Michael Albasini
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Michael Albasini (born 20 December 1980) is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2020, for the Template:Cycling data PHO, Template:Cycling data LIQ, Template:Cycling data THR and Template:Cycling data GEC men teams.[1]
Professional career
Albasini began his career in 2003 with Template:Cycling data PHO, moved to Template:Cycling data LIQ at the beginning of 2005, and signed with Template:Cycling data THR for the 2009 season. From 2012 until his retirement, Albasini rode with the Australian professional cycling team Template:Cycling data GEC.[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 Template:Cycling data SAU, 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 Template:Cycling data EUS.[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]
In October 2019, Albasini announced that he would retire from the sport after the 2020 Tour de Suisse.[10] Following that race's cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland, Albasini announced that he intended to extend his career to the end of the 2020 season.[11]
Major results
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- 1998
- 1st File:MaillotSuiza.svg Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 2001
- 4th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 6th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 2002
- 1st File:UEC Champion Jersey.svg Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 5th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 7th Overall GP Kranj
- 1st Stage 1
- 7th Giro del Lago Maggiore
- 2004
- 5th Züri-Metzgete
- 9th Paris–Bourges
- 2005
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st File:Jersey blackdots.png Sprints classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 10th Giro della Romagna
- 2006
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st File:Jersey pink.svg Mountains classification
- 1st File:Jersey blue.svg Sprints classification
- 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 2007
- 5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1st Stage 4
- 2008
- 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd GP Miguel Induráin
- 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 6th Tour du Haut Var
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
- 8th Gran Premio di Lugano
- 2009
- 1st File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse
- 9th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2010
- 1st File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage 3
- 4th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2011
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 1st Stage 13 Vuelta a España
- 1st File:Jersey red.svg Mountains classification, Tour of the Basque Country
- 3rd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 3
- 4th Overall Tour of Oman
- 2012
- 1st File:MaillotVolta.png Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Stage 8 Tour de Suisse
- 2nd Road race, National Road 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 Road race, National Road 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
- 2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 3rd La Flèche Wallonne
- 2016
- Tour de Romandie
- 1st File:Jersey green.svg Points classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2017
- 1st Coppa Agostoni
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie
- 2nd Vuelta a La Rioja
- 3rd Amstel Gold Race
- 4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 4th Coppa Bernocchi
- 4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne
- 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 10th Tre Valli Varesine
- 2018
- 1st File:MaillotCyan.PNG Overall Tour des Fjords
- 1st File:Jersey green.svg Points classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 7th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
- 2019
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 10th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 10th Coppa Sabatini
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Cjersey Giro d'Italia | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | 123 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Template:Cjersey Tour de France | — | 145 | 115 | 58 | — | — | — | — | 110 | 86 | 70 | DNF | 132 | 98 | — |
| Template:Cjersey/Template:Cjersey Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | 122 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 118 |
Classics results timeline
| Monument | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | 118 | — | DNF | 109 | — | — | — | — | 122 | 45 | — | — | 130 |
| Tour of Flanders | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | DNF | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | DNF | — | DNF | — | DNF | — | 64 | 97 | 87 | 75 | 51 | 95 | 56 | 2 | 7 | DNF | 70 | 76 |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 6 | DNF | — | DNF | DNF | — | DNF |
| Classic | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | — | DNF | DNF | 79 | 69 | 15 | 41 | 62 | 87 | 55 | DNF | 69 | 57 | 3 | DNF | 60 | NH |
| La Flèche Wallonne | DNF | — | DNF | — | DNF | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | DNF | DNF | 49 |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | 32 | — | 70 | DNF | — | — | NH |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
References
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External links
- Profile at ORICA-GreenEDGE official website
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- Living people
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