Michael Albasini
.jpg) Albasini at the 2009 Tour of Austria, a race he would win overall. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Albasini |
| Nickname | Alba |
| Born |
20 December 1980 Mendrisio, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Orica–BikeExchange |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2001 | Fassa Bortolo (stagiaire) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2003–2004 | Phonak |
| 2005–2008 | Liquigas–Bianchi |
| 2009–2011 | Team Columbia–High Road |
| 2012– | GreenEDGE |
| Major wins | |
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Infobox last updated on 18 August 2016 | |
Michael Albasini (born 20 December 1980) is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Orica–BikeExchange.[1]
Professional career
Albasini began his career in 2003 with Phonak, moved to Liquigas–Bianchi at the beginning of 2005, and signed with Team Columbia–High Road for the 2009 season. Since 2012, Albasini has been riding with the Australian professional cycling team GreenEDGE.[2]
In 2012, Albasini met success at the UCI World Tour race Volta a Catalunya. The six-stage event contained no time trials, and Albasini took the lead by triumphing on the very first stage over Anthony Delaplace from Saur–Sojasun, getting a 42 seconds overall lead.[3] On the very next stage, he was part of a select group of about 20 riders that were led to the line by Bradley Wiggins after a day in the mountains and he outsprinted his rivals, taking his second win in a row.[4] He held on to his advantage on the following hilly stages, winning the overall classification by 1 minute and 30 seconds over second-placed Samuel Sánchez of Euskaltel–Euskadi.[5]
In 2015, Albasini took a prestigious podium placing at the La Flèche Wallonne, coming in third place atop the Mur de Huy behind Alejandro Valverde and Julian Alaphilippe.[6] He later won the second stage of the Tour de Romandie, having the better in the sprint of a group of 49 riders who had survived the climb and descent of the Col de la Vue des Alpes.[7] He repeated the feat the very next day in Porrentruy, winning by a couple of bike lengths over Julian Alaphilippe.[8] He had to abandon the Tour de France on Stage 5, suffering from a broken arm after a crash.[9]
Major results
- 1998
- 1st
Under-19 National Road Race Championships - 2001
- 4th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 2002
- 1st European Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 7th Giro del Lago Maggiore
- 2004
- 5th Meisterschaft von Zürich
- 9th Paris–Bourges
- 2005
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
Sprints classification
- 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 10th Giro della Romagna
- 2006
- 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Sprints classification
- 1st
- 2007
- 5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1st Stage 4
- 2008
- 2nd GP Miguel Indurain
- 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 6th Tour du Haut Var
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
- 8th Gran Premio di Lugano
- 2009
- 1st
Overall Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta al País Vasco
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse
- 9th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2010
- 1st Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage 3
- 4th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2011
- 1st Stage 13 Vuelta a España
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 1st Mountains classification Tour of the Basque Country
- 3rd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 3
- 4th Overall Tour of Oman
- 2012
- 1st
Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Stage 8 Tour de Suisse
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2013
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
- 2014
- 1st Tre Valli Varesine
- Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 6th Giro di Lombardia
- 7th Trofeo Muro-Port d'Alcúdia
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2015
- Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 3rd La Flèche Wallonne
- 2016
- Tour de Romandie
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
References
- ↑ "Orica-GreenEDGE (OGE) – AUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ↑ Aubrey, Jane (5 September 2011). "Albasini joins GreenEdge in an "easy decision"". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ Atkins, Ben (19 March 2012). "Michael Albasini solos to Volta a Catalunya opener". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ↑ "Albasini wins second straight stage at Catalunya". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ↑ "Albasini takes win in Catalunya". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ↑ "Valverde wins La Fleche Wallonne 2015". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ↑ "Tour de Romandie: Albasini wins stage 2". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ↑ Spencer Powlison (30 April 2015). "Take two: Albasini wins second Romandie stage, wearing yellow". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ↑ "Albasini abandons, fractures for heroic Matthews". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Michael Albasini. |
- Profile at ORICA-GreenEDGE official website
- Michael Albasini at Trap-Friis.dk. Archive copy at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2011)