Camenzind at the 1997 Paris–Nice | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
Oscar Camenzind (born 12 September 1971) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Switzerland. He became national road champion in 1997. 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. 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.
Major results
- 1989
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 1994
- 2nd Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
- 1996
- 2nd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 1st Stages 2, 3b & 4
- 2nd À travers Lausanne
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 7th Overall Giro di Puglia
- 1997
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 1st Stage 4b
- 1st Breitling Grand Prix (with Johan Museeuw)
- 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Prologue & Stage 8
- 3rd Overall Tour of Austria
- 1st Prologue & Stage 5
- 4th Overall À travers Lausanne
- 4th Rund um Köln
- 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 Gran Premio di Chiasso
- 4th Breitling Grand Prix (with Marco Serpellini)
- 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 Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2000
- 1st Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2nd À travers Lausanne
- 2nd EnBW Grand Prix (with Robbie Hunter)
- 7th Züri-Metzgete
- 8th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2001
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Stage 10 Tour de Suisse
- 3rd Luk-Cup Bühl
- 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 9th EnBW Grand Prix (with Gilberto Simoni)
- 10th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 2002
- 1st Overall Sachsen Tour International
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Milano–Torino
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 3rd Giro di Lombardia
- 6th Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Züri-Metzgete
- 9th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 2003
- 1st Stage 3 Sachsen Tour International
- 3rd Coppa Placci
- 3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 4th Tre Valli Varesine
- 4th Giro del Veneto
- 7th Züri-Metzgete
- 7th Trofeo Matteotti
- 9th Giro dell'Emilia
- 2004
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Trofeo Matteotti
- 9th Overall Tour de Suisse
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | 4 | 11 | — | 27 | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | 36 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | 16 | 48 | 22 | DNF | DNF | — | — |
Classics results timeline
| Monuments results timeline | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monument | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Milan–San Remo | 154 | — | — | 29 | 28 | 40 | — | 36 | 26 |
| Tour of Flanders | 94 | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | DNF | 83 |
| Paris–Roubaix | Did not contest during career | ||||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | 8 | 13 | 1 | — | — | 54 |
| Giro di Lombardia | 15 | DNF | 1 | 4 | 15 | — | 3 | DNF | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
See also
References
- ^ "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
- Oscar Camenzind at Cycling Archives (archived)