Marcus Burghardt (born 30 June 1983) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2021 for the Team Columbia–HTC, BMC Racing Team and Bora–Hansgrohe teams. During his career, Burghardt took seven professional victories, including the 2007 Gent–Wevelgem, the German National Road Race Championships in 2017, and a stage win at the 2008 Tour de France.
 Burghardt at the 2013 Tour de Romandie | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marcus Burghardt |
| Born | 30 June 1983 Zschopau, Saxony, East Germany |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics specialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 2005–2009 | T-Mobile Team |
| 2010–2016 | BMC Racing Team |
| 2017–2021 | Bora–Hansgrohe[2][3] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Career
editBurghardt was born in Zschopau, Saxony, and raced as an amateur in the U-23 Wiesenhof team, with which he tasted success in the shape of the overall win at the Bundesliga Gerlingen in 2004. Burghardt turned professional in 2005, and 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.
He was 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.[4] After seven years there, in August 2016 Bora–Hansgrohe announced that he would join them for 2017.[5] He remained with the team for five seasons, with his sole victory coming in the German National Road Race Championships in 2017.[6]
In April 2022, he announced his retirement from professional cycling, while rehabilitating from a severe wrist injury suffered at the 2021 Tour de Pologne.[7] In June 2022, he joined the executive committee of the German Cycling Federation.[8]
Major results
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Source:[9]
- 2001
- 1st
Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
- 1st Stages 1 & 5
- 9th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 2003
- 10th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 1st Stage 3
- 2004
- 4th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
- 8th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 10th Overall Giro delle Regioni
- 2005
- 4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2006
- 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2007
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 6th Overall 3-Länder-Tour
- 1st Stages 3 & 5
- 6th Trofeo Cala Millor-Cala Bona
- 2008
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 18
Combativity award Stage 18
- 2009
- 4th Overall Sachsen Tour
- 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 7th Tour of Flanders
- 7th Gent–Wevelgem
- 10th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 2010
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 5 & 7
- 1st
- 5th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 7th Overall Tour of Oman
- 2011
- 9th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 2013
- 1st
Mountains classification, Tour de Romandie - 2015
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2017
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 2018
- 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2019
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2021
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France
|
— | — | 127 | 120 | — | 161 | 164 | 58 | 98 | 154 | — | 89 | 131 | 92 | 141 |
 / Vuelta a España
|
76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | 149 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ a b "BORA - hansgrohe". Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (28 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ VeloNews.com (1 September 2009). "Hincapie confirms to BMC with Ballan, Kroon, Burghardt". VeloNews. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
- ^ "Marcus Burghardt signs for Bora-Hansgrohe". cyclingnews.com. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Burghardt claims German road race title". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Sans équipe et huit mois, Marcus Burghardt annonce sa retraite" [Without a team and eight months, Marcus Burghardt announces his retirement]. RTBF (in French). Belga. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Marcus Burghardt engagiert sich im BDR" [Marcus Burghardt is involved in the BDR]. BDR-Medienservice (in German). BVA BikeMedia. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Marcus Burghardt". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
External links
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Media related to Marcus Burghardt at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Marcus Burghardt's blog (in German)
- Marcus Burghardt at UCI
- Marcus Burghardt at ProCyclingStats
- Marcus Burghardt at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Strava Profile