Marcus Burghardt
Marcus Burghardt (born 30 June 1983) is a German professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.[4]
.jpg.webp) Burghardt at the 2013 Tour de Romandie | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marcus Burghardt |
| Born | 30 June 1983 Zschopau, Saxony, Germany |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Bora–Hansgrohe |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics specialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 2005–2009 | T-Mobile Team |
| 2010–2016 | BMC Racing Team |
| 2017– | Bora–Hansgrohe[2][3] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Career
Burghardt was born in Zschopau, Saxony, and raced as an amateur in the U-23 Wiesenhof team, with which he tasted success in the shape of the overall win at the Bundesliga Gerlingen in 2004. Burghardt turned professional in 2005, and won the UCI ProTour race Gent–Wevelgem in 2007, ahead of teammate Roger Hammond. He has also performed well in some races such as the Dwars door Vlaanderen and some stages of the Vuelta a España.
He was successful in winning Stage 18 of the 2008 Tour de France into Saint Etienne, beating break-away compatriot Carlos Barredo.
Burghardt signed with BMC Racing Team for the 2010 season.[5] After seven years there, in August 2016 Bora–Hansgrohe announced that he would join them for 2017.[6]
Major results
- 2001
- 1st
Trofeo Karlsberg
- 1st Stages 1 & 5
- 9th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 2003
- 1st Stage 3 Ronde de l'Isard
- 2004
- 4th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
- 8th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 2005
- 4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2006
- 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2007
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 6th Overall 3-Länder-Tour
- 1st Stages 3 & 5
- 6th Trofeo Cala Millor-Cala Bona
- 2008
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 18
Combativity award Stage 18
- 2009
- 4th Overall Sachsen Tour
- 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 7th Tour of Flanders
- 7th Gent–Wevelgem
- 10th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 2010
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 5 & 7
- 1st
- 5th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 7th Overall Tour of Oman
- 2011
- 9th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 2013
- 1st
Mountains classification Tour de Romandie - 2015
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2017
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 2018
- 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2019
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France |
— | — | 127 | 120 | — | 161 | 164 | 58 | 98 | 154 | — | 89 | 131 | 92 | 141 |
 / Vuelta a España |
76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | 149 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- "BORA - hansgrohe". Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- "With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- Ryan, Barry (28 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- "Bora - Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- VeloNews.com (2009-09-01). "Hincapie confirms to BMC with Ballan, Kroon, Burghardt". VeloNews. Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
- "Marcus Burghardt signs for Bora-Hansgrohe". cyclingnews.com. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
External links
Media related to Marcus Burghardt at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Marcus Burghardt's blog (in German)
- Marcus Burghardt at ProCyclingStats
- Marcus Burghardt at Cycling Archives
- Strava Profile