# Michael Rich (cyclist)

Michael Rich (born 23 September 1969) is a German former professional road bicycle racer who won the gold medal for his native country in the men's team time trial (100 km) at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. His winning teammates were Christian Meyer, Bernd Dittert and Uwe Peschel.
Rich is most famous for his individual time trial participations in the Grand Tours (Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España). He is the father of two children.
Rich retired from racing in 2006. His profession was a mechanic.

## Major results
### 1989

    8th Overall Peace Race

### 1990

    3rd Chrono des Herbiers

### 1991

    4th Chrono des Herbiers

### 1994

    1st Stage 4a (ITT) Regio-Tour
    1st Stage 2 Peace Race
    3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
    UCI Road World Championships
       3rd Team time trial
       10th Time trial

### 1996

    2nd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
    3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
    10th Time trial, Olympic Games

### 1997

    4th HEW Cyclassics

### 1998

    7th HEW Cyclassics
    7th Coppa Bernocchi

### 1999

    2nd Overall Regio-Tour
       1st Stage 3b (ITT)
    6th Overall Tour Trans Canada
       1st Stage 10 (ITT)
    6th Grand Prix des Nations
    9th Veenendaal–Veenendaal

### 2000

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Tour de la Somme
       1st Stage 1
    1st EnBW Grand Prix (with Torsten Schmidt)
    2nd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
       1st Stage 1b
    2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    4th Grand Prix des Nations
    7th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

### 2001

    1st Stage 1a (ITT) Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
    4th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Uwe Peschel)
    6th EnBW Grand Prix (with Uwe Peschel)
    10th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

### 2002

    1st Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
       1st Stage 2 (ITT)
    1st Chrono des Herbiers
    1st Karlsruher Versicherungs Grand-Prix (with Uwe Peschel)
    1st Stage 4 (ITT) Deutschland Tour
    1st Stage 4 (ITT) Tour du Poitou-Charentes et de la Vienne
    1st Stage 4b (ITT) Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
    2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Uwe Peschel)
    4th Grand Prix des Nations

### 2003

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
       1st Stage 2 (ITT)
    1st Chrono des Herbiers
    1st Grand Prix des Nations
    1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Uwe Peschel)
    1st Karlsruher Versicherungs Grand-Prix (with Sebastian Lang)
    3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    4th Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
       1st Stage 1a (ITT)

### 2004

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Grand Prix des Nations
    1st Stage 1 (ITT) Deutschland Tour
    1st Stage 4 (ITT) Hessen-Rundfahrt
    2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    2nd LuK Challenge Chrono (with Uwe Peschel)
    3rd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Uwe Peschel)
    4th Time trial, Olympic Games
    8th Overall Sachsen Tour
    9th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
       1st Stage 3 (ITT)

### 2005

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
    1st Stage 2 (ITT) Ster Elektrotour
    2nd Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
    2nd LuK Challenge Chrono (with Markus Fothen)

### 2006

    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships