Tour de France (3rd stage) : Michaël Schär prize of the combative
Michael Schär: "We rode in a beautiful harmony" "I am happy with this prize. The other three riders in the breakaway deserved it too because we rode in harmony.
Michael Schär
Questions and answers
- Your nickname : Miki
- Your favorite race: Paris-Roubaix
- Your best memory on the bike: winning the TDF team race in 2015
- Your worst memory on the bike: the World Championships in Qatar in 2016
- The club of your beginnings: as a child in my father's bike store
- Your interests outside cycling: oldtimer, sports in general, my family and friends
- Your music style : Johnny Cash
- If you were a movie: Tarantino's Boulevard of Death
- If you were a dish: Mexican cuisine
- If you were a famous person: Roger Federer
- If you had to do another job, what would it be? Architect
- What is dearest to you: my family
- Your qualities: motivated, loyal and creative
- Your faults : impatient and direct
Major results
Career highlights
2022 (AG2R CITROËN TEAM)
- 7th of the Swiss Road Race Championship
2020 (CCC Team)
- 8th in the best climber classification of the Critérium du Dauphiné
2019 (CCC Team)
- 6th of the Swiss championship in the road race
- 7th of a stage of the Tour de France
2018 (BMC Racing Team)
- Winner of the team CLM of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- Winner of the team CLM of Tirreno-Adriatico
- Winner of the team CLM of the Tour de Suisse
- Winner of the CLM by teams of the Tour de France
- 3rd of the Swiss Road Race Championship
- 9th in the Great War Remembrance Race
- 10th of Hammer Hong Kong
2017 (BMC Racing Team)
- Winner of the team CLM of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
2016 (BMC Racing Team)
- 2nd in the general classification of the Tour of the Fjords / 5th in a stage
- 8th of the Swiss Road Race Championship
2015 (BMC Racing Team)
- Winner of the CLM by teams of the Critérium du Dauphiné
- Winner of the CLM by teams of the Tour de France
2014 (BMC Racing Team)
- Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah Stage Winner
- 3rd of a stage of the Tour of Qatar
- 3rd of a stage of the USA Pro Challenge
2013 (BMC Racing Team)
- Swiss champion in the online race
- Winner of the CLM team race at the Tour of Qatar / 7th overall
- 7th in the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah
2012 (BMC Racing Team)
- 2nd in a stage of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah
- 6th of the Swiss championship in the road race
- 7th of a stage of the Eurometropole Tour
2011 (BMC Racing Team)
- 2nd in the team CLM of the Tour de France
2010 (BMC Racing Team)
- 9th of a stage of the Tour of Oman
2008 (Astana)
- 5th of a stage of the Tour de l'Ain
2007 (Astana)
- 3rd of the Sachsen-Tour International
2006 (Phonak Hearing Systems)
- 2nd in the Giro della Valsesia
- 4th in Paris-Roubaix Espoirs
- 5th of the European Espoirs road race championship