Larsson during the time trial at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships |
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| Full name | Gustav Erik Larsson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 20, 1980 Sweden |
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| Current team | Team Saxo Bank | ||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time Trialist | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2001–2002 2003–2005 2006 2007 2008– |
Crescent Fassa Bortolo Française des Jeux Unibet.com Team CSC |
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| Infobox last updated on February 8, 2008 |
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Gustav Erik Larsson (born September 20, 1980 in Gemla) is a Swedish professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour Team Saxo Bank. He is a very skilled time trialist, which he showed in the 2008 Olympics, where he won a silver medal.
On the international scene he represents Team Saxo Bank, and in Sweden he represents Skoghalls CK-Hammarö. Larsson began cycling when he was 14 years and, having shown great talent and dedication, turned pro just 7 years later. Team Fassa Bortolo was his first employer, and when Fassa Bortolo shut down in 2005 he moved on to Team Française des Jeux. He rode for one year for Française des Jeux before moving again to the Swedish-Belgian team Unibet.com, which had gained a wild card to the UCI ProTour in 2006. But just as the 2007 season started the team ran into trouble with the Amaury Sport Organisation who made it clear that Unibet.com would not be invited to Paris–Nice or the Tour de France. Other major race organizers followed suit, which resulted in Unibet.com not getting any major invitations. The team shut down shortly thereafter. Team CSC showed interest in Larsson, and he rode for them in 2008. After the 2008 season, it was reported that Larsson had signed with Caisse d'Epargne for 2009, but he continued with Team Saxo Bank.
He resides in Besano, Italy with his wife Veronica Andrèasson who is a Swedish road racing cyclist as well.
In June 2007 Larsson won the Swedish time trial championship. The victory came a day after his girlfriend collided with a car and sustained severe damage to the head. He also won the Swedish time trial championship in 2006 and in 2010.