Eugeni Berzin

'''Evgeni Berzin''' ({{Lang-ru|Евгений Берзин}}; born 6 June 1970 in [[Vyborg]], [[Russia]]) is a Russian cyclist whose best year was 1994, when he won the [[Giro d'Italia]] and [[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]. Only 24 at the time, Berzin was then tipped as being a future megastar in cycling, but he was never quite able to live up to the results of 1994. In 1995, he was second at the Giro d'Italia. In the 1996 [[Tour de France]] he took the [[maillot jaune|yellow jersey]] in the Alps, won the time trial to Val d'Isere the next day, but lost the lead on the following stage to [[Bjarne Riis]]. On 19 October 1997 he attempted to break the [[hour record]] in Bordeaux, but he abandoned after 17 minutes, being already too far from [[Chris Boardman]]'s record. Berzin never won a professional race again, and eventually retired in 2000. Before the Giro d'Italia of this year, he was banned for two weeks for elevated [[haematocrit]] levels. ==Major victories== {{palmares start}} 1988 :{{RUS}} National Junior Track Team Pursuit Championship :{{flagiconUCI}} World Junior Team Track Pursuit Championship 1989 :{{RUS}} National Amateur Track Team Pursuit Championship 1990 :{{RUS}} National Amateur Track Team Pursuit Championship :{{flagiconUCI}} World Amateur Track Pursuit Championship :{{flagiconUCI}} World Amateur Team Track Pursuit Championship 1991 :{{flagiconUCI}} World Amateur Team Track Pursuit Championship 1992 :Course de la Solidarité Olympique :Ruban Granitier Breton 1994 :{{RUS}} National Time Trial Championship :[[1994 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]: ::Wearing [[pink jersey]] for 19 days ::[[Image:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] '''Winner overall classification''' ::[[Image:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Winner [[Maglia bianca|young riders' classification]] ::Winner stages 4, 8 and 18 :[[Giro dell'Appennino]] :[[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]] 1995 :[[1995 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]: ::2nd place overall classification ::Winner stage 21 :Crema :[[Euskal Bizikleta]] 1996 :[[1996 Tour de France|Tour de France]]: ::Winner stage 8 ::Wearing [[yellow jersey]] for 2 days :[[1996 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]: ::10th place overall classification ::Winner stage 19 {{palmares end}} == External links == *[http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/812.html Official Tour de France results for Eugeni Berzin] ==See also== * [[List of doping cases in cycling]] {{maglia rosa}} {{Lists of Russians}} {{Persondata |NAME= Berzin, Evgeni |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION=[[Road bicycle racer]] |DATE OF BIRTH= 1970-06-06 |PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Vyborg]], [[Russia]] |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Berzin, Eugeni}}