Roland Meier

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Roland Meier
Personal information
Born (1967-11-22) 22 November 1967 (age 56)
Danikon, Switzerland
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
1993 TVM–Bison Kit (stagiaire)
Professional teams
1994–1995 TVM–Bison Kit
1996–1997 PMU Romand–Bepsa
1998–2000 Cofidis
2001 Team Coast [1]

Roland Meier (born 22 November 1967) is a Swiss former cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. [2] On 28 August 2001, he was suspended for eight months because he tested positive for EPO. [3]

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Major results

1990
1st Stage 1 Ronde de l'Isard
3rd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
1991
3rd Overall Flèche du Sud
1992
2nd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
2nd Schynberg Rundfahrt
1993
1st Stausee Rundfahrt
1st Schynberg Rundfahrt
1st Stages 6 & 8 Tour of Austria
1st Stage 4 Tour du Vaucluse
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd GP Lugano
8th Milano–Torino
1995
1st MaillotSuiza.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
10th Overall Route du Sud
1996
1st Schynberg Rundfahrt
8th Overall Tour de Normandie
1997
1st Stage 2 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
3rd Overall Regio-Tour
5th Overall Tour de Suisse
1998
2nd Wartenberg Rundfahrt
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
5th Overall Tour de Romandie
6th Overall Tour de Suisse
7th Overall Tour de France
8th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
1999
5th Classique des Alpes
7th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
2000
8th Overall Tour de Romandie

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1994199519961997199819992000
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia DNF
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 7 15 44
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 99 108 DNF
Legend
DSQDisqualified
DNFDid not finish

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References

  1. "Roland Meier" . Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roland Meier Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. "Cyclist Meier banned for eight months". Swiss info. Retrieved 3 August 2016.