Martin Elmiger (born 23 September 1978 in Hagendorn) is a Swiss professional road racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental Team IAM Cycling. He turned pro in 2001 with the Swiss Post Office team. Elmiger was a member of Phonak from 2002 to 2006, and AG2R Prévoyance from 2007 to 2012. He was seen animating a stage of the 2003 Tour de Romandie finishing second in stage number 2.
Arguably one of the best moments in his career was leading the Tour Down Under in 2007 for 2 stages and then winning it by a mere 3 seconds over Australian Karl Menzies. He started the 2007 UCI ProTour strongly with a 19th place in Prijs Vlaanderen, 17th in Gent–Wevelgem and 24th in Paris–Roubaix after crashing. On stage 2 of The 2007 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 2007 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.
Elmiger left Ag2r-La Mondiale at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new IAM Cycling team for the 2013 season.
Read more about Martin Elmiger: Palmares
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