Lars Michaelsen

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Lars Michaelsen

Personal information
Full name	Lars Michaelsen
Date of birth	March 13, 1969 (1969-03-13) (age 39)
Country	Denmark
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	79 kg (170 lb/12.4 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1994 1995–1996 1997–1998 1999–2000 2001–2002 2003–2007	Catavana Corbeil Festina TVM Française des Jeux Team Coast Team CSC
Major wins
Vuelta a España, 1 stage Gent-Wevelgem (1995) Tour of Qatar, (2005)
Infobox last updated on:
July 27, 2007

Lars Michaelsen (born 13 March 1969 in Copenhagen) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for Team CSC. He got his break through in his second year as a professional, when he won the 1995 edition of Gent-Wevelgem. In the 1997 Vuelta a España he won stage 1 and wore the leader's jersey for three days (stage 2, 3 and 5). In 2002 he equalled the best ever Danish result in Paris-Roubaix when he finished fifth, a result he would duplicate in 2005. In the 2006 Paris-Roubaix he was once again in the group of favourites, but he helped team mate Fabian Cancellara win the race and finished 19th himself. In his last race, the 2007 Paris-Roubaix, he finished 11th after a strong race, where only a mechanical failure prevented him from following the favorites. Again a team mate, Stuart O'Grady, won the race.

[edit] Wins

[edit] External links

• Team CSC profile (source of results)
• Danish Cycling Union profile

Persondata
NAME	Michaelsen, Lars
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Former road bicycle racer, directuer sportif
DATE OF BIRTH	1969-3-13
PLACE OF BIRTH	Copenhagen, Denmark
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH