Dag Otto Lauritzen
 Dag Otto Lauritzen in 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 | ||||||||||||||
| 1984-1985 | Peugeot-Shell-Michelin | |||||||||||||
| 1986 | Peugeot-Shell-Velo Talbot | |||||||||||||
| 1987-1989 | 7 Eleven | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | 7 Eleven-Hoonved | |||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
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Dag Otto Lauritzen (born 12 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 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[]
- 1983
- Roserittet DNV GP
- 1st
National Team Time Trial Championships - 1984
3rd Olympic Games Road Race- 1st National Road Race Championships
- 1985
- GP de Peymeinade (FRA)
- 1987
- Redlands Bicycle Classic
- Rund um den Henninger-Turm
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 14
- 1989
- 3rd Tour of Flanders
- Tour de Trump - Overall winner[4]
- 1990
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 1992
- Tour of Norway
- 1993
- 1st, Stage 15, Vuelta a España
General classification results timeline[]
| Grand Tour general classification results timeline[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | |||||||||
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 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 48 | — | |||||||||
 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | — | DNF | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Tour de France
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— | — | 34 | 39 | 34 | DNF | 56 | DNF | — | 90 | 50 | |||||||||
Major stage race general classification results timeline[]
| 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
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— | — | 23 | — | — | — | 48 | — | 56 | — | — | |
 Tirreno–Adriatico
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— | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Critérium du Dauphiné
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— | DNF | 55 | — | — | — | 44 | 52 | — | — | — | |
| Tour de Suisse
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— | — | — | 62 | — | — | 36 | 57 | 61 | 31 | — | |
Monuments and Classics results timeline[]
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Paris–Tours | — | 64 | — | — | — | 41 | — | 34 | — | 25 | 40 | |
Major championships results timeline[]
| Event | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | |
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 Olympic Games
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Time trial | Not held | ||||||||||
| Road race | 3 | Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | ||||||
 Road World Championships
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Time trial | Not held | ||||||||||
| Road race | 30 | 39 | 25 | — | 37 | — | 39 | — | 33 | 7 | 30 | |
 National Championships
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Time trial | 1 | ||||||||||
| Road race | 1 | |||||||||||
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
References[]
- ^ "Dag Otto Lauritzen Olympic Results". 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[]
- Official website
- Official Tour de France results for Dag Otto Lauritzen
- Dag Otto Lauritzen at Cycling Archives
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Categories:
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Norwegian male cyclists
- Norwegian Tour de France stage winners
- Norwegian Vuelta a España stage winners
- Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of Norway
- Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
- People from Grimstad
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics