Eugeni Berzin

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**Evgeni Berzin**
Personal information
Full name	Evgeni Berzin
Date of birth	June 6, 1970 (1970-06-06) (age 38)
Country	Russia
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional team(s)
1993 1994–1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1999 2000	Mecair-Ballan Gewiss-Ballan Gewiss-Playbus Batik-Del Monte La Française des jeux Amica Chips-Costa de Almeria Mobilvetta Design-Rossin Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini
Major wins
Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1994) Giro d'Italia (1994) 5 stages Tour de France, 1 stage
Infobox last updated on:
December 31, 2007

Evgeni Berzin (Russian: Евгений Берзин; 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.