Christian Meier (cyclist)

Christian Meier
Meier at the 2012 Japan Cup
Personal information
Full nameChristian Meier
Born (1985-02-21) February 21, 1985 (age 39)
Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur team
2018The Service Course
Professional teams
2005–2008Symmetrics
2008–2010Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30
2011UnitedHealthcare
2012–2016GreenEDGE[1][2]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2008)

Christian Meier (born February 21, 1985) is a Canadian former racing cyclist who rode professionally between 2005 and 2016 for the Symmetrics, Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30 and UnitedHealthcare and GreenEDGE teams.

Born in Sussex, New Brunswick,[3] Meier is descended from German restaurateurs who settled outside Sussex, Canada and he attended Sussex Regional High School.[4] His brother Michael succumbed to cancer in 2010.[5] He raced for GreenEDGE in 2012, competing in the Giro d'Italia in May, with his best showing on Day 11 in 15th place.[3] He rode all three Grand Tours in his career, making a total of five Grand Tour starts, his last being the 2014 Tour de France. He announced his retirement from competition in September 2016, despite having a year to run on his contract with the Orica team.[6] After retiring, he contested the 2018 Canadian National Time Trial Championships, finishing 27th.[7][8]

  1. ^ "GreenEdge adds Impey, Meier". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. October 11, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  2. ^ "Orica-GreenEDGE (OGE) - AUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Christian Meier at Cycling Archives
  4. ^ "Two Wheels, One Olympic Cycling Dream", AtlanticPedaler.com via Pedal Magazine, March 2008
  5. ^ Interview, VeloNews, January 18, 2010
  6. ^ "Christian Meier to retire at end of 2016 season - Transfer shorts". cyclingnews.com. September 7, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  7. ^ Jones, Rob (June 22, 2018). "Svein Tuft defends men's Canadian time trial title". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  8. ^ Tremblay, Philippe (June 18, 2018). "Christian Meier to race Canadian ITT champs on custom steel bike". Canadian Cycling. Gripped Publishing Inc. Retrieved July 15, 2019.

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