Michael Rich (cyclist)

Michael Rich
Personal information
Full nameMichael Rich
Born (1969-09-23) 23 September 1969 (age 55)
Freiburg, West Germany
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist
Professional teams
1997–1998Saeco–Estro
1999–2006Gerolsteiner[1][2]
Major wins
Stage races
Bayern Rundfahrt (2002, 2003, 2005)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Team Time Trial
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Plouay Elite Time Trial
Silver medal – second place 2002 Heusden Elite Time Trial
Silver medal – second place 2004 Verona Elite Time Trial
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Hamilton Elite Time Trial

Michael Rich (born 23 September 1969) is a German former 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]

  1. ^ "First Edition Cycling News for August 22, 2006" Archived 3 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine cyclingnews.com 22 August 2006 Retrieved 21 February 2010
  2. ^ Michael Rich - Germany trap-friis.dk Retrieved 21 February 2010
  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.