Rolf Järmann (born 31 January 1966) is a retired

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from

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, who was a professional rider from 1988 to 1999. He twice won the

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(1993 and 1998) during his career. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1990. He won the

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in 1997. He won a stage in the

1989 Giro d'Italia The 1989 Giro d'Italia was the 72nd edition of the race. It started off in Taormina on 21 May with a flat stage that ended in Catania. The race concluded in Florence with a individual time trial on 11 June. Twenty-two teams entered the race ...

, the

1992 Tour de France The 1992 Tour de France was the 79th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 4 to 26 July. The total race distance was 21 stages and a prologue over . In honor of the Maastricht Treaty, which created the European Union, the Tour visited ...

and also won the 1998 Tirreno-Adriatico. According to a Cyclingnews.com report, in his book ''Doping, Spitzensport als gesellschaftliches Problem'' (Doping, Top Sport as a Social Problem), Järmann admits to using EPO.cyclingnews.com, Sep 8, 2000
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Teams

*1988: Cyndarella-Isotonic (Switzerland) *1989: Frank-Toyo-Magniflex (Switzerland) *1990: Pneuhaus Frank-Toyo (Switzerland) *1991: Weinmann-Eddy Merckx (Switzerland) *1992: Ceramiche Ariostea (Italy) *1993: Ceramiche Ariostea (Italy) *1994: GB-MG Maglificio (Italy) *1995: MG Maglificio-Technogym (Italy) *1996: MG Maglificio-Technogym (Italy) *1997: Casino-C'est votre equipe (France) *1998: Casino-C'est votre equipe (France) *1999: Post Swiss Team (Switzerland)

Tour de France

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

– 83rd place *

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

– 62nd place (most combative rider on 3 stages, winner 12th stage) *

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

– 54th place *

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

– 73rd place *

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

– 67th place *

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

– 90th place

Major results

;1988 : Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau ;1989 :

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: ::Winner stage 4 ;1990 : 1st MaillotSuiza

Road race, National Road Championships ;1992 :

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: ::Winner stage 12 ;1993 :

;1995 :

GP Ouest-France The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, is an elite cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Breton village of Plouay in western France. The race was originally named Grand-Prix de Plouay and, from 1989 to ...

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a UCI race classifications, 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the UCI World Tour, World Tour, by the ...

;1997 :

;1998 : 1st 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 ...

References

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Rolf Järmann
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