Michael Albasini

Who is Michael Albasini?

Michael Albasini is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Orica-GreenEDGE. Albasini began his career in 2003 with Phonak, moved to Liquigas-Bianchi at the beginning of 2005, and signed with Team Columbia-High Road for the 2009 season. Since 2012, Albasini is riding with the new Australian professional cycling team GreenEDGE.

In 2012, Albasini met success at the UCI World Tour race Volta a Catalunya. The six-stage event contained no time trials, and Albasini took the lead by triumphing on the very first stage over Anthony Delaplace from Saur-Sojasun, getting a 42 seconds overall lead. On the very next stage, he was part of a select group of about 20 riders that were led to the line by Bradley Wiggins after a day in the mountains and he outsprinted his rivals, taking his second win in a row. He held on to his advantage on the following hilly stages, winning the overall classification by 1 minute and 30 seconds over second-placed Samuel Sanchez of Euskaltel-Euskadi.