About Michael Rich
Born 1969. Michael Rich is a German sport cyclist.
Michael Rich (born 23 September 1969) is a German former professional road bicycle racer who won the gold medal for his native country in the men's team time trial (100 km) at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. His winning teammates were Christian Meyer, Bernd Dittert and Uwe Peschel.
Rich is most famous for his individual time trial participations in the Grand Tours (Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España). He is the father of two children.
Rich retired from racing in 2006. His profession was a mechanic.
Major results
1989 8th Overall Peace Race 1990 3rd Chrono des Herbiers 1991 4th Chrono des Herbiers 1994 1st Stage 4a (ITT) Regio-Tour 1st Stage 2 Peace Race 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships UCI Road World Championships
10th Time trial 1996 2nd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 10th Time trial, Olympic Games 1997 4th HEW Cyclassics 1998 7th HEW Cyclassics 7th Coppa Bernocchi 1999 2nd Overall Regio-Tour 1st Stage 3b (ITT) 6th Overall Tour Trans Canada 1st Stage 10 (ITT) 6th Grand Prix des Nations 9th Veenendaal–Veenendaal 2000
1st Stage 1 1st EnBW Grand Prix (with Torsten Schmidt) 2nd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt 1st Stage 1b
4th Grand Prix des Nations 7th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge 2001 1st Stage 1a (ITT) Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt 4th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Uwe Peschel) 6th EnBW Grand Prix (with Uwe Peschel) 10th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe 2002
1st Stage 2 (ITT) 1st Chrono des Herbiers 1st Karlsruher Versicherungs Grand-Prix (with Uwe Peschel) 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Deutschland Tour 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Tour du Poitou-Charentes et de la Vienne 1st Stage 4b (ITT) Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Uwe Peschel) 4th Grand Prix des Nations 2003
1st Stage 2 (ITT) 1st Chrono des Herbiers 1st Grand Prix des Nations 1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Uwe Peschel) 1st Karlsruher Versicherungs Grand-Prix (with Sebastian Lang)
4th Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt 1st Stage 1a (ITT) 2004
1st Grand Prix des Nations 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Deutschland Tour 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Hessen-Rundfahrt
2nd LuK Challenge Chrono (with Uwe Peschel) 3rd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Uwe Peschel) 4th Time trial, Olympic Games 8th Overall Sachsen Tour 9th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt 1st Stage 3 (ITT) 2005
1st Stage 2 (ITT) Ster Elektrotour 2nd Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt 2nd LuK Challenge Chrono (with Markus Fothen) 2006 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
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Who is Michael Rich?
German cyclist
When was Michael Rich born?
Michael Rich was born on 23 September 1969 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
What is Michael Rich's occupation?
Michael Rich is a sport cyclist.
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Michael Rich is German.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Michael Rich (cyclist)
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