Armin Meier (cyclist)

Not to be confused with Armin Meier (actor) or Armin Meier (politician).

Armin Meier (born 3 November 1969) is a Swiss former cyclist.^[1] He was involved the Festina affair, and was part of the team that was disqualified from the 1998 Tour de France. Despite never testing positive for any drugs, he admitted to the use of EPO throughout his career. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1996 and 1999.^[2] He also competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Armin Meier

Personal information
Born	(1969-11-03) 3 November 1969 (age 55) Rickenbach, Lucerne, Switzerland
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1995	Cicli Ghia–Villiger
1996	PMU Romand–Bepsa
1997	Batik–Del Monte
1998	Festina–Lotus
1999–2001	Saeco–Cannondale

Major results

1989

1st Hegiberg-Rundfahrt

1992

2nd Road race, National Amateur Road Championships

1993

1st Tour du Canton de Genève

1994

1st Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau

1995

1st Prologue Tour de Normandie

1996

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st Stage 3 Uniqa Classic

2nd Gran Premio di Lugano

7th Josef Voegeli Memorial

7th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell

7th Overall Regio-Tour

9th Overall Tour de Suisse

10th Overall Tour de Normandie

1997

2nd Josef Voegeli Memorial

3rd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell

6th GP de Fourmies

7th Overall Giro di Sardegna

1998

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

3rd Josef Voegeli Memorial

4th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell

1999

1st Road race, National Road Championships

7th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre

2000

5th Josef Voegeli Memorial

2001

9th GP du canton d'Argovie

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1997	1998	1999	2000
Giro d'Italia	DNF	48	—	—
Tour de France	—	DSQ	31	DNF
Vuelta a España	—	—	DNF	104

Legend

DSQ	Disqualified
DNF	Did not finish
—	Did not compete