Marcus Burghardt
 Burghardt in 2006 |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Marcus Burghardt | ||
| Born | June 30, 1983 Zschopau, Germany |
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| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 75 kg (170 lb) | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | BMC Racing Team | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Classics Specialist | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2005–2009 2010– |
T-Mobile Team BMC Racing Team |
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| Infobox last updated on December 24, 2007 |
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Marcus Burghardt (born June 30, 1983 in Zschopau, Saxony) is a German professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for UCI ProTeam BMC Racing Team.
Burghardt turned pro in 2005, having already raced as an amateur in the U-23 Wiesenhof team, with which he had already tasted success in the shape of the overall win at the Bundesliga Gerlingen in 2004. Burghardt 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.
Burghardt gained a bit of notoriety on Stage 9 of the 2007 Tour de France when he hit a dog while on the course. He was also 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.[1]
[edit] Palmares
- 2005
- 4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2007
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st Stage 3 3-Länder-Tour
- 1st Stage 5 3-Länder-Tour
- 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 13th Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 2008
- 1st Stage 18, Tour de France
- Most Combative Rider
for Stage 18
- Most Combative Rider
- 2009
- 4th Overall Sachsen Tour
- 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 7th Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 7th Gent–Wevelgem
- 10th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 2010
- 1st
Points Classification Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Stage 7
- 5th Overall Tour of Qatar
[edit] References
- ^ VeloNews.com (2009-09-01). "Hincapie confirms to BMC with Ballan, Kroon, Burghardt". VeloNews. http://www.velonews.com/article/97306/. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Marcus Burghardt's blog (German)
- Marcus Burghardt profile at Cycling Archives
