Marcus Burghardt (born 30 June 1983) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2021 for the , and 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.
Career Burghardt 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 for the 2010 season. After seven years there, in August 2016 announced that he would join them for 2017. He remained with the team for five seasons, with his sole victory coming in the German National Road Race Championships in 2017.
In April 2022, he announced his retirement from professional cycling, while rehabilitating from a severe wrist injury suffered at the 2021 Tour de Pologne. In June 2022, he joined the executive committee of the German Cycling Federation.
Major results
Source:
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 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
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—
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
References
External links
Marcus Burghardt's blog
Strava Profile