Murilo Fischer

Murilo Fischer
	File:Murilo Fischer.jpg Fischer at the 2007 Tour de Pologne
Personal information
Full name	Murilo Antonio Fischer
Born	16 June 1979 (age 45); Brusque, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Team information
Current team	Groupama–FDJ
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional team(s)
2004	Domina Vacanze
2005–2006	Naturino-Sapore di Mare
2007–2009	Liquigas
2010–2012	Garmin–Transitions
2013–	FDJ
Major wins
	UCI Europe Tour (2005); Giro del Piemonte (2005); Tour de Pologne, 1 stage (2007); National Road Race Championships (2010, 2011)
	Infobox last updated on; 6 January 2015

Murilo Antonio Fischer (born 16 June 1979 in Brusque, Santa Catarina) is a Brazilian professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for UCI ProTeam Groupama–FDJ.^[1] He represented the Brazil in the last four Olympic Games (2000, 2004, 2008 e 2012).^[2]

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Prior to moving to the Garmin–Transitions team in 2010, Fischer had raced his whole career with Italian teams, having begun his career with Domina Vacanze in 2004, before moving to UCI Professional Continental team Naturino-Sapore di Mare for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. At Naturino-Sapore di Mare, Fischer proved his consistency over a season by winning the 2005 UCI Europe Tour. In 2007, Fischer made the step up to the UCI ProTour with Liquigas.

Fischer is the only Brazilian to have completed three Tour de France and four Giro d'Italia. And he is the second Brazilian (after Luciano Pagliarini) to win a stage of a UCI World Tour race (2007 Tour de Pologne).

Fischer signed with Garmin–Transitions on 3 January 2010, to be part of Tyler Farrar's leadout train in the 2010 season.^[3] Fischer left Garmin–Sharp at the end of the 2012 season, and joined FDJ on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.^[1]

Fisher completed the 2015 Vuelta a España and he became the first Brazilian rider to have completed all Grand Tours.^[4]