![]() Wegmüller in 1989 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Bern, Switzerland | 28 September 1960
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
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]
Grand Tour | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |
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![]() | 100 | 112 | 155 | — |
![]() | — | — | — | 128 |
DSQ | Disqualified |
DNF | Did not finish |
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