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Historic Overview Dag Otto Lauritzen

Rider

Overall Rank924
NameDag Otto LAURITZEN
Country
  Norway
Date of birth12-Sep-1956 - Grimstad (Aust Agder)

Biography

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. 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.

He is now a cycling commentator on Norwegian TV station TV 2.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

4 9

Major Victories

Rund um den Henninger Turm 1987
Tour of Norway 1992
Driedaagse De Panne - stages 1993 (1)
Tour de France - stages 1987 (1)
Tour of Britain - stages 1993 (1)
Tour of Norway - stages 1992 (3)
Vuelta a España - stages 1993 (1)
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Seasons

Dag Otto Lauritzen - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1983 Individual 32 544
2. 1984 Peugeot - Shell - Michelin 230 222
3. 1985 Peugeot - Shell - Michelin 184 273
4. 1986 Peugeot - Shell - Michelin - Velo Talbot 474 116
5. 1987 7 Eleven - Hoonved 1031 37
6. 1988 7 Eleven - Hoonved 839 57
7. 1989 7 Eleven - American Airlines 640 81
8. 1990 7 Eleven - Hoonved 505 122
9. 1991 Motorola 334 183
10. 1992 Motorola 473 128
11. 1993 TVM - Bison Kit 563 86
12. 1994 TVM - Bison Kit 288 199
Overall: 5593 924