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Full name | Florian Vogel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Aarau, Switzerland | 18 February 1982|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Mountain bike racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Cross-country | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Florian Vogel (born 18 February 1982) is a Swiss professional racing cyclist. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. [1]
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