Johann Tschopp (born 1 July 1982 in

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professional mountain bike racer. He previously competed as a professional

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between 2004 and 2014, competing with the , , and squads. He is noted as an especially good climber since he is lightweight (1.75 m, 60 kg) and his training environment is mainly mountainous. He has already a quite important record in cyclo-cross and mountain bike marathon.

Career

2012 season

In August 2012, Tschopp won the

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's overall classification thanks to his victorious performance on the queen stage of the race, the fifth one. He got out of the bunch on the lower slopes of the last climb leading to the

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, passed all the scattered breakaway riders and crossed the uphill finish with an advantage of 43 seconds on his nearest pursuer. This ride netted him the leader's jersey previously worn by rider

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. Tschopp and his teammates managed to hold on to the general classification lead on the last trial, stage 6, which was another mountainous affair, and celebrated the victory.

2013 season

Tschopp left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined a new team from his native country, the team for the 2013 season. In the

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, he took the sixth place in the general classification of a field that included the likes of

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and

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, who finished ahead of him. In

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, Tschopp won the mountains classification jersey thanks to his participation in numerous breakaways. He had a commanding lead at 64 points, 40 points more than his closest rival.

2014 season

In November 2014 Tschopp announced that he would retire from road racing to return to mountain biking in 2015.

Career achievements

Major results

;2003 :2nd National Mountain Biking Championships :2nd Sierre–Loye :3rd National Cyclo-Cross Championships ;2005 :2nd Overall

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;2007 : 5th Overall

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;2009 : 5th Overall Tropicale Amissa Bongo ::1st Stage 4 : 5th Overall

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;2010 : 1st Stage 20 Giro d'Italia ::

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;2012 : 1st Overall

::1st Stage 5 : 3rd Overall

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;2013 : 1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification

: 2nd

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: 6th Overall

: 9th Overall

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: 9th Overall

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;2014 : 1st Jersey pink

Mountains classification

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: 8th Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt : 9th Overall

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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Johan Tschopp's profile on Cycling Base
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