Michael Schär (born 29 September 1986) is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2023. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam .
Born in Geuensee, Schär has competed in thirteen Grand Tours during his career, and was the winner of the Swiss National Road Race Championships in 2013. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. His father Roland Schär was also an Olympic cyclist.
Major results
2003 2nd Overall GP Général Patton 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships 2004 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 4th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships 2005 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships 9th Giro del Lago Maggiore 2006 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships 4th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs 5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 7th Overall Mainfranken-Tour 10th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften 2007 3rd Overall Sachsen Tour 1st Young rider classification 2012 9th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 2013 1st Road race, National Road Championships 7th Overall Tour of Qatar 1st Stage 2 (TTT) 7th Overall Tour of Utah 2014 1st Stage 2 Tour of Utah 2015 1st Stage 9 (TTT) Tour de France 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné 2016 2nd Overall Tour des Fjords 10th Overall Tour of Qatar 2017 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2018 Tour de France 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Combativity award Stage 13 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Suisse 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 9th Great War Remembrance Race 2019 Combativity award Stage 4 Tour de France 2020 Combativity award Stage 1 Tour de France 2021 Combativity award Stage 3 Tour de France
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Giro d'Italia— 99——————————— Tour de France—— 103 49 DNF 43 56 76 72 90 70 69 58 / Vuelta a España 110————————————
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
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