Zbigniew Spruch (born 13 December 1965) is a Polish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the Tour de Pologne in 1995 and placed second at the 2000 UCI Road World Championships. Spruch was a professional cyclist for 12 years, starting at the team in 1992 with a two year stint at for 1997 & 1998. He then finished his career back at the newly founded squad. Spruch only achieved three professional wins in his career but amassed over 120 amateur victories.

Career

Spurch won the overall at the 1995 Tour de Pologne. At the 1999 Tirreno–Adriatico Spruch came close to his third professional win when favorites for the stage Nicola Minali and Mario Cipollini crashed in the final 75 metres. Unfortunately Spruch was edged out by Steven de Jongh.

The Biggest non-victory of Spurch's career was finishing second at the Road race of the 2000 UCI Road World Championships. Spurch was in the final bunch chasing down Michele Bartoli who had attacked with less than 1km to go. The bunch caught Bartoli just before the line with Spruch tucked in behind Romāns Vainšteins, he could not sprint past the Latvian who took gold.

Major results

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1. 1987

2. 9th Overall Olympia's Tour

3. 10th Overall Tour de Pologne

4. 1988

5. 1st Stage 3 Peace Race

6. 1st Stage 5 Niedersachsen Rundfahrt

7. 1989

8. 1st Stage 2 Peace Race

9. 1st Stages 4 & 6 Niedersachsen Rundfahrt

10. 6th Overall Tour de Pologne

    1. 1st Stages 3 & 5

    1990

11. 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Cuba

12. 2nd Overall Tour of Małopolska

    1. 1st Stage 2

    1991

13. 1st Memorial Grundmanna I Wizowskiego

14. 3rd Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt

15. 5th Overall Tour of Małopolska

16. 7th Overall Tour de Pologne

    1. 1st Stages 2, 3 & 4

    1992

17. 6th Trofeo Laigueglia

18. 8th Giro di Campania

19. 9th Giro del Piemonte

20. 1993

21. 5th Overall KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde

22. 6th Overall Tour de Pologne

    1. 1st Points classification

    1994

23. 2nd Trofeo Pantalica

24. 3rd Paris-Tours

25. 6th Gent-Wevelgem

26. 7th Overall Tour de Pologne

27. 1995 (1 Pro win)

28. 1st Overall Tour de Pologne

    1. 1st Points classification

    2. 1st Stage 2

    4th Overall 4 Jours de Dunkerque

29. 5th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre

    1. 1st Stage 1

    6th Gent-Wevelgem

30. 1996

31. 9th Road race, Olympic Games

32. 1997

33. 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges

34. 1998 (2)

35. 1st Stage 5 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda

36. 5th Overall Tirreno-Adriatico

37. 7th Overall Tour de Pologne

    1. 1st Points classification

    2. 1st Stage 1

    1999

38. 2nd Gent–Wevelgem

39. 3rd Milan-San Remo

40. 5th Tour of Flanders

41. 9th Scheldeprijs

42. 2000

43. 2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships

44. 4th Milan-San Remo

45. 7th Overall KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde

46. 7th Paris-Tours

47. 8th Amstel Gold Race

48. 9th Tour of Flanders

49. 2001

50. 10th Paris-Tours

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