Thomas Wegmüller

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Thomas Wegmüller
Thomas Wegmuller, 1989.jpg
Wegmüller in 1989
Personal information
Born (1960-09-28) 28 September 1960 (age 64)
Bern, Switzerland
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1987–1988 Kas
1989–1991 Domex–Weinmann
1992–1993 Lotus–Festina

Thomas Wegmüller (born 28 September 1960) is a former Swiss racing cyclist. He rode in the Tour de France, the Vuelta a España, won a stage in the 1989 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and was named the Most Combative rider on the Champs-Élysées stage during the 1990 Tour de France. [1] [2] He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1992. [3]

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Major results

1987
1st GP Lugano
1st Kaistenberg Rundfahrt
1st Stage 6 GP Tell
2nd Tour du Nord-Ouest
3rd Grand Prix de Mauléon-Moulins
1988
1st Stage 5 Tour of Britain
2nd Paris–Roubaix
5th Grand Prix des Nations
7th GP Ouest France-Plouay
1989
1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
2nd Grand Prix des Nations
2nd Tour du Nord-Ouest
3rd Overall Tour of Ireland
5th GP Ouest France-Plouay
5th Wartenberg Rundfahrt
1990
1st Grand Prix des Nations
1st Kaistenberg Rundfahrt
1st Tour du Nord-Ouest
2nd GP des Amériques
3rd GP Ouest France-Plouay
3rd Tre Valli Varesine
7th Paris–Roubaix
9th Giro di Lombardia
1991
1st Stage 4 Vuelta Asturias
3rd Grand Prix des Nations
4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
4th GP Ouest France-Plouay
8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1992
1st MaillotSuiza.svg Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 3 Clásico RCN
2nd Tour of Flanders
2nd Tre Valli Varesine
5th Grand Prix des Nations
1993
1st Stage 3 Volta a Portugal
7th Japan Cup Cycle Road Race

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour1989199019911992
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 100 112 155
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 128
Legend
DSQDisqualified
DNFDid not finish

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References

  1. "Thomas Wegmüller". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  2. "Thomas Wegmüller". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  3. "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2015.