Road bicycle racerFor other people named Christian Meier, see Christian Meier (disambiguation).

Christian Meier (born February 21, 1985) is a Canadian former racing cyclist who rode professionally between 2005 and 2016 for the Symmetrics, Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30 and UnitedHealthcare and GreenEDGE teams.

Born in Sussex, New Brunswick, Meier is descended from German restaurateurs who settled outside Sussex, Canada and he attended Sussex Regional High School. His brother Michael suc*bed to cancer in 2010. He raced for GreenEDGE in 2012, competing in the Giro d'Italia in May, with his best showing on Day 11 in 15th place. He rode all three Grand Tours in his career, making a total of five Grand Tour starts, his last being the 2014 Tour de France. He announced his retirement from compe*ion in September 2016, despite having a year to run on his contract with the Orica team. After retiring, he contested the 2018 Canadian National Time Trial Championships, finishing 27th.

Contents

• 1 Personal life
• 2 Major results
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Personal life

In March 2015 Meier together with his wife Amber opened La Fabrica Girona, a coffee shop in their European home of Girona, Spain. The following year they opened a second coffee shop, Espresso Mafia, nearby.

Major results

20064th Overall Vuelta a Chihuahua20071st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships2nd Overall Vuelta a Chihuahua1st Young rider cl*ification2nd Overall Vuelta a El Salvador1st Young rider cl*ification7th U23 Liège–Bastogne–Liège20081st Road race, National Road Championships20092nd Time trial, National Road Championships20101st Sprints cl*ification Tour of the Basque Country7th Overall Tour of Britain10th Giro del Veneto20112nd Time trial, National Road Championships8th Overall Vuelta a Asturias20122nd Time trial, National Road Championships3rd Overall Tour de Beauce5th *an Cup2013Volta a Catalunya1st Sprints cl*ification1st Special sprints cl*ification2nd Time trial, National Road Championships3rd Overall Tour de Beauce20141st Mountains cl*ification Bayern–Rundfahrt3rd Road race, National Road Championships20153rd Time trial, National Road Championships

References

External links

Media related to Christian Meier at Wikimedia Commons

• Christian Meier at Cycling Archives
• Christian Meier on Twitter
• Christian Meier at ProCyclingStats