Personal information | |
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Full name | Niki Aebersold |
Born | Freimettigen, Switzerland | 5 July 1972
Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1996 | PMU Romand–Bepsa |
1997–1998 | Post Swiss Team |
1999–2000 | Rabobank |
2001–2003 | Team Coast–Buffalo |
2003–2005 | Phonak |
Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
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Niki Aebersold (born 5 July 1972 in Freimettigen) is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer who rode for UCI ProTeam Phonak Hearing Systems from May 2003 to 2005. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1998. [1]
Grand Tour | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | 68 | — | — | — | 40 |
Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Vuelta a España | 27 | 20 | — | 90 | — | 144 | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
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