Evgeni Berzin

Evgeni Berzin

Berzin at the 1997 Paris–Tours
Personal information
Full name	Evgeni Valentinovich Berzin Евге́ний Валенти́нович Берзин[1]
Born	(1970-06-03) 3 June 1970 (age 54) Vyborg, Soviet Union
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional teams
1993–1996	Mecair–Ballan
1997	Batik–Del Monte
1998	Française des Jeux
1999	Amica Chips–Costa de Almería
1999–2000	Mobilvetta Design–Northwave
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1996) Giro d'Italia General classification (1994) Young rider Classification (1994) 5 individual stages (1994, 1995, 1996) One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championship (1994) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1994)
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Men's track cycling World Championships 1990 Maebashi Amateur Individual Pursuit 1990 Maebashi Amateur Team Pursuit 1989 Lyon Amateur Team Pursuit 1991 Stuttgart Amateur Team Pursuit

Evgeni Valentinovich Berzin (Russian: Евге́ний Валенти́нович Берзин; born 3 June 1970 in Vyborg, Russia) is a Russian former road cyclist.

Coming from track cycling, where he successfully represented the Soviet Union at World Championships, he moved to Italy in 1992 and turned professional with Mecair–Ballan 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, 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 1996 Tour de France were his last big results. In 1997, he unsuccessfully attempted to break Chris Boardman's hour record. He retired from the sport in 2001.