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Dag-Otto Lauritzen

Dag Otto Lauritzen
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Personal information
Born (1956-09-12) 12 September 1956 (age 60)
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 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)
Norway National Champion (1990)

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. 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.

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



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