Martin Elmiger (born 23 September 1978) is a Swiss former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2017 for the Post Swiss Team,, , and squads. During his career, Elmiger was a four-time winner of the Swiss National Road Race Championships.

Career

Early career

Born in Hagendorn, Elmiger's sporting career began with RMV Cham-Hagendorn.

AG2R Prévoyance (2007–12)

One of the best moments in Elmiger's career was leading the 2007 Tour Down Under for 2 stages and then winning it by a mere 3 seconds over Australian Karl Menzies. He started the UCI ProTour strongly with a 19th place in E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, 17th in Gent–Wevelgem and 24th in Paris–Roubaix after crashing. On stage 2 of the Tour de Romandie, Elmiger finished 5th behind stage winner Robbie McEwen in the wake of a massive pileup involving several riders at high speed. Elmiger started the Tour de Suisse strongly with a 7th place in the prologue, finishing 10.82 seconds behind Fabian Cancellara and in front of riders like Andreas Klöden and Michael Rogers.

IAM Cycling (2013–16)

Elmiger left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new team for the 2013 season. On the fifteenth stage of the 2014 Tour de France, Elmiger broke away with Jack Bauer for 222 km, only to be caught by the charging peloton a few metres from the line.

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline