Marcus Burghardt

Marcus Burghardt (born 30 June 1983) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2021 for the, and  teams. During his career, Burghardt took seven professional victories, including the 2007 Gent–Wevelgem, the German National Road Race Championships in 2017, and a stage win at the 2008 Tour de France.

Career
Burghardt was born in Zschopau, Saxony, and raced as an amateur in the U-23 Wiesenhof team, with which he tasted success in the shape of the overall win at the Bundesliga Gerlingen in 2004. Burghardt turned professional in 2005, and won the UCI ProTour race Gent–Wevelgem in 2007, ahead of teammate Roger Hammond. He has also performed well in some races such as the Dwars door Vlaanderen and some stages of the Vuelta a España.

He was successful in winning Stage 18 of the 2008 Tour de France into Saint Etienne, beating break-away compatriot Carlos Barredo.

Burghardt signed with for the 2010 season. After seven years there, in August 2016 announced that he would join them for 2017. He remained with the team for five seasons, with his sole victory coming in the German National Road Race Championships in 2017.

In April 2022, he announced his retirement from professional cycling, while rehabilitating from a severe wrist injury suffered at the 2021 Tour de Pologne. In June 2022, he joined the executive committee of the German Cycling Federation.

Major results
Source:


 * 2001
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
 * 1st Stages 1 & 5
 * 9th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships


 * 2003
 * 10th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
 * 1st Stage 3


 * 2004
 * 4th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
 * 8th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
 * 10th Overall Giro delle Regioni


 * 2005
 * 4th Dwars door Vlaanderen


 * 2006
 * 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen


 * 2007
 * 1st Gent–Wevelgem
 * 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
 * 6th Overall 3-Länder-Tour
 * 1st Stages 3 & 5
 * 6th Trofeo Cala Millor-Cala Bona


 * 2008
 * Tour de France
 * 1st Stage 18
 * Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 18


 * 2009
 * 4th Overall Sachsen Tour
 * 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
 * 7th Tour of Flanders
 * 7th Gent–Wevelgem
 * 10th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen


 * 2010
 * Tour de Suisse
 * 1st Jersey polkadot.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 5 & 7
 * 5th Overall Tour of Qatar
 * 7th Overall Tour of Oman


 * 2011
 * 9th Overall Tour of Qatar


 * 2013
 * 1st Jersey pink.svg Mountains classification, Tour de Romandie


 * 2015
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
 * 3rd Road race, National Road Championships


 * 2017
 * 1st MaillotAllemania.svg Road race, National Road Championships


 * 2018
 * 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad


 * 2019
 * 2nd Road race, National Road Championships


 * 2021
 * 5th Road race, National Road Championships