Oliver Zaugg

Oliver Zaugg
Personal information
Zaugg at the 2011 Tour de Romandie
Full name	Oliver Zaugg
Born	(1981-05-09) 9 May 1981 Lachen
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Team information
Current team	IAM Cycling
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Professional team(s)
2004–2006	Saunier Duval–Prodir
2007–2008	Gerolsteiner
2009–2010	Liquigas
2011–2012	Leopard Trek
2013–2015	Saxo–Tinkoff
2016–	IAM Cycling
Major wins
Giro di Lombardia (2011)
Infobox last updated on 25 January 2016

Oliver Zaugg (born 9 May 1981) is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam IAM Cycling. He has previously ridden for Saunier Duval–Prodir, Gerolsteiner, Liquigas, Leopard Trek and Tinkoff–Saxo

Zaugg won his first major race in 2011, the Giro di Lombardia.^[1] He attacked on the Villa Vergano climb with 10 kilometers to go, soloing on to victory. He was chased relentlessly by the leading group, but the chasers could not get to him. He crossed the finish line in Lecco with an advantage of 15 seconds over his nearest rival, Dan Martin of Garmin–Cervélo.^[2] In 2012, he tried to defend his title at the Giro di Lombardia, finishing in the chase group in eighth position as Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha) claimed the victory.^[3]

Zaugg left RadioShack–Nissan at the end of the 2012 season, and signed with Saxo–Tinkoff for the 2013 season.^[4] After three seasons in October 2015 agreed to join IAM Cycling for 2016.^[5]

Palmares

Source:^[6]

2006: 7th Overall Ruta Del Sol; 8th Tour d'Emilie
2007: 15th Overall Vuelta a España
2008: 8th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton; 11th Overall Vuelta a España
2009: 15th Overall Tour de Suisse
2010: 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali; 4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
2011: 1st Giro di Lombardia; 8th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli; 9th Tour d'Emilie
2012: 8th Giro di Lombardia
2014: 7th Tour of Austria

Grand Tour General Classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Giro	46	WD	-	WD	-	-	-	WD	56	-	-	-
Tour	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vuelta	-	-	-	15	11	70	50	WD	-	37	23	-

WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress

References

↑ "Oliver Zaugg earns first major win in Giro di Lombardia". Universal Sports (Associated Press). 15 October 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
↑ Daniel Friebe (15 October 2011). "Zaugg solos to win in Lombardia". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). Retrieved 17 August 2012.
↑ Daniel Benson (29 September 2012). "Rodríguez wins Giro di Lombardia". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). Retrieved 1 October 2012.
↑ "2011 Giro di Lombardia winner Zaugg to Saxo Bank – Tinkoff Bank". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). 20 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
↑ "Transfer news: Rowney signs for Orica-AIS". cyclingnews.com. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
↑ http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=2858&idtitle=1

External links

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Oliver Zaugg profile at Cycling Archives
Oliver Zaugg profile at ProCyclingStats

Riders on Tinkoff

Former riders: list of riders

Giro di Lombardia winners

1900–1919	Giovanni Gerbi (1905) Cesare Brambilla (1906) Gustave Garrigou (1907) François Faber (1908) Giovanni Cuniolo (1909) Giovanni Micheletto (1910) Henri Pélissier (1911) Carlo Oriani (1912) Henri Pélissier (1913) Lauro Bordin (1914) Gaetano Belloni (1915) Leopoldo Torricelli (1916) Philippe Thys (1917) Gaetano Belloni (1918) Costante Girardengo (1919)

1920–1939	Henri Pélissier (1920) Costante Girardengo (1921–1922) Giovanni Brunero (1923–1924) Alfredo Binda (1925–1927) Gaetano Belloni (1928) Pietro Fossati (1929) Michele Mara (1930) Alfredo Binda (1931) Antonio Negrini (1932) Domenico Piemontesi (1933) Learco Guerra (1934) Enrico Mollo (1935) Gino Bartali (1936) Aldo Bini (1937) Cino Cinelli (1938) Gino Bartali (1939)

1940–1959	Gino Bartali (1940) Mario Ricci (1941) Aldo Bini (1942) (1943–1944, not held) Mario Ricci (1945) Fausto Coppi (1946–1949) Renzo Soldani (1950) Louison Bobet (1951) Giuseppe Minardi (1952) Bruno Landi (1953) Fausto Coppi (1954) Cleto Maule (1955) André Darrigade (1956) Diego Ronchini (1957) Nino Defilippis (1958) Rik Van Looy (1959)

1960–1979	Emile Daems (1960) Vito Taccone (1961) Jo de Roo (1962–1963) Gianni Motta (1964) Tom Simpson (1965) Felice Gimondi (1966) Franco Bitossi (1967) Herman Van Springel (1968) Jean-Pierre Monseré (1969) Franco Bitossi (1970) Eddy Merckx (1971–1972) Felice Gimondi (1973) Roger De Vlaeminck (1974) Francesco Moser (1975) Roger De Vlaeminck (1976) Gianbattista Baronchelli (1977) Francesco Moser (1978) Bernard Hinault (1979)

1980–1999	Alfons De Wolf (1980) Hennie Kuiper (1981) Giuseppe Saronni (1982) Sean Kelly (1983) Bernard Hinault (1984) Sean Kelly (1985) Gianbattista Baronchelli (1986) Moreno Argentin (1987) Charly Mottet (1988) Tony Rominger (1989) Gilles Delion (1990) Sean Kelly (1991) Tony Rominger (1992) Pascal Richard (1993) Vladislav Bobrik (1994) Gianni Faresin (1995) Andrea Tafi (1996) Laurent Jalabert (1997) Oscar Camenzind (1998) Mirko Celestino (1999)

2000–2019	Raimondas Rumšas (2000) Danilo Di Luca (2001) Michele Bartoli (2002–2003) Damiano Cunego (2004) Paolo Bettini (2005–2006) Damiano Cunego (2007–2008) Philippe Gilbert (2009–2010) Oliver Zaugg (2011) Joaquim Rodríguez (2012–2013) Dan Martin (2014) Vincenzo Nibali (2015)

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