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Dag Otto Lauritzen
Dag Otto Lauritzen (born 13 September 1956) is a Norwegian television personality and retired professional cyclist. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he won a bronze medal in the individual road race.[1] He was the first Norwegian to win a stage of the Tour de France, which he did on Bastille Day in 1987 at Luz Ardiden. Over his career he rode the Tour de France eight times.
Lauritzen in May 2021 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 September 1956 Grimstad, Norway | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur team | |||||||||||||||
| 1998 | – | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Peugeot–Shell–Michelin | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1990 | 7 Eleven | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Motorola | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | TVM–Bison Kit | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
| Nordic champion (1984, 1985) Postgirot Open, 1 stage (1986) Rund um den Henninger Turm, (1987) Redlands Bicycle Classic (1987) Tour de France, 1 stage (1987) Vuelta a España, 1 stage (1993) National Champion (1984) National Time Trial Champion (1990) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lauritzen began cycling to recuperate from a military parachuting injury, and switched careers from police officer to cyclist. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 1984 and the Norwegian National Time Trial Championship in 1990.[2][3]
He is now a cycling commentator on Norwegian TV station TV 2.
Major results edit
- 1983
- 1st Road race, Nordic Road Championships
- 1st Team time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Roserittet DNV GP
- 1984
- 1st Road race, Nordic Road Championships
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 9 Tour of Austria
- 3rd Road race, Summer Olympics
- 1985
- 1st GP de Peymeinade
- 2nd Grand Prix d'Antibes
- 1986
- 3rd Tour du Haut Var
- 3rd Road race, Nordic Road Championships
- 6th Overall Tour of Sweden
- 1st Stage 7
- 1987
- 1st Rund um den Henninger-Turm
- 1st Stage 14 Tour de France
- 1st Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 (TTT)
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
- 7th Züri-Metzgete
- 1988
- 2nd International Cycling Classic
- 7th Amstel Gold Race
- 9th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 1989
- 1st Overall Tour de Trump[4]
- 3rd Tour of Flanders
- 4th Giro dell'Etna
- 10th Overall Tour of Ireland
- 1990
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Trump
- 3rd Trofeo Baracchi (with Sean Yates)
- 1991
- 1st Overall Ringerike GP
- 7th Overall Tour of Ireland
- 1992
- 1st Overall Tour of Norway
- 1st Stages 2, 3 & 4
- 1st Overall Ringerike GP
- 9th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 1993
- 1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 3 Kellogg's Tour
- 1st Stage 1a Three Days of De Panne
- 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
General classification results timeline edit
| Grand Tour general classification results timeline[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | |||||||||
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| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | DNF | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Tour de France | — | — | 34 | 39 | 34 | DNF | 56 | DNF | — | 90 | 50 | |||||||||
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 48 | — | |||||||||
Major stage race general classification results timeline edit
| Major stage race general classification results timeline | ||||||||||||
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| Race | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | 48 | — | 56 | — | — | |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | DNF | 55 | — | — | — | 44 | 52 | — | — | — | |
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | — | 62 | — | — | 36 | 57 | 61 | 31 | — | |
Monuments and Classics results timeline edit
| Monuments results timeline | ||||||||||||
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| 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | ||
| Milan–San Remo | — | 102 | — | — | 46 | 53 | 43 | — | 14 | 47 | 49 | |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | 17 | 32 | 3 | — | — | 34 | 18 | 51 | |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | 30 | 33 | — | — | 80 | 55 | — | 36 | |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | 13 | 29 | 38 | — | 63 | 16 | 60 | 63 | |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | 62 | — | |
| Classics results timeline | ||||||||||||
| 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | ||
| Amstel Gold Race | — | — | — | 15 | 7 | 13 | — | 43 | 35 | — | — | |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | 65 | — | 7 | 28 | 23 | — | — | — | 33 | — | |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | 56 | — | 87 | 17 | 27 | — | 126 | 64 | — | 22 | |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | 46 | |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | |
| Paris–Tours | — | 64 | — | — | — | 41 | — | 34 | — | 25 | 40 | |
Major championships results timeline edit
| Event | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | |
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| Olympic Games | Time trial | Not held | ||||||||||
| Road race | 3 | Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | ||||||
| Road World Championships | Time trial | Not held | ||||||||||
| Road race | 30 | 39 | 25 | — | 37 | — | 39 | — | 33 | 7 | 30 | |
| National Championships | Time trial | 1 | ||||||||||
| Road race | 1 | |||||||||||
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
References edit
- ^ . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Norway". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ "National Championship, Road, ITT, Elite, Norway 1990". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Margolis, Jon (15 May 1989). "The 1st Tour De Trump Is Over, As We All Know". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Grand tour starts | ProCyclingStats".
External links edit
- Official website
- Official Tour de France results for Dag Otto Lauritzen
- Dag Otto Lauritzen at Cycling Archives