# Roland Meier
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{{short description|Swiss cyclist}}
{{use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Roland Meier
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|11|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Danikon](/source/Danikon), Switzerland
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
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| 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](/source/Team_Bianchi)[{{cite web | url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=113644 | title=Roland Meier | accessdate=20 May 2014}}]
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'''Roland Meier''' (born 22 November 1967) is a Swiss former cyclist. He competed in [two events](/source/Cycling_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics) at the [1992 Summer Olympics](/source/1992_Summer_Olympics).[{{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}}] On 28 August 2001, he was suspended for eight months because he tested positive for [EPO](/source/Erythropoietin).[{{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}}]
==Major results==
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;1990
: 1st Stage 1 [Ronde de l'Isard](/source/Ronde_de_l'Isard)
: 3rd Overall [Grand Prix Guillaume Tell](/source/Grand_Prix_Guillaume_Tell)
;1991
: 3rd Overall [Flèche du Sud](/source/Fl%C3%A8che_du_Sud)
;1992
: 2nd Overall [Grand Prix Guillaume Tell](/source/Grand_Prix_Guillaume_Tell)
: 2nd [Schynberg Rundfahrt](/source/Schynberg_Rundfahrt)
;1993
: 1st [Stausee Rundfahrt](/source/Stausee_Rundfahrt)
: 1st [Schynberg Rundfahrt](/source/Schynberg_Rundfahrt)
: 1st Stages 6 & 8 [Tour of Austria](/source/Tour_of_Austria)
: 1st Stage 4 [Tour du Vaucluse](/source/Tour_du_Vaucluse)
: 2nd [Time trial](/source/Swiss_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships
: 2nd [GP Lugano](/source/GP_Lugano)
: 8th [Milano–Torino](/source/Milano%E2%80%93Torino)
;1995
: 1st 20px [Time trial](/source/Swiss_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships
: 10th Overall [Route du Sud](/source/Route_du_Sud)
;1996
: 1st [Schynberg Rundfahrt](/source/Schynberg_Rundfahrt)
: 8th Overall [Tour de Normandie](/source/Tour_de_Normandie)
;1997
: 1st Stage 2 [Grand Prix Guillaume Tell](/source/Grand_Prix_Guillaume_Tell)
: 3rd Overall [Regio-Tour](/source/Regio-Tour)
: 5th Overall [Tour de Suisse](/source/1997_Tour_de_Suisse)
;1998
: 2nd Wartenberg Rundfahrt
: 3rd [Time trial](/source/Swiss_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships
: 5th Overall [Euskal Bizikleta](/source/Euskal_Bizikleta)
: 5th Overall [Tour de Romandie](/source/1998_Tour_de_Romandie)
: 6th Overall [Tour de Suisse](/source/1998_Tour_de_Suisse)
: 7th Overall [Tour de France](/source/1998_Tour_de_France)
: 8th Overall [Circuit Cycliste Sarthe](/source/Circuit_Cycliste_Sarthe)
;1999
: 5th [Classique des Alpes](/source/Classique_des_Alpes)
: 7th Overall [Euskal Bizikleta](/source/Euskal_Bizikleta)
;2000
: 8th Overall [Tour de Romandie](/source/2000_Tour_de_Romandie)
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===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [Grand Tour](/source/Grand_Tour_(cycling))
! 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](/source/General_classification_in_the_Giro_d'Italia)
|—
|[DNF](/source/1995_Giro_d'Italia)
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey [Tour de France](/source/General_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France)
|—
|—
|—
|—
| style="background:#ddf;" | [7](/source/1998_Tour_de_France)
|[15](/source/1999_Tour_de_France)
|[44](/source/2000_Tour_de_France)
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A gold jersey [Vuelta a España](/source/List_of_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a_general_classification_winners)
|[99](/source/1994_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a)
|[108](/source/1995_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a)
|—
|—
|—
|[DNF](/source/1999_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a)
|—
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|DSQ || Disqualified
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|DNF || Did not finish
|}
==References==
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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
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