![]() Kohler at the 2013 Tour Down Under | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Martin Kohler |
Born | Walenstadt, Switzerland | 17 July 1985
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur team | |
2007 | Hadimec (stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
2008–2014 | BMC Racing Team |
2015 | Drapac Professional Cycling |
2016 | Team Roth |
Major wins | |
Stage races
One-day races and Classics |
Martin Kohler (born 17 July 1985) is a Swiss former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the BMC Racing Team, Drapac Professional Cycling and Team Roth squads.
He competed in the 2010 Giro d'Italia but had to withdraw in the second stage due to a crash.
Kohler won the Swiss National Time Trial Championships in 2011 and the Swiss National Road Race Championships in 2012. [1]
Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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![]() | DNF | — | — | — |
![]() | — | — | — | — |
![]() | 111 | — | 66 | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
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