Evgeni Valentinovich Berzin (; born 3 June 1970 in

Vyborg Vyborg (; rus, Вы́борг, links=1, r=Výborg, p=ˈvɨbərk; fi, Viipuri ; sv, Viborg ; german: Wiborg ) is a town in, and the administrative center of, Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Karelian Isthmus ne ...

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) is a Russian former road cyclist. Coming from

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, where he successfully represented the Soviet Union at World Championships, he moved to Italy in 1992 and turned professional with in 1993. His second season in 1994 was to be his best, with victories at the Giro d'Italia and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He finished second at the

1995 Giro d'Italia The 1995 Giro d'Italia took place in May and June 1995. It was the 78th edition of the event. The Giro began on 13 May with a stage that began in Perugia and ended Terni. The race came to a close on 4 June with a stage that ended in the Itali ...

, but failed to live up to high expectations in the years after. A brief spell in the race leader's yellow jersey and a stage win at the

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were his last big results. In 1997, he unsuccessfully attempted to break Chris Boardman's hour record. He retired from the sport in 2001.

Career

Early years

Berzin began his career as a track rider in the youth system of the Soviet team, under Alexandre Kuznetsov, joining when he was 14 years old. He won the Men's Amateur Individual Pursuit and the Team Amateur Pursuit at the

1990 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 1990 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Maebashi, Japan in August 1990.a year later. In 1992, Berzin wanted to switch to

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in order to compete in the road race at the 1992 Olympics, but Kuznetsov refused, instead aiming to focus on the track events. Berzin subsequently left Russia and went to Italy with his girlfriend, Stella. There, he teamed up with

Emanuele Bombini Emanuele Bombini (born 2 July 1959 in San Ferdinando di Puglia) is an Italian former cyclist. Major results ;1976 : 1st Coppa Collecchio ;1981 :2nd Giro del Lazio :3rd Giro della Romagna :3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato ;1982 :2n ...

, a recently retired rider in the process of building a cycling team around former

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Moreno Argentin with Mecair, an engineering company, as the main sponsor. The team, , was formed for 1993 and Berzin became part of it, alongside his friend

Vladislav Bobrik Vladislav Bobrik (born 6 January 1971 in Novosibirsk) is a Russian people, Russian former road bicycle racer. Major results ;1990 :1st, Stage 3, Tour de Trump ;1991 :1st, Stage 3, Redlands Classic ;1994 :1st, Giro di Lombardia :1st, Stage 1, V ...

Professional career

1993: The first season

In his first season as a professional, Berzin rode as a '' domestique'' for team captain

Piotr Ugrumov Piotr Ugrumov ( Latvian: ''Pēteris Ugrjumovs'' or ''Pjotrs Ugrjumovs'', Russian: Пётр Угрюмов) (born 21 January 1961) is a former Russian professional road racing cyclist who participated for Latvia after the dissolution of the Soviet U ...

, who would finish second overall, at the Giro d'Italia. Berzin himself finished the Giro in 90th place. He also rode the 1993 Tour of Britain, where he finished second on stage 4. The end of the stage was notable for the on-road arguments between Berzin and the stage winner, Peter de Clercq, as Berzin had refused to assist with pace-making over the final of the stage. The same year, he was the runner-up in the Settimana Ciclistica, in Lombarda, Italy. He finished the season ranked 379th in the UCI Road World Rankings.

1994: Rise to stardom

Electronics company Gewiss took over lead sponsorship of Berzin's team for 1994 and brought on sports physician Michele Ferrari from the

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as the new team doctor. Berzin was competitive right from the outset of the new season. He was in the top three at the

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, and Settimana Siciliana. He then finished second overall to teammate

Giorgio Furlan Giorgio Furlan (born 9 March 1966 in Treviso) is an Italian people, Italian former road bicycle racer, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . Major results ;1986 : 1st Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg ;1990 : 1st Italia ...

at Tirreno–Adriatico. He won the time trial at the Critérium International, and finished third overall, as Furlan again won the race. Berzin finished the Tour of the Basque Country in second place behind

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and signed a contract extension with Gewiss–Ballan at higher wages until 1996. A week after signing his new contract, Berzin lined up at Liège–Bastogne–Liège, one of the most important

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in cycling. Late in the race, he was part of a six-man leading group, including reigning world champion Lance Armstrong and Rominger. He accelerated away from the group and won the race. Just three days later, at La Flèche Wallonne, Berzin and his teammates Argentin and Furlan broke away from the field at the first passage of the

