Michael Rich (cyclist)

Michael Rich
Personal information
Full name	Michael Rich
Born	23 September 1969 (age 51); Freiburg, Germany
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time-Trialist
Professional teams
1997–1998	Saeco
1999–2006	Gerolsteiner
show Medal record
Representing Germany
Men's road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
World Championships

Michael Rich (born 23 September 1969) is a 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Major results[]

1993 (Amateur)

1 stage,

1994 (Amateur)

Overall, Rapport-Tour

1 stage, Regio-Tour

1996 (Amateur)

2 stages, Rapport-Tour

1999: 1 stage win, Regio-Tour; 3 stages & Overall, Rapport-Tour
2000: (with Torsten Schmidt); National Time Trial Championship; 1 stage, Bayern-Rundfahrt; 1 stage & Overall, Tour de la Somme
2001: 1 stage, Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
2002: 1 stage, Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt; 1 stage & Overall, Bayern-Rundfahrt; Chrono des Herbiers; 1 stage, Deutschland Tour
2003: 1 stage & Overall, Bayern-Rundfahrt; Chrono des Herbiers; GP Eddy Merckx (with Uwe Peschel); National Time Trial Championships; Grand Prix des Nations; 1 stage win, Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt; GP Karlsruhe (with Sebastian Lang)
2004: Grand Prix des Nations; 1 stage, Deutschland Tour; 1 stage, Bayern-Rundfahrt; 1 stage, Hessen-Rundfahrt
2005: Overall, Bayern-Rundfahrt

Notable results[]

2nd, 2000 World Time Trial Championships, Plouay
2nd, 2002 World Time Trial Championships, Heusden-Zolder/Hasselt
2nd, 2004 World Time Trial Championships, Verona

References[]

^ "First Edition Cycling News for August 22, 2006" Archived 3 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine cyclingnews.com 2006-08-22 Retrieved 2010-02-21
^ Michael Rich - Germany trap-friis.dk Retrieved 2010-02-21
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michael Rich Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
^ Kraus, Rainer (2016). Die Welt hat Pedale und Freunde, die sie treten (in German). Bielefeld: Delius Klasing. p. 155. ISBN 978-3-667-10706-0.

[1] "First Edition Cycling News for August 22, 2006" Archived 3 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine cyclingnews.com 2006-08-22 Retrieved 2010-02-21

[2] Michael Rich - Germany trap-friis.dk Retrieved 2010-02-21

[SportsRef-3] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michael Rich Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2016.

[4] Kraus, Rainer (2016). Die Welt hat Pedale und Freunde, die sie treten (in German). Bielefeld: Delius Klasing. p. 155. ISBN 978-3-667-10706-0.

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