Rubens Bertogliati

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Rubens Bertogliati
Personal information
Full name Rubens Bertogliati
Date of birth May 9, 1979 (1979-05-09) (age 29)
Country Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 73.5 kg (162 lb/11.57 st)
Team information
Current team Saunier Duval-Prodir
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2000–2003
2004–		 Lampre
Saunier Duval-Prodir
Major wins
Tour de France, 1 stage
GP Chiasso (2001)
Infobox last updated on:
May 22, 2007

Rubens Bertogliati (born May 9, 1979 in Lugano) is a Swiss road racing cyclist, whose breakthrough came in the 2002 Tour de France, when he was riding for the Italian Lampre-Daikin team.

Bertogliati won the first stage of the Tour, which took place in the hilly country of Luxembourg. The victory also earned him the maillot jaune - the leader's jersey of the Tour. He kept the jersey after stage two, when he finished in 29th position. After the third stage, German sprinter Erik Zabel took the leader's yellow jersey from Bertogliati.

Bertogliati's first win came a few months earlier at the GP Chiasso, but it was his efforts in July that made him famous. He started his career as a professional with the Lampre team in 2000. Since 2004 he has been riding for the Spanish Saunier-Duval Prodir team.

[edit] Palmares

2002
GP Chiasso
Stage 1, Tour de France
Yellow jersey (General classification leader), after Stage 1 and 2
2007
4th overall, Tour de Georgia

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Persondata
NAME Bertogliati, Rubens
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH 1979-05-09
PLACE OF BIRTH Lugano, Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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