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Michael Albasini (born 20 December 1980) is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2020, for the , , and teams.
Road race, National Junior Road Championships
;2001
: 4th Overall 
Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
: 5th Overall 
Sprints classification
::1st Stage 5
: 7th Overall 
Mountains classification
::1st 
Sprints classification
: 3rd 
Overall Overall 
Mountains classification, 
Overall 
Points classification
::1st Stage 5
: 2nd 
Overall Tour des Fjords
::1st Points classification
::1st Stage 2
: 7th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
;2019
: 4th
Profile at ORICA-GreenEDGE official website
* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Albasini, Michael 1980 births Living people Swiss male cyclists Tour de Suisse stage winners Swiss Vuelta a España stage winners People from Mendrisio Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Switzerland Sportspeople from Ticino
Professional career
Albasini began his career in 2003 with , moved to at the beginning of 2005, and signed with for the 2009 season. From 2012 until his retirement, Albasini rode with the Australian professional cycling team . In 2012, Albasini met success at theUCI World Tour
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race Volta a Catalunya
The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain.
It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of ...
. The six-stage event contained no time trials, and Albasini took the lead by triumphing on the very first stage over Anthony Delaplace
Anthony Delaplace (born 11 September 1989) is a professional French road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .
Career
Delaplace was a junior champion for France in 2007. He made his Grand Tour debut in the 2011 Tour de France, where he ...
from , getting a 42 seconds overall lead. On the very next stage, he was part of a select group of about 20 riders that were led to the line by Bradley Wiggins
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after a day in the mountains and he outsprinted his rivals, taking his second win in a row. He held on to his advantage on the following hilly stages, winning the overall classification by 1 minute and 30 seconds over second-placed Samuel Sánchez
Samuel "Samu" Sánchez González (born 5 February 1978) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally in the sport between 2000 and 2017 for the and squads. He was the gold medal winner in the road race at the 2 ...
of .
In 2015, Albasini took a prestigious podium placing at the La Flèche Wallonne
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The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
, coming in third place atop the Mur de Huy behind Alejandro Valverde
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (born 25 April 1980) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . Valverde's biggest wins have been the Vuelta a España in 2009, Critérium du Dauphiné in 2008 and 2009, ...
and Julian Alaphilippe
Julian Alaphilippe (born 11 June 1992) is a French professional road cyclist, former cyclo-cross racer and two-fold UCI World Road Champion, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is the brother of racing cyclist Bryan Alaphilippe.
Career E ...
. He later won the second stage of the Tour de Romandie
The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...
, having the better in the sprint of a group of 49 riders who had survived the climb and descent of the Col de la Vue des Alpes. He repeated the feat the very next day in Porrentruy, winning by a couple of bike lengths over Julian Alaphilippe. He had to abandon the Tour de France
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on Stage 5, suffering from a broken arm after a crash.
In October 2019, Albasini announced that he would retire from the sport after the 2020 Tour de Suisse
The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ...
. Following that race's cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
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, Albasini announced that he intended to extend his career to the end of the 2020 season.
Major results
;1998 : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
;2001
: 4th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
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: 6th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
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;2002
: 1st Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
: 5th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
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: 7th Overall GP Kranj
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is ...
::1st Stage 1
: 7th Giro del Lago Maggiore
The Giro del Lago Maggiore, also known as GP Knorr, was a one-day road cycling race held annually near Lake Maggiore in Switzerland. The last two editions of the men's race were part of the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a serie ...
;2004
: 5th Züri-Metzgete
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: 9th Paris–Bourges
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;2005
: Tour de Suisse
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::1st Sprints classification
::1st Stage 5
: 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
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: 10th Giro della Romagna
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;2006
: Tour de Suisse
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::1st Mountains classification
::1st Sprints classification
: 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
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;2007
: 5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
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::1st Stage 4
;2008
: 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
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::1st Stage 3
: 2nd GP Miguel Induráin
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The race was inaugurated in 1951, but was limited to local competition. It was rebranded after ...
: 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
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: 6th Tour du Haut Var
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: 7th La Flèche Wallonne
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The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
: 8th Gran Premio di Lugano
;2009
: 1st Overall Tour of Austria
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::1st Stage 2
: 1st Stage 4 Tour of the Basque Country
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: 1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse
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: 9th La Flèche Wallonne
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The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
;2010
: 1st Overall Tour of Britain
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The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...
::1st Stage 3
: 4th Overall Tour de Pologne
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: 10th La Flèche Wallonne
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The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
;2011
: 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
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: 1st Stage 13 Vuelta a España
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: 1st Mountains classification, Tour of the Basque Country
The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'', es, Vuelta al País Vasco, links=no, eu, Euskal Herriko Itzulia) is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races ...
: 3rd Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
::1st Stage 3
: 4th Overall Tour of Oman
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;2012
: 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya
The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain.
It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of ...
::1st Stages 1 & 2
: 1st Stage 8 Tour de Suisse
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: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
: 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium.
The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
: 4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (german: Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau) is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland.
The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town o ...
;2013
: 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
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: 1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice
: 1st Stage 4 ( TTT) Tour de France
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;2014
: 1st Tre Valli Varesine
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It is usually the first and most important race of Trittico Lombardo, which con ...
: Tour de Romandie
The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...
::1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
: 5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (german: Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau) is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland.
The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town o ...
: 6th Giro di Lombardia
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: 7th Trofeo Muro-Port d'Alcúdia
: 7th La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium.
The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
;2015
: Tour de Romandie
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::1st Stages 2 & 3
: 2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
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The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town o ...
: 3rd La Flèche Wallonne
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The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
;2016
: Tour de Romandie
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::1st Points classification
::1st Stage 5
: 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
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: 7th La Flèche Wallonne
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The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
;2017
: 1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni
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: 1st Stage 2 Tour of the Basque Country
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: 1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie
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: 2nd Vuelta a La Rioja
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
Road ...
: 3rd Amstel Gold Race
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: 4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
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The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town o ...
: 4th Coppa Bernocchi
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In 1919 the business magnate Antonio Bernocchi founded the Coppa Bernocchi (or Bernocchi Cup ...
: 4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
: 5th La Flèche Wallonne
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The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
: 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
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: 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five '' Monuments'' of the European professional ...
: 10th Tre Valli Varesine
The Tre Valli Varesine is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Varese, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour.
It is usually the first and most important race of Trittico Lombardo, which con ...
;2018
: 1st Overall Tour des Fjords
::1st Points classification
::1st Stage 2
: 7th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
;2019
: 4th Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Road Championships
: 10th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (german: Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau) is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland.
The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town o ...
: 10th Coppa Sabatini
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Grand Tour results timeline
References
External links
Profile at ORICA-GreenEDGE official website
* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Albasini, Michael 1980 births Living people Swiss male cyclists Tour de Suisse stage winners Swiss Vuelta a España stage winners People from Mendrisio Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Switzerland Sportspeople from Ticino