Michael Rich (born 23 September 1969) is a former professional road bicycle racer, who won the gold medal for his native country in the men's team time trial (100 km) at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[3] His winning teammates were Christian Meyer, Bernd Dittert and Uwe Peschel.
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Full name | Michael Rich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1969-09-23) 23 September 1969 (age 53) Freiburg, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Time trialist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1997–1998 | Saeco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2006 | Gerolsteiner[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
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Rich is most famous for his individual time trial participations in the Grand Tours (Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España). He is the father of two children.
Rich retired from racing in 2006. His profession was a mechanic.[4]
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