Beat Zberg

Beat Zberg in the Swiss Champion's jersey before the start of the second stage of the Rothaus Regio-Tour International 2007 in Müllheim (Baden)

Beat Zberg at the prologue of the Tour de France 2006

Beat Zberg (born May 10, 1971 in Altdorf UR , Switzerland ) is a former Swiss cyclist .

Career

The 1.79 m tall and 72 kg heavy Zberg became a professional in 1992. In 1996 he won the race around the Henninger Tower and was able to celebrate stage victories at the Vuelta a España (2001), the Tour of the Basque Country (2002, 2004) and at the Catalan Week (2003). He started eight times in the Tour de France . At the Tour de Suisse , he finished seventh overall in 2005 . In 2007, Zberg became Swiss champion for the first time with over two minutes ahead of the pursuers. In August 2007 Zberg then won the first stage of the Tour de l'Ain and defended the lead until the penultimate day.

Beat Zberg is the brother of the equally successful cyclists Luzia Zberg and Markus Zberg .

Today Zberg works at IMG as route coordinator for the Tour de Suisse .

successes

1992

• Overall ranking Etoile de Bessèges
• Giro di Romagna

1995

• Overall rating of the Tour of Asturias

1996

• Around the Henninger Tower

1997

• Subida Urkiola

1998

• Overall ranking of the Tour of Austria

2001

• a stage Vuelta a España
• GP Winterthur

2006

• Grand Prize of the Canton of Aargau

2007

• Swiss champions - road races
• a stage Tour de l'Ain

Teams

• 1992: Helvetia – Commodore
• 1993–1996: Carrera Jeans
• 1997: Mercatone Uno
• 1998-2003: Rabobank
• 2004–2007: Team Gerolsteiner

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tour de Suisse.ch: Organigram ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Beat Zberg in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Beat Zberg in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )