing cyclist. He competed for his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Wohlberg won two medals at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He also won the Tour of the Gila in 2000. He is also a multi-time Canadian National Time Trial Champion. [2] He still races as an amateur against regional professionals in Northern California & Nevada. He is a directeur sportif (DS) for Rally Cycling.

Major results

1995
1st Overall Tour de Beauce
1996
National Road Championships
1st MaillotCan.PNG Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Overall Tour de Hokkaido
1997
National Road Championships
1st MaillotCan.PNG Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tour de Langkawi
1st Overall Hotter'N Hell Hundred
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Stage 1 Tour de Toona
1998
1st MaillotCan.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
Commonwealth Games
1st Gold medal blank.svg Time trial
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Road race
1st Stage 6 Tour de Toona
2nd Overall Hotter'N Hell Hundred
1st Stage 3
1999
1st Gold medal america.svg Time trial, Pan American Road Championships
1st MaillotCan.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Hotter'N Hell Hundred
1st Stage 3
1st Overall Tour of Somerville
1st Stage 8 Tour de Langkawi
1st Prologue & Stage 4a Tour de Beauce
9th Overall Herald Sun Tour
2000
National Road Championships
1st MaillotCan.PNG Time trial
5th Road race
1st Overall Tour of the Gila
1st Overall Tour de Hokkaido
1st Stage 3 Hotter'N Hell Hundred
3rd Overall Fitchburg Longsjo Classic
1st Stage 1
4th Overall Herald Sun Tour
1st Stage 11 (ITT)
2001
1st MaillotCan.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Fitchburg Longsjo Classic
1st Stage 1
1st Overall Tour of Somerville
1st Cat's Hill Classic  [ fr ]
1st Stages 5 & 6 Tour of Southland
3rd Overall Tour de Toona
6th Overall Herald Sun Tour
2002
1st MaillotCan.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Tour de Nez  [ fr ]
1st Cat's Hill Classic  [ fr ]
1st Stage 9 Tour of Southland
5th Road race, Commonwealth Games
7th Overall Herald Sun Tour
2003
National Road Championships
1st MaillotCan.PNG Time trial
3rd Road race
1st Nevada City Classic
1st Tour de Nez  [ fr ]
1st Stage 5 Herald Sun Tour
2nd Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
1st Stage 1
2nd Overall Tour of Queensland
1st Stage 1
9th Overall Sea Otter Classic
10th T-Mobile International
2004
1st Overall Tour of Wellington
1st Stage 2a
1st Stage 5 (ITT) Tour de Langkawi
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
5th Road race
5th Overall Sea Otter Classic
10th Overall Tour of Georgia
2005
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
5th Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
2006
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Vuelta a El Salvador
2nd Cat's Hill Classic  [ fr ]
3rd Bronze medal america.svg Time trial, Pan American Road Championships
National Road Championships
3rd Time trial
4th Road race
6th Overall Vuelta Sonora
1st Stage 3
7th Overall Tour de Hokkaido
2007
1st Stages 1 & 4 (TTT) Vuelta a El Salvador
8th Overall Herald Sun Tour
2008
1st Stage 3 Tour de Nez  [ fr ]
National Road Championships
4th Road race
5th Time trial
6th US Air Force Cycling Classic

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References

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  2. "Eric Wohlberg". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 13 February 2021.