Markus Zberg
Markus Zberg (born June 27, 1974 in Altdorf, Uri) is a retired Swiss professional road bicycle racer; he is the younger brother of Beat Zberg. Zberg retired after a severe fall in the Tour de l'Ain.[1] He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 2000 and 2008.[2]
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| Full name | Markus Zberg | |||||||||||||
| Born | June 27, 1974 Switzerland | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb) | |||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||
| Role | Retired | |||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Carrera Jeans–Tassoni | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | Mercatone Uno | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | Post Swiss Team | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | Rabobank | |||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Gerolsteiner | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | BMC Racing Team | |||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Major results
- 1996
- 1st Stage 5 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 1998
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 1 & 22
- 1st Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 6 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 1999
- 1st Milano–Torino
- 2nd
Road race, UCI Road World Championships - 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
- 2nd GP Ouest–France
- 2000
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 3rd Amstel Gold Race
- 2001
- 1st Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 4th Amstel Gold Race
- 2002
- 3rd Milan–San Remo
- 2003
- 3rd Tre Valli Varesine
- 2004
- 2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2005
- 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 2006
- 1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice
- 2008
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
References
- "Markus Zberg ein Doping-Kunde? Der ehemalige Schweizer Radprofi in Österreich schwer beschuldigt". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 8 October 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
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