Niki Aebersold (born 5 July 1972 in Freimettigen) is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer who rode for UCI ProTeam Phonak Hearing Systems from May 2003 to 2005. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1998.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Niki Aebersold |
| Born | 5 July 1972 Freimettigen, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1996 | PMU Romand–Bepsa |
| 1997–1998 | Post Swiss Team |
| 1999–2000 | Rabobank |
| 2001–2003 | Team Coast–Buffalo |
| 2003–2005 | Phonak |
| Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
| |
Major results
edit- 1995
- 1st Stage 5 Regio-Tour
- 1st Stage 9 Rheinland-Pfalz-Rundfahrt
- 1997
- 1st Overall Ostschweizer Rundfahrt
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
- 1st Stausee Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 9 Tour de Suisse
- 2nd Overall GP Tell
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1998
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st Milano–Torino
- 1st Overall OBV Classic
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Schynberg Rundfahrt
- 1st Stages 7 & 9 Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Austria
- 5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 5th Japan Cup
- 7th Overall À travers Lausanne
- 1999
- 2nd Tour de Berne
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 10th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 2000
- 4th Trofeo Melinda
- 6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 2001
- 2nd Milano–Torino
- 2nd Six Days of Zürich
- 8th Züri-Metzgete
- 2002
- 3rd GP Lugano
- 8th GP du canton d'Argovie
- 2003
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2004
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 6
- 1st
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | 68 | — | — | — | 40 |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
27 | 20 | — | 90 | — | 144 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
External links
edit- Niki Aebersold at UCI
- Niki Aebersold at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Niki Aebersold at ProCyclingStats
- Niki Aebersold at Cycling Quotient
- Niki Aebersold at CycleBase
- Niki Aebersold at trap-friis.dk
- Personal Site
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