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.
_(cropped).jpg) 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
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— | — | — | — | DNF | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
 Tour de France
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— | — | 34 | 39 | 34 | DNF | 56 | DNF | — | 90 | 50 | |||||||||
| Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 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
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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
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
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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
edit- ^ "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
edit- Official website
- Official Tour de France results for Dag Otto Lauritzen
- Dag Otto Lauritzen at Cycling Archives (archived)