Armin Meier (born 3 November 1969) is a Swiss former cyclist. He was involved the Festina affair, and was part of the team that was disqualified from the 1998 Tour de France. Despite never testing positive for any drugs, he admitted to the use of EPO throughout his career. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1996 and 1999. He also competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Major results
1989 1st Hegiberg-Rundfahrt 1992 2nd Road race, National Amateur Road Championships 1993 1st Tour du Canton de Genève 1994 1st Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau 1995 1st Prologue Tour de Normandie 1996 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1st Stage 3 Uniqa Classic 2nd Gran Premio di Lugano 7th Josef Voegeli Memorial 7th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell 7th Overall Regio-Tour 9th Overall Tour de Suisse 10th Overall Tour de Normandie 1997 2nd Josef Voegeli Memorial 3rd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell 6th GP de Fourmies 7th Overall Giro di Sardegna 1998 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Josef Voegeli Memorial 4th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell 1999 1st Road race, National Road Championships 7th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre 2000 5th Josef Voegeli Memorial 2001 9th GP du canton d'Argovie
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 1997 1998 1999 2000 Giro d'ItaliaDNF48—— Tour de France—DSQ31DNF Vuelta a España——DNF104
+ LegendDSQ DisqualifiedDNF Did not finish— Did not compete
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