During his career, Elmiger was a four-time winner of the Swiss National Road Race Championships.

[2] Born in Hagendorn, Elmiger's sporting career began with RMV Cham-Hagendorn.

[3] One of the best moments in Elmiger's career was leading the 2007 Tour Down Under for 2 stages and then winning it by a mere 3 seconds over Australian Karl Menzies.

Elmiger started the Tour de Suisse strongly with a 7th place in the prologue, finishing 10.82 seconds behind Fabian Cancellara and in front of riders like Andreas Klöden and Michael Rogers.

[4] On the fifteenth stage of the 2014 Tour de France, Elmiger broke away with Jack Bauer for 222 kilometres (138 miles), only to be caught by the charging peloton a few metres from the line.