Dag Otto Lauritzen

Personal information

Born

12 September 1956
Grimstad, Norway

Team information

Discipline

Road

Role

Rider

Rider type

All-rounder

Amateur team(s)

1998

–

Professional team(s)

1984-1985

Peugeot-Shell-Michelin

1986

Peugeot-Shell-Velo Talbot

1987-1989

1990

1991-1992

1993-1994

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)

National Champion (1990)

Medal record

Representing Norway
Road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
	1984 Los Angeles	Individual Road Race

Infobox last updated on
11 May 2009

Dag Otto Lauritzen (born 12 September 1956) is a retired Norwegian 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 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

References

↑ "Dag Otto Lauritzen Olympic Results". Sports Reference. 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.

External links

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Norwegian National Road Race Champions (men)

1940–1959	Odd Westbye (1940) Leif Ekås (1946) Erling Kristiansen (1947) Per Thorkildsen (1948) Erling Kristiansen (1949) Arild Andersen (1950) Odd Berg (1951–1952) Erling Kristiansen (1953) Kjell Pedersen (1954) Odd Berg (1955) Kåre Vårvik (1956) Aage Kjelstrup (1957) Kjell Pedersen (1958) Trygve Lullau (1959)

1960–1979	Per Digerud (1960–1961) Fredrik Kveil (1962–1963) Per Digerud (1964) Cato Nordbeck (1965) Karl Helland (1966) Tore Milsett (1967–1968) Thorleif Andresen (1969) Tom Martin Biseth (1970) Thorleif Andresen (1971) Knut Knudsen (1972–1973) Tom Martin Biseth (1974) Svein Langholm (1975) Magne Orre (1976) Geir Digerud (1977–1979)

1980–1999	Jon Rangfred Hanssen (1980) Morten Sæther (1981) Ole Kristian Silseth (1982) Morten Sæther (1983) Dag Otto Lauritzen (1984) Atle Pedersen (1985–1986) Jørn Skaane (1987) Erik Johan Sæbø (1988) Finn Vegard Nordhagen (1989) Bjørn Stenersen (1990) Bo André Namtvedt (1991) Dag Erik Pedersen (1992) Johnny Sæther (1993) Steffen Kjærgaard (1994) Bo André Namtvedt (1995) Frode Flesjå (1996) Kurt Asle Arvesen (1997–1998) Svein Gaute Hølestøl (1999)

2000–2019	Rune Jogert (2000) Erlend Engelsvoll (2001) Kurt Asle Arvesen (2002) Gabriel Rasch (2003) Thor Hushovd (2004) Morten Christiansen (2005) Lars Petter Nordhaug (2006) Alexander Kristoff (2007) Kurt Asle Arvesen (2008–2009) Thor Hushovd (2010) Alexander Kristoff (2011) Edvald Boasson Hagen (2012) Thor Hushovd (2013) Tormod Hausken Jacobsen (2014) Edvald Boasson Hagen (2015)

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