# Beat Zberg

Beat Zberg (born 10 May 1971 in Altdorf, Uri) is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Gerolsteiner.
In 2007 he became the Swiss National champion, winning the road race alone and over 2 minutes ahead of 2nd placed Fabian Cancellara. Later that year, he retired from active competition.

## Career achievements
### Major results
#### 1988

    1st National Junior Mountain Championships
    National Junior Track Championships
       1 km time trial
       Omnium

#### 1989

    1st Stage 1 Grand Prix Rüebliland
    1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
    1st National Junior Mountain Championships
    National Junior Track Championships
       Omnium
       Pursuit
    3rd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud

#### 1990

    2nd Kaistenberg Rundfahrt

#### 1991

    1st Wartenberg Rundfahrt
    2nd Overall GP Tell
       1st Stage 8
    3rd Amateur Road race, UCI Road World Championships

#### 1992

    1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges
    1st Trofeo Matteotti
    1st Giro di Romagna
    1st Wartenberg Rundfahrt
    5th Overall Tour de Suisse
    5th Tre Valli Varesine
    6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    6th Giro di Lombardia

#### 1993

    1st Gran Piemonte
    1st Kaistenberg Rundfahrt
    9th Overall Tour de Suisse
    9th Subida a Urkiola

#### 1994

    1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Asturias
    2nd GP Lugano
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

#### 1995

    1st Overall Vuelta a Asturias
       1st Stage 6
    1st Trofeo Calvià
    3rd Amstel Gold Race
    3rd Wartenberg Rundfahrt
    3rd Josef Voegeli Memorial
    5th Overall Tour de Romandie
       1st Stage 1
    5th Overall Tour de Suisse
    7th La Flèche Wallonne
    9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    10th Rund um den Henninger Turm

#### 1996

    1st Rund um den Henninger Turm
    1st Berner Rundfahrt
    2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
    3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
    5th Overall GP Tell
    7th Overall Tour de Romandie
    10th Amstel Gold Race

#### 1997

    1st Subida a Urkiola
    1st Coppa Placci
    1st Giro del Mendrisiotto
    1st Josef Voegeli Memorial
    2nd Wartenberg Rundfahrt
    3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
    3rd Overall À travers Lausanne
    3rd Amstel Gold Race
    4th Trofeo Laigueglia
    7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    8th La Flèche Wallonne
    9th Milano–Torino
    10th Overall Tour de Suisse

#### 1998

    1st Overall Tour of Austria
       1st Prologue
    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Josef Voegeli Memorial
    2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
    6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country

#### 1999

    2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
    2nd Tour du Haut Var
    2nd Classic Haribo
    2nd Paris-Brussels
    3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
    4th Grand Prix des Nations
    6th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

#### 2000

    4th Giro di Lombardia
    10th Trofeo Melinda

#### 2001

    1st Stage 13 Vuelta a España
    1st GP Winterthur
    2nd GP Lugano
    4th Overall Tour de Suisse
    5th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
    6th Rund um den Henninger Turm
    6th Giro di Lombardia
    7th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
    7th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
    8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    10th GP Ouest–France
    10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

#### 2002

    1st Stage 1 Tour of the Basque Country

#### 2003

    1st Stage 2 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
    4th Giro di Lombardia
    7th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
    7th Overall Sachsen Tour
    8th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
    8th Overall Route du Sud

#### 2004

    1st Stage 2 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
    1st Stage 2 Tour of the Basque Country
    7th GP Lugano
    9th GP Chiasso

#### 2005

    7th Overall Tour de Suisse

#### 2006

    1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    2nd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
       1st Stage 4 (ITT)

#### 2007

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    4th Overall Tour de l'Ain
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 1
    7th Overall Rothaus Regio-Tour

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | 27 | 29 | DNF | 11 | 40 | 109 | — | — | 27 | — | — | 93 | DNF |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | 77 | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |