Michael Blaudzun

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Michael Blaudzun
Personal information
Full name Michael Blaudzun
Date of birth April 30, 1973 (1973-04-30) (age 35)
Country Flag of Denmark Denmark
Height 1.80 m
Weight 66 kg
Team information
Current team Team CSC
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Time-trialist
Amateur team(s)
until 1994
1994
Herning CK
WordPerfect (stagiare)
Professional team(s)
1995-1997
1998
1999-
Rabobank
Telekom
Team CSC
Major wins
Flag of Denmark National Champion (1994, 2004)
Flag of Denmark National Time-Trial Champion
(2001, 2003, 2005)
Infobox last updated on:
January 14, 2007

Michael Blaudzun (born 30 April 1973 in Herning) is a Danish professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for Team CSC. Michael is the son of 1972 Summer Olympics track cycling bronze medalist Verner Blaudzun and a strong individual time trial rider who has won the Danish national championship in that discipline in 2001, 2003 and 2005.

After Michael Blaudzun won the 1994 Danish Road Racing Championship while riding for amateur team Herning CK, he was signed for the remainder of the 1994 season as a stagiaire at professional team Word Perfect. For the 1995 season, the Word Perfect team changed its name to Novell, and Michael Blaudzun turned professional for the outfit, riding for the team until 1997, by which time the team had once again changed its name to Rabobank. Blaudzun had a few wins in his time at Rabobank, but when he switched to German outfit Team Telekom in 1998, he only managed a handful of secondary finishes.

For the 1999 season, he switched to Danish Team home - Jack & Jones (now named Team CSC) based on Blaudzun's former team Herning CK. Blaudzun participated in the first ever Tour de France for Team CSC, in the 2000 edition, but he quit the race at the 12h stage. He would ride a further two editions of the Tour de France in 2001 and 2003. He is under contract with Team CSC until 2007.

[edit] Career highlights

1994
Flag of Denmark Denmark National Road Racing Champion
1996
PostGirot Open
Stage 5B, Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
1999
Stage 13 and Overall, Herald Sun Tour
Prologue, Region Stuttgart Etappenrennen
2001
Flag of Denmark Denmark National Time Trial Champion
Hessen Rundfahrt
84th Overall, 2001 Tour de France
2003
Flag of Denmark Denmark National Time Trial Champion
45th Overall, 2003 Tour de France
2004
Flag of Denmark Denmark National Road Racing Champion
2005
GP Herning
Flag of Denmark Denmark National Time Trial Champion
2nd overall, 2005 Tour of Britain

[edit] References

  • Lars Werge, "Drømmeholdet - historien om CSC" (The dream team - the history of CSC), Denmark, 2005, ISBN 87-7731-206-6

[edit] External links


Persondata
NAME Blaudzun, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH 1973-04-30
PLACE OF BIRTH Herning, Denmark
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH