Zbigniew Spruch

Zbigniew Spruch (born 13 December 1965) is a Polish former professional road bicycle racer.

Spruch only achieved three professional wins in his career but amassed over 120 amateur victories.

[2] Spurch won the Overall at the 1995 Tour de Pologne, however at the time the race was for amateurs unlike in the 2020's where it is a UCI WorldTour event.

[3] 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.

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.