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, from the finish. The rest of the field was unable to counter what cycling journalist

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called "the greatest show of strength in any Classic by any team". Argentin was allowed to win, in what was his last season as a professional, and Berzin finished third behind Furlan. Comments by Ferrari to the press afterwards, saying that "anything that doesn’t result in a positive test isn’t doping" cast doubts over the performance. Following his strong performances in the classics, tensions between Berzin and his team grew. On stage 3 of the

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, Berzin was ordered back from an attack on his team leader, Argentin, eventually finishing the race in second place behind him. At the same time, Berzin demanded that his contract, valued at an estimated £17,000 per month, be renegotiated, which his team refused. Berzin entered the

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as co-leader next to Ugrumov, but soon established himself as the leading rider, finishing the first-day time trial ahead of favourite Miguel Induráin, second just to

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. On stage 4 to

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, he attacked, winning the stage and taking a minute from Induráin and three minutes from Ugrumov. The first long time trial of the race followed on stage 8 to

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. Berzin was again victorious and he extended his advantage over Induráin to 3:39 minutes. On stage 15, Berzin attempted to follow an attack by

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, but was dropped. Induráin then left Berzin behind as well, joining up with eventual stage winner Pantani. Berzin would lose four minutes to Pantani and thirty seconds to Induráin, but retained the race lead by 1:18 over the former. He then won the last time trial of the race on stage 18, ahead of Induráin. Over the two final mountain stages in the

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, Berzin stayed with Pantani and Induráin, helped significantly by Argentin to cover the relentlessness of Pantani's attacks. He became the first Russian and first rider from a former

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country to win a

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. His final winning margin over Pantani was 2:51 minutes. However, the tensions within the team increased during the Giro. Berzin still demanded higher pay and came into conflict with his teammates, who accused him of not showing enough respect. Embroiled in his contract dispute, he raced only two more times over the rest of 1994, finishing 21st at the inaugural world time trial championship. Having been offered a lucrative contract by , Berzin tried to force his way out of riding for by means of a lawsuit, but on 1 December 1994, the court ruled against him. He would stay with the team for the remainder of his contract.

1995–1996: Ups and Downs

In 1995, Berzin returned to the Giro d'Italia, with Rominger also on the start line. Berzin would eventually finish second overall, but a strained relationship between himself and teammate Ugrumov, third overall, prevented them from seriously challenging Rominger. During stage 14, Ugrumov even actively rode with Rominger to distance Berzin, who managed to get back with some difficulty. Berzin's best moment of the race came on the penultimate day, when he won the stage to Salita di Montegrino Valtravaglia, coming in 25 seconds ahead of Rominger and Ugrumov, thereby securing second place. Just a few days after the Giro ended, Berzin took victory at the Euskal Bizikleta. He was also part of the team that won the team time trial at the

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on stage 3. He eventually retired from the race on stage 10, having lost 15 minutes to Induráin the day before and, according to Dutch newspaper ''

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'', being "physically demolished and mentally broken". By 1996, his performances began to fade, leading the press to question his abilities and focus on his personal life, which included him and his wife Stella separating. Berzin returned for the 1996 Giro d'Italia, where he won the time trial on stage 19, putting him into provisional third place overall, just 14 seconds behind leader

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. He would however lose significant time the next day, and eventually finished in 10th place overall. At the

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, he won the prologue, two seconds ahead of Bjarne Riis. He won the time trial on stage 8 as well, this time ahead of

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and Armstrong. In the overall classification, he was eventually fourth. At the

, he took the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification on stage 7 to

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, the day that saw Induráin falter at the Tour for the first time in six years. He was the first Russian rider to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour. Berzin then won the time trial to

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the next day. Stage 9 to Sestriere was shortened due to snow. Riis attacked almost from the beginning of the now -long stage. Riis would win the stage and take the yellow jersey from Berzin ''en route'' to eventual overall victory. Berzin finished in Paris in 20th place.

