Franco Marvulli (born 11 November 1978 in

Zürich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

) is a

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former professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

. He won a silver medal in the Madison with

Bruno Risi Bruno Risi (born 6 September 1968) is a retired Swiss professional racing cyclist. He competed at five Olympic Games. Risi was one of the top six-day riders of his generation, he won many professional Madison events during his long career. He ...

at the

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. He was also a two time world champion in both the Madison, also with

, and in the scratch. He was also a successful six-day racer. He retired in January 2014, with his last race being the Six Days of Berlin.

Major results

;2000 : 3rd, National U23 Time Trial Championship ;2001 : European Omnium Champion : 1st, Six-Days of Grenoble (with

Alexander Äschbach Alexander Äschbach (born 9 June 1974 in Dürrenäsch, Aargau) is a Swiss professional racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing ...

) : 2nd, National Pursuit Championship ;2002 : World Scratch Champion : European Omnium Champion : 2nd, National Points Race Championship ;2003 : World Madison Champion (with

) : World Scratch Champion : European Omnium Champion : Team Pursuit Champion (with Aeschbach/

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/ Kammermann) : Elimination Champion : Pursuit Champion : 1st, Six-Days of Grenoble & Moscou (with Alexander Äschbach) : 1st, Oberriet : 1st, Trois Jours d'Aigle (with Grégory Devaud) : 2nd, National Scratch & Points Race Championship ;2004 : European Madison Champion (with Alexander Äschbach) : 1st, Six-Days of Grenoble (with Alexander Äschbach) : 1st, Seis Horas de Euskadi (with Marco Villa) : 1st, Stage 5,

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: 1st, Km del Corso Mestre : , World Madison Championship (with Bruno Risi) : ,

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, Madison (with Bruno Risi) ;2005 : 1st, Six-Days of Stuttgart (with Bruno Risi & Kurt Betschart) : 1st, Prologue & Stages 2 (TTT), 5 & 6,

: 1st,

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: 1st, Km del Corso Mestre : 1st, Cape Argus Sanlam Cycle Tour ;2006 : European Madison Champion (with Bruno Risi) : Madison Champion (with Bruno Risi) : 1st, Six-Days of Mexico (with Luis Fernando Macias) : 1st, Six-Days of Fiorenzuola d' Arda (with Marco Villa) : 1st, Six Days of Maastricht (with Bruno Risi) : 1st, Six-Days of Grenoble (with Alexander Äschbach) ;2007 : World Madison Champion (with Bruno Risi) : Madison Champion (with Bruno Risi) : 1st, Six-Days of Stuttgart (with Bruno Risi & Alexander Äschbach) : 1st, Six-Days of Zurich, København, Hasselt, Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Dortmund, München & Zuidlaren (with Risi) : 1st, Trois Jours d'Aigle (with Dominique Stark) ;2008 : 1st, Six-Days of Zurich, Berlin, København & Hasselt (with Bruno Risi)

External links

* 1978 births Living people Swiss male cyclists Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Switzerland Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Olympic silver medalists in cycling Cyclists from Zurich Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Swiss track cyclists {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub