Alex ZUELLE

Swiss rider Alex Zülle started out as a skiier but after a serious injury when he was 18, he turned to cycling and turned professional in 1991. He raced in the pro peloton until 2004, twice winning the Vuelta à España, placing second at the Tour de France in 1995 and 1999, while winning two Tour stages, three stages at the Giro d’Italia, and nine at the Vuelta. Zülle’s other major victories included the 1996 World Championship in the time trial, the 2002 Tour de Suisse, and the Vuelta al País Vasco in 1995 and 1997.