Personal information | |
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Full name | Grischa Niermann |
Born | Hannover, Germany | 3 November 1975
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Rabobank Development Team |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider (retired) Race coach |
Amateur team | |
1997–1998 | Die Continentale |
Professional team | |
1999–2012 | Rabobank |
Managerial team | |
2013– | Rabobank Development Team |
Grischa Niermann (born 3 November 1975 in Hannover) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2012. He started his career in 1997 with the Die Continentale team, where he won the Hessen-Rundfahrt in 1998. He moved to Rabobank in 1999, winning the Regio-Tour that year. His only victory after that with the Dutch squad was the Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt in 2001. Following his retirement after the 2012 Vuelta a España, he became part of the coaching staff at Rabobank Development Team.[1] Since 2017 he is associate sports director at Team Jumbo Visma.
He has confessed to doping with EPO during his career.[2]