Erich Mächler (also spelled Maechler) (born 24 September 1960 in
Hochdorf) is a former professional Swiss cyclist. In the
1987 Tour de France
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, he wore the
yellow jersey
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History
For the first t ...
for 6 days.
He was the
Swiss National Road Race champion in 1984 and won the
1987 Milan–San Remo
The 1987 Milan–San Remo was the 78th edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 21 March 1987.
The race started in Milan and finished in Sanremo, San Remo. At the highest point of the race (Passo del Turchino, Turchino), nine ...
and the
1988 Tirreno–Adriatico
The 1988 Tirreno–Adriatico was the 23rd edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race and was held from 11 March to 16 March 1988. The race started in Bacoli and finished in San Benedetto del Tronto. The race was won by Erich Maechler of the Car ...
.
Major results
;1982
(2 pro wins)
: 1st
Tour du Nord-Ouest
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Men's event
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The UCI Con ...
: 1st Stage 8
Tour de Suisse
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: 2nd
Trofeo Luis Puig
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: 6th Overall
Tour Méditerranéen
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;1983
(1)
: 1st Grand Prix de Mendrisio
: 1st Stage 6
Tour de Suisse
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: 2nd
GP Lugano
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The UCI Continental ...
: 3rd
Grand Prix La Marseillaise
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: 4th
Züri-Metzgete
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: 6th
Road race,
UCI Road World Championships
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;1984
(2)
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
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::1st Stage 2
;1985
: 2nd
GP du canton d'Argovie
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton () 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 of Gippingen, which belongs to the municipal ...
: 8th
Trofeo Pantalica
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;1986
(2)
: 1st Stage 21
Tour de France
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: 1st Stage 5
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
;1987
(3)
: 1st
Milan–San Remo
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:
Tour de France
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::1st Stage 2 (
TTT)
::Held after Stages 3–9
:
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
::1st Prologue & Stage 3b (
ITT
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*Intensional typ ...
)
: 1st Stage 1b (
TTT)
Paris–Nice
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;1988
(7)
: 1st Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
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::1st Stages 2 & 6b (
ITT
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Communication
*Tank phone, Infantry-Tank Telephone, a device allowing infantrymen to speak to the occupants of armoured vehicles.
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*Intensional typ ...
)
: 1st Overall
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
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::1st Stage 4b (
ITT
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Communication
*Tank phone, Infantry-Tank Telephone, a device allowing infantrymen to speak to the occupants of armoured vehicles.
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*Intensional typ ...
)
: 1st Volta al Camp Morverde
: 5th Overall
Three Days of de Panne
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: 8th
Milan–San Remo
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;1989
(1)
: 8th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...
::1st Stage 4
;1990
(2)
: 1st Kika Klassik
: 2nd Overall
Tour de Luxembourg
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::1st Stage 4
: 2nd Overall
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
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: 7th
Tre Valli Varesine
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;1992
(1)
: 1st
Tour du Nord-Ouest
Tour de Berne is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held in Bern, Switzerland with races for men and women.
Men's event
The men's event began in 1920 and has previously been a UCI 1.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Con ...
;1994
: 2nd
Japan Cup
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Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
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1960 births
Living people
People from Hochdorf District
Swiss male cyclists
Swiss Tour de France stage winners
Tour de Suisse stage winners
Cyclists from the canton of Lucerne
20th-century Swiss sportsmen
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