Later career

For 1997, Berzin followed Bombini, who set up a new team, Batik–Del Monte, which included many riders from the former Gewiss squad. At the

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, Berzin placed second to Tonkov at the difficult stage-three time trial to

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. He faded later in the race and finished 20th overall, 49 minutes behind the winner,

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. He rode the Tour de France again, finishing third in the prologue time trial in Rouen, but he later abandoned the race, due to a broken

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. His contract with the Batik–Del Monte team stipulated that Berzin had to try to break the hour record in 1997. The plan to attempt the effort right after the Tour de France was foiled by his injuries sustained during the race. He eventually attempted to beat the record set by Chris Boardman in

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on 19 October. Prevented from using the same aerodynamic handlebars Boardman had used due to a change in regulations and further hindered by riding at sea level, Berzin abandoned his run after just 17 minutes, with an average speed slower than Boardman's. Trying to rebuild his career, Berzin joined the team for 1998, but failed to deliver. He launched unsuccessful breakaways at Liège–Bastogne–Liège and at the

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. He left the team at the end of the year, with team manager

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stating that "his good days were behind him, no matter what". Since his team was not invited, Berzin missed the Giro d'Italia, but rode the

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, finishing in 25th position, almost 43 minutes behind winner

. By 1999, his performances had deteriorated considerably. He rode his final Giro d'Italia, this time for Amica Chips–Costa de Almería, but he finished in 52nd place, over 2 hours down on the winner, Gotti. Berzin was prevented from starting the

2000 Giro d'Italia The 2000 Giro d'Italia was the 83rd edition of the Giro. It began with a prologue that navigated through the Italian capital Rome. The race came to a close on June 4 with a mass-start stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan. Twenty te ...

, as he received a two-week ban, due to an elevated hematocrit level, indicating the use of

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(EPO), a product used for the purposes of doping. His contract with the team was subsequently terminated. Berzin retired in 2001.

After Cycling

Berzin owns a car showroom in

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, where he lives, and a

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dealership near Milan. For several years, he organised a criterium race for professionals, held shortly after the Giro d'Italia, the "Criterium Gran Premio Città di Broni".

Major results

;1988 : 1st MaillotRusia

Team pursuit, National Junior Track Championships : 1st Jersey rainbow

Team pursuit, UCI Amateur Track World Championships ;1989 : 1st MaillotRusia

Team pursuit, National Amateur Track Championships ;1990 : 1st MaillotRusia

Team pursuit, National Amateur Track Championships : UCI Amateur Track World Championships ::1st Jersey rainbow

Individual pursuit ::1st Jersey rainbow

Team pursuit : 3rd Overall

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::1st Stage 1 ;1991 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Team pursuit, UCI Amateur Track World Championships : 1st Stage 1

;1992 : 1st Overall

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: 1st Overall

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::1st Stage 2 : 7th Overall

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;1993 : 7th

Firenze–Pistoia The Firenze–Pistoia was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. It was an individual time trial between Prato and Quarrata, in the Province of Pistoia. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe T ...

;1994 : 1st MaillotRusia

Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey pink

Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Jersey white

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::1st Stages 4, 8 & 18 : 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 1st Giro dell'Appennino : 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country : 2nd Overall Euskal Bizikleta ::1st Stages 3 & 5 : 2nd Overall

: 2nd Overall

: 3rd La Flèche Wallonne : 3rd Overall Critérium International ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall

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: 3rd

: 5th

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;1995 : 1st Overall Euskal Bizikleta ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 21 : 3rd La Flèche Wallonne : 3rd Overall Critérium International : 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country : 4th Giro dell'Appennino : 10th Overall

;1996 :

::1st Stage 8 ::Held Jersey yellow

for 2 days : 1st Stage 5b Tirreno–Adriatico : 3rd

Boucles de l'Aulne Boucles de l'Aulne is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May or June around Châteaulin, in the region of Brittany, France. Since 2006, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was previously known as Grand Pri ...

: 4th Overall

::1st Prologue & Stage 8 : 5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country : 5th Klasika Primavera : 6th Overall Tour de Romandie : 10th Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 19 ;1997 : 1st Overall

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: 5th Overall

Volta ao Alentejo The Volta ao Alentejo (Portuguese; en, Tour of Alentejo) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Alentejo, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a seri ...

;1998 : 3rd Overall

: 9th Overall

Grand Prix du Midi Libre The Grand Prix du Midi Libre (referred to as just Midi Libre) was a multiple-stage road cycling course in the south of France. The race, named after the newspaper that organized it, was first organized in 1949 and was an important preparation cou ...

Source:

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

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Official Tour de France results for Eugeni Berzin
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