# Andreas Klier

Andreas Klier (born 15 January 1976) is a retired German professional road racing cyclist. He competed professionally between 1996 and 2013. Klier moved into a managerial role with his final professional team, Garmin–Sharp, after announcing his retirement as a rider on 13 May 2013. As of 2024 he remains a sports director with its successor team EF Education–EasyPost.
Born in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Klier currently resides in the Balearic Island of Majorca. In April 2011, during a training ride, he avoided a collision with a car, from that moment onwards he had a bit of oak installed into his bike frame and thus could avoid accidents by touching wood. Bikes were sold with oak to raise money for the Plant for the Planet charity.
On 15 August 2013, Klier admitted he used performance-enhancing drugs between 1999 and 2006. As a result, some of his results, including a stage win at the 2007 Vuelta a España, were voided.
In addition to his career in cycling, Klier took up painting after seeing works by Max Beckmann at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston during a layover on a business trip. His solo exhibition Alpha was held at the Gerhard Braun Gallery in Palma, Majorca in 2023. Canvases sold for between 7,000 and 10,000 euros.

## Career
### Doping confession

On 15 August 2013, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced that Klier would be suspended for six months after admitting to doping during the period of 1999 to 2006. Later that day, the organization issued a statement confirming his acceptance to a six-month ban from 12 August 2013 to 18 February 2014. The action also included the stripping of all race results from 21 July 2005 onwards. Klier released his own statement later that day, which expressed regret at his decision of "chose[ing] the wrong path." "Along the road to the top of the sport, many years ago, I chose the wrong path, and I have been very sorry for it ever since. To everyone both in and out of cycling including my family, the fans, the sponsors, the sport I love, my peers, – especially those who made the right choices – I am deeply sorry," he said.

## Career achievements
### Major results

Sources:

#### 1998

    10th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

#### 1999

    10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

#### 2000

    3rd Circuit Franco-Belge
    7th Gent–Wevelgem
    9th E3 Harelbeke

#### 2001

    6th Sparkassen Giro Bochum
    7th Scheldeprijs

#### 2002

    1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

#### 2003

    1st Gent–Wevelgem

#### 2004

    6th Tour of Flanders
    7th E3 Harelbeke
    10th Gent–Wevelgem

#### 2005

    2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
    2nd Tour of Flanders
    4th Overall Tour of Saxony
    10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

#### 2005

    8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    9th Overall Eneco Tour of Benelux

#### 2006

    9th Tour of Flanders

#### 2007

    1st Stage 13 Vuelta a España
    6th Overall Tour of Qatar

#### 2008

    10th GP Fina - Fayt-le-Franc

#### 2009

    5th Overall Tour of Qatar
    5th Gent–Wevelgem
    7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

#### 2011

    5th Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Giro d'Italia | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | 105 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 152 | 167 | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | 74 | — | 119 | DNF | DNF | — | 107 | — | DNF | — | — | — | 158 | — | — |
Legend :
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| struck out | Voided results |
| DNF | Did not finish |