Armin Meier

Armin Meier
Personal information
Born (1969-11-03) 3 November 1969 (age 55)
Rickenbach, Lucerne, Switzerland
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1995Cicli Ghia–Villiger
1996PMU Romand–Bepsa
1997Batik–Del Monte
1998Festina–Lotus
1999–2001Saeco–Cannondale

Armin Meier (born 3 November 1969) is a Swiss former cyclist.[1] He was involved the Festina affair, and was part of the team that was disqualified from the 1998 Tour de France. Despite never testing positive for any drugs, he admitted to the use of EPO throughout his career. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1996 and 1999.[2] He also competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[3]

  1. ^ "Armin Meier". Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  2. ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Armin Meier Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2016.