Urs Zimmermann

{{short description|Swiss cyclist}}

{{About|the Swiss professional cyclist|the captain of the 1998 Swissair accident|Swissair Flight 111}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Urs Zimmermann

| image = Urs Zimmermann 1984.tif

| caption = Zimmermann in 1984

| full_name = Urs Zimmermann

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|11|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mühledorf, Switzerland

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 1983–1984

| proteam1 = Cilo-Aufina

| proyears2 = 1985–1989

| proteam2 = Carrera Jeans-Vagabond

| proyears3 = 1990

| proteam3 = 7 Eleven-Hoonved

| proyears4 = 1991–1992

| proteam4 = Motorola

| manageyears1 =

| manageteam1 =

| majorwins = Stage races

:Tour de Suisse (1984)

:Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1986)

:Critérium International (1986)

One-day races and Classics

:{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (1986)}}

}}

Urs Zimmermann (born 29 November 1959 in Mühledorf) is a Swiss former professional road racing cyclist. He stood on the podium in two of the three Grand Tour events after finishing third in 1986 Tour de France and 1988 Giro d'Italia. He also won several stage races such as the Tour de Suisse, Dauphiné Libéré and Critérium International.

After the eleventh stage of the 1991 Tour de France, there was a rest day, on which the cyclists were transferred from Nantes to Pau, by airplane. Zimmermann had a fear of flying, so he refused to use the airplane. The jury then disqualified him, but after the other cyclists protested, he was allowed to use other means of transportation.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/timeline/Race%20Snippets/TdF/TdF1991.html|title=The Arrival of the Indurain Era |publisher=Cycling Revealed |access-date=30 April 2013}}

He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1986.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=1236 |title=National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men) |access-date=14 March 2015 |work=Cycling Archives}}