Marzio Bruseghin

Marzio Bruseghin at the 2007 Tour de France

Marzio Bruseghin (born June 15, 1974 in Conegliano ) is a former Italian cyclist .

Athletic career

Marzio Bruseghin became a professional at Brescialat in 1997 . He rode there for two years before moving to the Spanish cycling team Banesto in 1999 . In 2001, he won the fourth stage of the Tour of Portugal . In 2002 he took part in the Tour de France for the first time and finished his best of seven participations in 47th place overall; He achieved his best placement in 2006 in 19th place. In 2003 he moved to the Italian racing team Fassa Bortolo owned by Giancarlo Ferretti .

Bruseghin had his strongest season in 2005 when he finished ninth in the Giro d'Italia and eighth in the Deutschland Tour . From 2006 he drove for the ProTour team Lampre-Fondital alongside Damiano Cunego , whom he helped to win his second Giro. He himself became the Italian time trial champion in 2006 . In 2008 he achieved the Giro d'Italia with the victory on the tenth stage and with third place in the overall standings behind Alberto Contador , Team Astana , who was suspected of doping, and Riccardo Ricco , Saunier Duval , who was convicted of doping in the 2008 Tour de France . Scott his greatest career achievement. He also started on the road in both disciplines at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and finished 21st in the individual time trial. In 2011 he could not start at the Giro because he was being investigated for doping . In a newspaper interview, Bruseghin expressed his incomprehension that Contador had been allowed to drive at the Giro, but he was not, although he was innocent. In fact, Contador's victory in this Giro was subsequently revoked.

Wine and donkey

After the 2012 season, Marzio Bruseghin ended his career. He is a wine grower by profession and produces 12,000 bottles of Prosecco per year. He also keeps over 20 donkeys on his winery in Vittorio Veneto , which he breeds. In his active days, his fans wore donkey ears and brought a donkey in a pink jersey to the races.