Florian Stalder
Florian Stalder (* September 13 1982 in Lenk ) is a retired Swiss cyclist.
Career
His first cycling race, which he won, Florian Stalder denied at the age of 14 years. In 2001, amateur Stalder was and took, among others, at the World Championships in Hamilton and Verona part.
After good finishes at the GP Tell 2004 ( winner of the points standings, 4th place overall ), Florian Stalder 2005 professional the Czech Ed ' system ZVVZ team. His initial successes as a neo- pro included a seventh place finish at the Swiss road championships and good results in the Rheinland -Pfalz- tour with the 5th at one stage and the 9th place overall.
2006 signed a contract with Stalder large Swiss Phonak Cycling Team. In the Tour of Austria 2006 Stalder conquered at the first stage the mountain jersey, which he had to give back the next day, and the jersey for the best sprinter, which he won. He also came in his first three-week tour of the country, the Vuelta a España, used. He finished the race in 73
Although Stalder had signed a two- year contract, it was the end of 2006 because no team because Phonak was disbanded due to numerous doping cases. He then joined the Austrian Professional Continental Team Volksbank. For its first participation in the Tour de Suisse 2007, he immediately won the overall classification of the AXA Winterthur sprint. The greatest success in one -day races in his young career Stalder celebrated on 1 September 2007 when he was hit extremely thin by the Italian Alessandro Bertolini at the half classic Giro del Veneto and the second place went to. The year 2007 was the most successful in his career because also still drove a further ten top- ten finishes. Four further ranks among the top ten he was to follow in 2008, including the GP Black Forest and the Tour of Bavaria.
2009 Stalder was at Phonak again obliged as in 2006, team boss Andy Rihs, who is now in charge of the BMC Racing Team. There he helped as Domestike among other Cadel Evans to fifth place in the Giro d' Italia 2010.
At the end of the 2010 season, he finished his career because he could not receive a new contract with BMC or another team .. In his last race, a criterion in Montreux, he finished fifth.
Achievements
- GP Tell, points classification
- Tour of Austria, sprint
- Tour de Suisse, sprint