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Andreas Klier
Personal information
Full name	Andreas Klier
Nickname	GPS Klier
Born	15 January 1976 (age 49); Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist
Professional teams
1996–1998	Team Nürnberger
1999–2000	TVM
2001–2008	Team Telekom
2009–2010	Cervélo TestTeam
2011–2013	Garmin–Cervélo
Major wins
	Gent–Wevelgem (2003)

Andreas Klier (born 15 January 1976) is a retired German professional road racing cyclist. He competed professionally between 1996 and 2013. Klier moved into a managerial role with his final professional team, Garmin–Sharp,^[1] after announcing his retirement as a rider on 13 May 2013.^[2] As of 2024 he remains a sports director with its successor team EF Education–EasyPost.^[3]^[4]

Born in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Klier currently resides in the Balearic Island of Majorca.^[5] In April 2011, during a training ride, he avoided a collision with a car, from that moment onwards he had a bit of oak installed into his bike frame and thus could avoid accidents by touching wood. Bikes were sold with oak to raise money for the Plant for the Planet charity.^[6]

On 15 August 2013, Klier admitted he used performance-enhancing drugs between 1999 and 2006. As a result, some of his results, including a stage win at the 2007 Vuelta a España, were voided.^[7]^[8]

In addition to his career in cycling, Klier took up painting after seeing works by Max Beckmann at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston during a layover on a business trip. His solo exhibition Alpha was held at the Gerhard Braun Gallery in Palma, Majorca in 2023. Canvases sold for between 7,000 and 10,000 euros.^[3]^[9]^[10]

Career

Doping confession

On 15 August 2013, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced that Klier would be suspended for six months after admitting to doping during the period of 1999 to 2006.^[7] Later that day, the organization issued a statement confirming his acceptance to a six-month ban from 12 August 2013 to 18 February 2014.^[7] The action also included the stripping of all race results from 21 July 2005 onwards.^[7]^[8] Klier released his own statement later that day, which expressed regret at his decision of "chose[ing] the wrong path." "Along the road to the top of the sport, many years ago, I chose the wrong path, and I have been very sorry for it ever since. To everyone both in and out of cycling including my family, the fans, the sponsors, the sport I love, my peers, – especially those who made the right choices – I am deeply sorry," he said.^[11]

Career achievements

Major results

Sources:^[12]^[13]

1998: 10th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
1999: 10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
2000: 3rd Circuit Franco-Belge; 7th Gent–Wevelgem; 9th E3 Harelbeke
2001: 6th Sparkassen Giro Bochum; 7th Scheldeprijs
2002: 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
2003: 1st Gent–Wevelgem
2004: 6th Tour of Flanders; 7th E3 Harelbeke; 10th Gent–Wevelgem
2005: 2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen; 2nd Tour of Flanders; 4th Overall Tour of Saxony; 10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

Voided results from 21 July 2005^[7]

2005: ~~8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships~~; ~~9th Overall Eneco Tour of Benelux~~
2006: ~~9th Tour of Flanders~~
2007: ~~1st Stage 13 Vuelta a España~~; ~~6th Overall Tour of Qatar~~
2008: ~~10th GP Fina - Fayt-le-Franc~~
2009: ~~5th Overall Tour of Qatar~~; ~~5th Gent–Wevelgem~~; ~~7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad~~
2011: ~~5th Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt~~

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Giro d'Italia	78	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	105	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	~~152~~	~~167~~	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	74	—	119	DNF	DNF	—	~~107~~	—	~~DNF~~	—	—	—	~~158~~	—	—