# Bo Hamburger

Bo Hamburger (born 24 May 1970 in Frederiksberg) is a Danish former professional road racing cyclist. He retired in 2006.

## Biography

After ending his career, Hamburger started a building company and a bike shop. He was the leading directeur sportif for Christina Watches–Onfone in 2013 and 2014.

## Doping

He was fired from Team CSC in 2001, after a positive EPO test. He was later cleared legally since the B test was below the limit, but still higher than normal. Since then, the Danish Cycle Union refused to let Hamburger represent Denmark. Hamburger fought the exclusion through legal means.
In his book Den største pris – en cykelrytters bekendelser (The Greatest Cost – Confession of a Cyclist) released in Denmark on 7 November 2007, he admitted to using EPO and human growth hormone from 1995 to 1997.
His name was also on the list of doping tests published by the French Senate on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the 1998 Tour de France and found positive for EPO when retested in 2004.

## Major results
### 1991

    5th Overall Tour of Sweden

### 1992

    2nd Overall Tour of Sweden
    4th Coppa Sabatini
    8th Giro di Lombardia
    8th Gran Piemonte
    10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

### 1993

    2nd Overall Hofbrau Cup
    3rd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
    4th Coppa Placci
    8th Grand Prix de Wallonie
    8th Classique des Alpes
    9th Brabantse Pijl
    9th Druivenkoers-Overijse

### 1994

    1st Stage 8 Tour de France
    1st Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen
    3rd Wincanton Classic
    3rd Grand Prix Herning
    4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    5th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
    8th Coppa Placci
    9th Gran Piemonte

### 1995

    2nd Overall Danmark Rundt
    2nd Grand Prix Herning
    5th Overall Volta a Catalunya

### 1996

    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
    6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
    8th Overall Danmark Rundt
    10th Classique des Alpes

### 1997

    2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    4th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
    7th Overall Volta a Catalunya

### 1998

    1st La Flèche Wallonne
    1st Stage 2 Tour of the Basque Country
    2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
       1st Stage 2
    2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Overall Critérium International
    4th Overall Danmark Rundt
    4th GP de Fourmies
    5th Amstel Gold Race
    5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
    6th Classique des Alpes
    9th Giro di Romagna
    Tour de France
       Held After Stage 4

### 1999

    6th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

### 2000

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice
    3rd Paris–Bourges
    3rd GP de Fourmies
    6th Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
       1st Stage 4
    6th Tour du Haut Var
    8th GP Ouest–France
    9th Rund um den Flughafen Köln–Bonn

### 2001

    6th Overall Giro della Liguria

### 2002

    2nd GP Fred Mengoni
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    10th Coppa Ugo Agostoni

### 2003

    2nd GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
    2nd GP Fred Mengoni
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    7th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
    8th Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo
    9th Giro di Romagna
    9th Trofeo Pantalica
    10th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

### 2004

    1st Stage 2 Giro della Liguria
    2nd Giro delle Colline del Chianti
    5th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
    6th Wachovia Invitational

### 2006

    5th Trofeo Matteotti

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | 95 | — | — | — | 59 | — | — | 77 | 53 | 37 |
| Tour de France | — | 31 | 20 | 17 | 13 | DNF | 15 | DNF | 36 | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | 48 | — | — | — | 44 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |