Zbigniew Spruch (born 13 December 1965 in
Kożuchów
Kożuchów (; german: Freystadt in Schlesien) is a town in Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland.
History
The town was founded in the 12th century, when it was part of the Kingdom of Poland. It was granted town rights in 1273 in the process of Ostdieslung. ...
) is a Polish former professional
road bicycle racer
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...
. He won the
Tour de Pologne
The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages ...
in 1995
and placed second at the
2000 UCI Road World Championships.
Major results
;1988
:1st Stage 3
Peace Race
The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...
;1989
:
Tour de Pologne
The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages ...
::1st Stages 3 & 5
:1st Stage 2
Peace Race
The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...
;1991
:
Tour de Pologne
The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages ...
::1st Stages 2, 3 & 4
;1992
:6th
Trofeo Laigueglia
The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the G ...
;1993
:5th Overall
KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde
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* KBC (TV channel), Algeria
* Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
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* KBC Advanced Technologies, ...
;1994
:2nd
Trofeo Pantalica
The Trofeo Pantalica was a professional road bicycle race held annually in Province of Syracuse, Italy
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:3rd
Paris-Tours
:6th
Gent-Wevelgem
;1995
:1st Overall
Tour of Poland
::1st Stage 2
:4th Overall
4 Jours de Dunkerque
:5th 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 ...
::1st Stage 1
:6th
Gent-Wevelgem
;1996
:9th
Road race,
Olympic Games
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;1997
:2nd Overall
Étoile de Bessèges
The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a ...
;1998
:1st Stage 1
Tour de Pologne
The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages ...
:1st Stage 5
Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions w ...
:5th Overall
Tirreno-Adriatico
;1999
:2nd
Gent–Wevelgem
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:3rd
Milan-San Remo
:5th
Tour of Flanders
The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and organi ...
:9th
Scheldeprijs
The Scheldeprijs is a cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a 1.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour, ...
;2000
:2nd
Road race,
UCI Road World Championships
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Events
...
:4th
Milan-San Remo
:7th
Paris-Tours
:7th Overall
KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde
KBC may refer to:
Broadcasting
* KBC (TV channel), Algeria
* Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
* Kwangju Broadcasting Corporation, South Korea
* Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting, a Japanese station referred to as KBC
Companies
* KBC Advanced Technologies, ...
:8th
Amstel Gold Race
The Amstel Gold Race is an annual one-day classic road cycling race held in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It traditionally marks the turning point of the spring classics, with the climbers and stage racers replacing the cobbled classics r ...
:9th
Tour of Flanders
The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and organi ...
;2001
:10th
Paris-Tours
References
External links
Palmarès by procyclingstats.com
Living people
Polish male cyclists
1965 births
Olympic cyclists of Poland
Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
People from Kożuchów
Sportspeople from Lubusz Voivodeship
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