Michael Albasini

Michael Albasini

Albasini in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Michael Albasini
Born	20 December 1980 (1980-12-20) (age 30) Mendrisio, Switzerland
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	65 kg (140 lb)
Team information
Current team	Columbia-High Road
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
2003–2004 2005–2008 2009–	Phonak Liquigas-Bianchi Team Columbia-High Road
Major wins
Vuelta a España, 1 stage Tour de Suisse, 1 stage Sprints competition (2005, 2006) Mountains competition (2006)
Infobox last updated on 2 September 2011

Michael Albasini (born 20 December 1980) is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam HTC-Highroad. Albasini began his career in 2003 with Phonak, moved to Liquigas-Bianchi at the beginning of 2005, and signed with HTC-Highroad for the 2009 season. For the 2012 season Albasini will be riding with the new Australia pro cycling team GreenEDGE Cycling.

Palmares

1998

1st U-19 Road Race Champion

2002

1st U-23 Road Race Champion

2005

1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse

1st Sprints Competition

2006

1st Mountains Competition Tour de Suisse

1st Sprints Competition Tour de Suisse

2007

1st Stage Circuit de la Sarthe

2008

2nd GP Miguel Indurain

7th La Flèche Wallonne

2009

1st Overall Tour of Austria

1st Stage 2

1st Stage 4 Vuelta al País Vasco

1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse

9th La Flèche Wallonne

2010

1st Overall Tour of Britain

1st Stage 3

4th Overall Tour de Pologne

10th La Flèche Wallonne

2011

1st Stage 13 Vuelta a España

1st GP Kanton Aargau

1st Mountains Competition Tour of the Basque Country

3rd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt

1st Stage 3

4th Overall Tour of Oman

External links

• Official website
• Profile at Liquigas official website
• Michael Albasini at Trap-Friis.dk

Persondata
Name	Albasini, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1980-12-20
Place of birth	Mendrisio, Switzerland
Date of death
Place of death