Oscar Camenzind (born 12 September 1971 in Schwyz, Switzerland) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Switzerland. He became national road champion in 1997.[1] In 1998 he won the World Road Championship and the Giro di Lombardia, in 2000 the Tour de Suisse and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2001. His career came to an abrupt end when he retired from pro cycling after a positive doping test in July 2004 for erythropoietin, leading into the Athens Olympics.[2] After confessing to the use, in 2005 he was sued in Swiss court in order to name his supplier, which he refused to do fearing retribution.[3]
 Oscar Camenzind at the 1997 Paris–Nice | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Oscar Camenzind | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 September 1971 Schwyz, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Puncheur | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Panaria–Vinavil | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Mapei–GB | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Lampre–Daikin | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Phonak | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
| Stage Races | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Major Results
edit- 1989
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 1994
- 2nd GP Palio del Recioto
- 1996
- 2nd GP d'Europe
- 2nd Overall GP Tell
- 1st Stages 3b & 4
- 2nd À travers Lausanne
- 2nd Josef Voegeli Memorial
- 3rd Wartenberg Rundfahrt
- 7th Overall Giro di Puglia
- 1997
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st Overall GP Tell
- 1st Stage 2b
- 1st Breitling Grand Prix
- 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stages 1 & 9
- 3rd Overall Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 5
- 2nd Rominger Classic
- 4th Rund um Köln
- 4th À travers Lausanne
- 4th Josef Voegeli Memorial
- 1998
- 1st
Road race, UCI Road World Championships - 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd Milano–Torino
- 2nd Tour de Berne
- 3rd GP du canton d'Argovie
- 4th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 6th Trofeo Melinda
- 1999
- 1st Stage 3 Giro del Trentino
- 3rd Tour de Berne
- 4th Giro di Lombardia
- 4th La Flèche Wallonne
- 4th Breitling Grand Prix
- 5th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 7
- 5th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 9th Josef Voegeli Memorial
- 2000
- 1st
Overall Tour de Suisse - 2nd À travers Lausanne
- 2nd EnBW Grand Prix
- 7th Züri-Metzgete
- 2001
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Stage 10 Tour de Suisse
- 3rd Luk-Cup Bühl
- 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 10th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 2002
- 1st Overall Sachsen Tour International
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Milano–Torino
- 3rd Giro di Lombardia
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 8th Züri-Metzgete
- 9th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 2003
- 1st Stage 3 Sachsen Tour International
- 7th Züri-Metzgete
- 3rd Coppa Placci
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 4th Tre Valli Varesine
- 4th Giro del Veneto
- 9th Giro dell'Emilia
- 7th Trofeo Matteotti
- 2004
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Trofeo Matteotti
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | 4 | 11 | — | 27 | — |
| Tour de France
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36 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | 16 | 48 | 22 | DNF | DNF |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "Camenzind quits after EPO disgrace". CNN. Athens. 10 August 2004. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ Westemeyer, Susan (17 August 2006). "Swiss court re-opens Camenzind EPO case". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
External links
edit- Oscar Camenzind at Cycling Archives (archive)
