Roland Meier

{{short description|Swiss cyclist}} {{use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Roland Meier | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|11|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = Danikon, Switzerland | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = 1993 | amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|TVM|1993}} ''(stagiaire)'' | proyears1 = 1994–1995 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TVM|1994}} | proyears2 = 1996–1997 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|POS|1996}} | proyears3 = 1998–2000 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|COF|1998}} | proyears4 = 2001 | proteam4 = Team Coast<ref name="ProCyclingStats.com">{{cite web | url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=113644 | title=Roland Meier | accessdate=20 May 2014}}</ref> | majorwins = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = }} '''Roland Meier''' (born 22 November 1967) is a Swiss former cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/roland-meier-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111408/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/roland-meier-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Roland Meier Olympic Results |accessdate=24 July 2016}}</ref> On 28 August 2001, he was suspended for eight months because he tested positive for EPO.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cyclist Meier banned for eight months|url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/cyclist-meier-banned-for-eight-months/2214282|publisher=Swiss info|accessdate=3 August 2016}}</ref>

==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;1990 : 1st Stage 1 Ronde de l'Isard : 3rd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell ;1991 : 3rd Overall Flèche du Sud ;1992 : 2nd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell : 2nd Schynberg Rundfahrt ;1993 : 1st Stausee Rundfahrt : 1st Schynberg Rundfahrt : 1st Stages 6 & 8 Tour of Austria : 1st Stage 4 Tour du Vaucluse : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : 2nd GP Lugano : 8th Milano–Torino ;1995 : 1st 20px Time trial, National Road Championships : 10th Overall Route du Sud ;1996 : 1st Schynberg Rundfahrt : 8th Overall Tour de Normandie ;1997 : 1st Stage 2 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell : 3rd Overall Regio-Tour : 5th Overall Tour de Suisse ;1998 : 2nd Wartenberg Rundfahrt : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships : 5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta : 5th Overall Tour de Romandie : 6th Overall Tour de Suisse : 7th Overall Tour de France : 8th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe ;1999 : 5th Classique des Alpes : 7th Overall Euskal Bizikleta ;2000 : 8th Overall Tour de Romandie {{div col end}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 1994 ! scope="col" | 1995 ! scope="col" | 1996 ! scope="col" | 1997 ! scope="col" | 1998 ! scope="col" | 1999 ! scope="col" | 2000 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia |— |DNF |— |— |— |— |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France |— |— |— |— | style="background:#ddf;" | 7 |15 |44 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A gold jersey Vuelta a España |99 |108 |— |— |— |DNF |— |}

{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- | style="text-align:center;"|DSQ || Disqualified |- | style="text-align:center;"|DNF || Did not finish |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meier, Roland}} Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:Swiss male cyclists Category:Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic cyclists for Switzerland Category:20th-century Swiss sportsmen