Michael Schär

Michael Schär (born 29 September 1986) is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2023. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam.

Born in Geuensee, Schär has competed in thirteen Grand Tours during his career, and was the winner of the Swiss National Road Race Championships in 2013. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. His father Roland Schär was also an Olympic cyclist.

Major results

 * 2003
 * 2nd Overall GP Général Patton
 * 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships


 * 2004
 * 1st MaillotSuiza.PNG Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
 * 4th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships


 * 2005
 * 1st MaillotSuiza.PNG Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
 * 9th Giro del Lago Maggiore


 * 2006
 * 1st MaillotSuiza.PNG Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
 * 4th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
 * 5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
 * 7th Overall Mainfranken-Tour
 * 10th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften


 * 2007
 * 3rd Overall Sachsen Tour
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification


 * 2012
 * 9th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen


 * 2013
 * 1st MaillotSuiza.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
 * 7th Overall Tour of Qatar
 * 1st Stage 2 (TTT)
 * 7th Overall Tour of Utah


 * 2014
 * 1st Stage 2 Tour of Utah


 * 2015
 * 1st Stage 9 (TTT) Tour de France
 * 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné


 * 2016
 * 2nd Overall Tour des Fjords
 * 10th Overall Tour of Qatar


 * 2017
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana


 * 2018
 * Tour de France
 * 1st Stage 3 (TTT)
 * Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 13
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Suisse
 * 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
 * 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 9th Great War Remembrance Race


 * 2019
 * Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 4 Tour de France


 * 2020
 * Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 1 Tour de France


 * 2021
 * Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 3 Tour de France