Alex Zülle

Alex Zülle
Zülle at the 1993 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameAlex Zülle
NicknamePerro Loco "Rompetechos"
Born (1968-07-05) 5 July 1968
Wil, Switzerland
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur team
1988-1991Helvetia, Isotonic, Churrasco, Mavick
Professional teams
1991–1997ONCE
1998Festina
1999–2000Banesto
2001–2002Team Coast
2003–2004Phonak
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
2 individual stages (1995, 1996)
Giro d'Italia
3 individual stages (1998)
Vuelta a España
General classification (1996, 1997)
9 individual stages (1993 - 2000)

Stage races

Tour de Suisse (2002)
Tour of the Basque Country (1995, 1997)
Paris–Nice (1993)
Volta a Catalunya (1996)

One-day races and Classics

World Time Trial Championships (1996)
Medal record
Representing  Switzerland
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
1996 LuganoElite time trial

Alex Zülle (born 5 July 1968) is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer. During the 1990s he was one of the most successful cyclists in the world, winning the 1996 and 1997 Vuelta a España, taking second place in the 1995 and the 1999 Tour de France. He was world time-trial champion in Lugano in 1996.