{{short description|Swiss cyclist (born 1971)}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Beat Zberg | image = Beat Zberg 20070823 003.jpg | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Beat Zberg | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|5|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Altdorf, Uri | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.79}} | weight = {{convert|72|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}} | currentteam = | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = All-rounder | show-medals = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | amateuryears2 = | amateurteam2 = | proyears1 = 1992 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|HEL|1992a}} | proyears2 = 1993–1996 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|CAR|1993}} | proyears3 = 1997 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|MER|1997}} | proyears4 = 1998–2003 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|TLJ|1998}} | proyears5 = 2004–2007 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|GST|2004}} | majorwins = Vuelta a España, 1 stage<br />Coppa Placci (1997)<br />Rund um den Henninger Turm (1996)<br />Vuelta a Asturias (1995) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{flagu|Switzerland}} }} {{MedalSport| Men's road bicycle racing }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze |1991 Stuttgart|Amateur road race}} }}
'''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,<ref name="SwissChamp">{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=1236 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150310083935/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=1236 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 10, 2015 |title=National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men) |access-date=14 March 2015 |work=Cycling Archives}}</ref> 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=== {{div col}} ;1988 :1st 20px National Junior Mountain Championships :National Junior Track Championships ::20px 1 km time trial ::20px Omnium ;1989 :1st Stage 1 Grand Prix Rüebliland :1st 20px Road race, National Junior Road Championships :1st 20px National Junior Mountain Championships :National Junior Track Championships ::20px Omnium ::20px Pursuit :3rd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud ;1990 :2nd Kaistenberg Rundfahrt ;1991 :1st Wartenberg Rundfahrt :2nd Overall GP Tell ::1st Stage 8 :3rd 15px Amateur Road race, UCI Road World Championships ;1992 :1st 20px 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 20px 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 20px Overall Tour of Austria ::1st Prologue :1st 20px 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 20px Road race, National Road Championships :4th Overall Tour de l'Ain ::1st 20px Points classification ::1st Stage 1 :7th Overall Rothaus Regio-Tour {{colend}}
===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 1994 ! scope="col" | 1995 ! scope="col" | 1996 ! scope="col" | 1997 ! scope="col" | 1998 ! scope="col" | 1999 ! scope="col" | 2000 ! scope="col" | 2001 ! scope="col" | 2002 ! scope="col" | 2003 ! scope="col" | 2004 ! scope="col" | 2005 ! scope="col" | 2006 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia |— |— | 12 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France | 27 | 29 | DNF | 11 | 40 | 109 |— |— | 27 |— |— | 93 | DNF |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A gold jersey Vuelta a España |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | 31 |— | 77 |— |— |— |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == *{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210957/http://www.gerolsteiner.de/index.php?id=2522 |title=Team profile }} *{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630044839/http://www.eurosport.com/cycling/personnews_prs15986.shtml |title=Eurosport profile }}
{{Swiss National Road Race Championships (men)}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zberg, Beat}} Category:Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic cyclists for Switzerland Category:Swiss male cyclists Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Swiss Vuelta a España stage winners Category:Sportspeople from the canton of Uri Category:Vuelta a Asturias winners Category:Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany