Marcus Burghardt

Marcus Burghardt

Burghardt in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Marcus Burghardt
Born	June 30, 1983 (1983-06-30) (age 28) Zschopau, Germany
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
Major wins
Tour de France, 1 Stage Tour de Suisse, 2 Stages Gent–Wevelgem (2007)
Infobox last updated on December 24, 2007

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]

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

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

References

1. ^ VeloNews.com (2009-09-01). "Hincapie confirms to BMC with Ballan, Kroon, Burghardt". VeloNews. http://www.velonews.com/article/97306/. Retrieved 2009-09-02. 

External links

• Official website
• Marcus Burghardt's blog (German)
• Marcus Burghardt profile at Cycling Archives

Persondata
Name	Burghardt, Marcus
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1983-06-30
Place of birth	Zschopau, Germany
Date of death
Place of death