Gustav Larsson
Gustav Erik Larsson (born 20 September 1980) is a Swedish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2016 for nine different teams. Larsson specialised as a time trialist, winning the Swedish National Time Trial Championships seven times between 2006 and 2015, and won silver medals at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the 2009 World Championships in Mendrisio.
Larsson during the time trial at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gustav Erik Larsson |
| Born | 20 September 1980 Gemla, Sweden |
| Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Puncheur Time trialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 2001–2002 | Crescent |
| 2003–2005 | Fassa Bortolo |
| 2006 | Française des Jeux |
| 2007 | Unibet.com |
| 2008–2011 | Team CSC |
| 2012 | Vacansoleil–DCM |
| 2013–2014 | IAM Cycling |
| 2015 | Cult Energy Pro Cycling |
| 2016 | Team ColoQuick–Cult |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Medal record | |
Professional career edit
On the international scene he represented Team Saxo Bank, and in Sweden he represented Skoghalls CK-Hammarö. Gemla-born Larsson began cycling when he was 14 years and, having shown great talent and dedication, turned pro just 7 years later. Team Fassa Bortolo was his first employer, and when the team shut down in 2005 he moved on to Team Française des Jeux. He rode for one year for Française des Jeux before moving again to the Swedish-Belgian team Unibet.com, which had gained a wild card to the UCI ProTour in 2006. But just as the 2007 season started the team ran into trouble with the Amaury Sport Organisation who made it clear that Unibet.com would not be invited to Paris–Nice or the Tour de France. Other major race organizers followed suit, which resulted in Unibet.com not getting any major invitations. The team shut down shortly thereafter. Team CSC showed interest in Larsson, and he rode for them in 2008. After the 2008 season, it was reported that Larsson had signed with Caisse d'Epargne for 2009, but he continued with Team Saxo Bank. He remained with the team until the end of 2011, when he moved to Vacansoleil–DCM.[1] Larsson left Vacansoleil–DCM at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new Swiss-based team IAM Cycling team for the 2013 season.[2] Larsson signed for the Cult Energy Pro Cycling team for the 2015 season.[3]
In March 2015 Larsson made an attempt on the hour record at a Revolution meeting at Manchester Velodrome. He failed to beat Rohan Dennis' world record of 52.491 kilometres (32.616 miles) but his distance of 50.016 kilometres (31.079 miles) was a new Swedish hour record.[4]
Personal life edit
He resides in Monaco with his wife Veronica Andrèasson, who also competed as a road racing cyclist. The couple own Vélo Monaco, a cycling holiday organisation.[5]
Major results edit
- 2001
- 1st Stage 4b Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2002
- 1st Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
- 1st Stage 4 Brandenburg–Rundfahrt
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 1st Stage 5a
- 3rd Overall Ringerike GP
- 1st Stage 1
- 4th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 2004
- 4th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2006
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2007
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 3rd Overall Eneco Tour
- 3rd Duo Normand (with Víctor Hugo Peña)
- 5th Overall Tour Down Under
- 6th Chrono des Nations
- 7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 8th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 2008
- 2nd Time trial, Olympic Games
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Critérium International
- 4th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
- 5th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 5th Overall Tour of California
- 5th Overall Sachsen Tour
- 6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2009
- 1st Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
- 2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour of Missouri
- 7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 10th Japan Cup
- 2010
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st Overall Tour du Limousin
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT)
- 1st Stage 21 (ITT) Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 4th Chrono des Nations
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2011
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Chrono des Nations
- 2012
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Paris–Nice
- 8th Chrono des Nations
- 2013
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Chrono des Nations
- 5th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 8th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 9th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2014
- 4th Overall Tour of Norway
- 2015
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 9th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
- 9th Overall Tour of Norway
- 2016
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline edit
| Grand Tour | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | 66 | — | 14 | — | 59 | — | 35 |
| Tour de France | 105 | — | — | 50 | — | — | DNF |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References edit
- ^ "Vacansoleil snap up Larsson". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ Clarke, Stuart (24 November 2014). "Cult Energy Pro Cycling fire manager after just two months in charge". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ Gustav Larsson UCI Hour Record attempt. FACE Partnership. 14 March 2015. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "About us". VeloMonaco.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
External links edit
- Gustav Larsson at UCI
- Gustav Larsson at Cycling Archives
- Gustav Larsson at ProCyclingStats
- Gustav Larsson at Cycling Quotient
- Gustav Larsson at CycleBase
- Gustav Larsson at Olympedia
- Gustav Larsson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)