Dag_Otto_Lauritzen

Dag Otto Lauritzen
	Lauritzen in May 2021
Personal information
Born	12 September 1956 (age 67); 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
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing Norway
Olympic Games

Dag Otto Lauritzen

Norwegian cyclist

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.

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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.

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Grand Tour	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Grand Tour general classification results timeline^[5]
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	DNF	64	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	—	34	39	34	DNF	56	DNF	—	90	50
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	48	—

Major stage race general classification results timeline
Race	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Paris–Nice	—	—	23	—	—	—	48	—	56	—	—
Tirreno–Adriatico	—	—	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Critérium du Dauphiné	—	DNF	55	—	—	—	44	52	—	—	—
Tour de Suisse	—	—	—	62	—	—	36	57	61	31	—

Monuments results timeline
	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

Event		1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Olympic Games	Time trial	Not held
Olympic Games	Road race	3	Not held			—	Not held			—	Not held
Road World Championships	Time trial	Not held
Road World Championships	Road race	30	39	25	—	37	—	39	—	33	7	30
National Championships	Time trial							1
National Championships	Road race	1

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish
DSQ	Disqualified

Dag_Otto_Lauritzen

Dag Otto Lauritzen

Major results

General classification results timeline

Major stage race general classification results timeline

Monuments and Classics results timeline

Major championships results timeline

References

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