Alex Zülle, born on 5 July 1968 in Wil in the canton of St. Gallen, is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer who was one of the most successful cyclists in the world during the 1990s. He won the Vuelta a España in 1996 and 1997, took second place in the Tour de France in 1995 and 1999, and was world time-trial champion in Lugano in 1996. He had wanted to be a skier as a child but was injured at 18 and took up cycling for rehabilitation, turning professional in 1991 and riding for ONCE until 1997. In 1998 he joined Festina, and he was one of five riders from the team who admitted taking EPO in the Festina affair. He also won the Tour de Suisse and stages in the Giro d'Italia, moved to Phonak in 2003 and retired in 2004.
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is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer
Competed In: Vuelta a España, Article text, vuelta-a-espana
winning the 1996 and 1997 Vuelta a España
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taking second place in the 1995 and the 1999 Tour de France
Competed In: Giro d'Italia, Article text, giro-d-italia
and stages in the Giro d'Italia
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