Career
He turned pro in 2001 with the Swiss Post Office team He was seen animating a stage of the 2003 Tour de Romandie finishing second in stage number 2. Arguably one of the best moments in his career was leading the Tour Down Under in 2007 for 2 stages and then winning it by a mere 3 seconds over Australian Karl Menzies.
He started the 2007 UCI ProTour strongly with a 19th place in Prijs Vlaanderen, 17th in Gent–Wevelgem and 24th in Paris–Roubaix after crashing.
Elmiger started the 2007 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. On the fifteenth stage of the 2014 Tour de France, Elmiger broke away with Jack Bauer for 222 km, only to be caught by the charging peloton a few meters from the line.
Elmiger left Ag2r–Louisiana Mondiale at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new IAM Cycling team for the 2013 season.