Eugeni Berzin

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Eugeni Berzin (born June 6, 1970 in Vyborg, Russia) is a Russian cyclist whose best year was 1994, when he won the Giro d'Italia and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Only 24 at the time, Berzin was then tipped as being a future megastar in cycling, but he was never quite able to live up to the results of 1994. In 1995, he was second at the Giro d'Italia. In 1996, he won the first time trial of the Tour de France and took the yellow jersey, only to lose it next day to Bjarne Riis. On October 19, 1997 he attempted to break the hour record in Bordeaux, but he abandoned after 17 minutes, being already too far from Chris Boardman's record. Berzin never won a professional race again, and eventually retired in 2000.

Preceded by Miguel Indurain

Winner of the Giro d'Italia 1994

Succeeded by Tony Rominger