Jörg Müller (cyclist)

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Jörg Müller
Personal information
NicknameJogi
Born (1961-01-23) 23 January 1961 (age 64)
Aarau, Switzerland
Team information
Current teamRetired
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Professional teams
1985 Skil–Sem–Kas–Miko
1986 Kas
1987–1989 PDM–Ultima–Concorde
1990–1991 TVM
1992 Helvetia–Fichtel & Sachs
1993 CLAS–Cajastur
1994 Mapei–CLAS
Major wins
Stage races
Tour de Romandie (1985)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (1987)
Grand Prix des Amériques (1989)

Jörg Müller (born 23 February 1961) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Switzerland, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1994. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [1] He won the Tour de Romandie in 1985. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1987. [2]

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He is married to Alexandra Anka and has two children, Allegra and Alessio Anka-Müller.Paul Anka is his father- in- law.Jason Bateman is his brother-in-law.

Career achievements

Major results

1984
1st MaillotSuiza.svg Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
10th Overall GP Tell
1st Stage 2
1985
1st Jersey green.svg Overall Tour de Romandie
2nd Grand Prix Cycliste Union Bessègeoise
6th Critérium des As
8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 5
8th La Flèche Wallonne
8th Paris–Camembert
8th Grand Prix des Nations
10th Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 8
1986
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour d'Armorique
1st Prologue Volta a Catalunya
3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 5
3rd Overall Vuelta a Aragón
4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
5th Paris–Tours
7th Overall Tour de Romandie
7th Giro di Lombardia
10th Overall Tour de Suisse
1987
1st MaillotSuiza.svg Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya
6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
1988
1st Six Days of Zürich (with Daniel Gisiger)
8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1989
1st Grand Prix des Amériques
3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
6th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
1990
10th Trofeo Baracchi
1993
1st Wartenberg Rundfahrt
1st Stage 9 Tour DuPont
4th Josef Voegeli Memorial
1994
1st Wartenberg Rundfahrt

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 198619871988198919901991199219931994
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 55 71
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 99 99 27 29 31 94 52 59
Jersey gold.svg Vuelta a España DSQ 101 64

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References

  1. "Jörg Müller Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2015.