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Christian Meier

Meier at the 2012 Japan Cup
Personal information
Full name Christian Meier
Born (1985-02-21) February 21, 1985 (age 39)Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb)
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Amateur team
2018 The Service Course
Professional teams
2005–2008 Symmetrics
2008–2010 Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30
2011 UnitedHealthcare
2012–2016 GreenEDGE[1][2]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2008)

Christian Meier (born February 21, 1985) is a Canadian former racing cyclist who rode professionally between 2005 and 2016 for the Symmetrics, Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30 and UnitedHealthcare and GreenEDGE teams.

Born in Sussex, New Brunswick,[3] Meier is descended from German restaurateurs who settled outside Sussex, Canada and he attended Sussex Regional High School.[4] His brother Michael succumbed to cancer in 2010.[5] He raced for GreenEDGE in 2012, competing in the Giro d'Italia in May, with his best showing on Day 11 in 15th place.[3] He rode all three Grand Tours in his career, making a total of five Grand Tour starts, his last being the 2014 Tour de France. He announced his retirement from competition in September 2016, despite having a year to run on his contract with the Orica team.[6] After retiring, he contested the 2018 Canadian National Time Trial Championships, finishing 27th.[7][8]

In March 2015 Meier together with his wife Amber opened La Fabrica Girona, a coffee shop in their European home of Girona, Spain.[9] The following year they opened a second coffee shop, Espresso Mafia, nearby.[6]

Source:[10]

2006

4th Overall Vuelta a Chihuahua

2007

1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

2nd Overall Vuelta a Chihuahua

1st Young rider classification

2nd Overall Vuelta a El Salvador

1st Young rider classification

7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23

2008

1st Road race, National Road Championships

2009

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

2010

1st Blue jersey Sprints classification, Tour of the Basque Country

7th Overall Tour of Britain

10th Giro del Veneto

2011

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

8th Overall Vuelta a Asturias

2012

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

3rd Overall Tour de Beauce

5th Japan Cup

2013

1st Sprints classification, Volta a Catalunya

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

3rd Overall Tour de Beauce

2014

1st Mountains classification, Bayern–Rundfahrt

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

2015

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

  1. ^ "GreenEdge adds Impey, Meier". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. October 11, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  2. ^ "Orica-GreenEDGE (OGE) - AUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Christian Meier at Cycling Archives (archived)
  4. ^ "Two Wheels, One Olympic Cycling Dream", AtlanticPedaler.com via Pedal Magazine, March 2008
  5. ^ Interview, VeloNews, January 18, 2010
  6. ^ a b "Christian Meier to retire at end of 2016 season - Transfer shorts". cyclingnews.com. September 7, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  7. ^ Jones, Rob (June 22, 2018). "Svein Tuft defends men's Canadian time trial title". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  8. ^ Tremblay, Philippe (June 18, 2018). "Christian Meier to race Canadian ITT champs on custom steel bike". Canadian Cycling. Gripped Publishing Inc. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  9. ^ "La Fabrica Girona: Where everyone knows your name". May 6, 2015.
  10. ^ "Christian Meier". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved September 25, 2022.

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