Gustav Larsson
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Larsson during the time trial at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships
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Full name | Gustav Erik Larsson | ||||||||||||||||||
Born | Gemla, Sweden |
20 September 1980 ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Stölting Service Group | ||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Puncheur Time Trialist |
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2001–2002 | Crescent | ||||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Fassa Bortolo | ||||||||||||||||||
2006 | Française des Jeux | ||||||||||||||||||
2007 | Unibet.com | ||||||||||||||||||
2008–2011 | Team CSC | ||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Vacansoleil–DCM | ||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | IAM Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Cult Energy Pro Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
One-day races and Classics
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Medal record
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Infobox last updated on 25 May 2014 |
Gustav Erik Larsson (born 20 September 1980 in Gemla) is a Swedish professional road racing cyclist for UCI Continental team Stölting Service Group. He previously rode for UCI Professional Continental team IAM Cycling in 2013-14[1] and Vacansoleil–DCM in 2012.[2] He is a very skilled time trialist; he has won his national title seven times, and has taken silver medals at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the 2009 World Championships in Mendrisio.
Professional career
On the international scene he represented Team Saxo Bank, and in Sweden he represented 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 the team 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 remained with the team until the end of 2011, when he moved to Vacansoleil–DCM.[2] Larsson left Vacansoleil–DCM at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new Swiss-based team IAM Cycling team for the 2013 season.[3] Larsson signed for the Stölting Service Group team for the 2015 season.[4]
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, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
In March 2015 Larsson made an attempt on the hour record at a Revolution meeting at Manchester Velodrome. He failed to beat Rohan Dennis' world record of 52.491km but his distance of 50.016km was a new Swedish hour record.[5]
Personal life
He resides in Besano, Italy with his wife Veronica Andrèasson who is a Swedish road racing cyclist as well.
Palmares
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- 2002
- 1st Overall Tour de Slovaquie
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Stage 1 Ringerike GP stage
- 1st Stage 4 Brandenburg Rundfahrt
- 2006
National Time Trial Championships
- 2007
National Time Trial Championships
- 2008
- 1st Time Trial, Tour of Denmark
- 2nd
Olympic Games, Olympic Time Trial
- 2009
- 1st Stage 3 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
- 2nd
World Time Trial Championships
- 2010
National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Stage 21 ITT, Giro d'Italia
- 1st Overall Tour du Limousin
- 1st Stage 2 ITT
- 1st Stage 1 ITT, Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 2011
National Time Trial Championships
- 2012
- 1st
National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Stage 1 ITT, Paris–Nice
- 2013
- 1st
National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Chrono des Nations
- 5th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 8th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 9th, UCI World Time Trial Championships
- 2014
- 4th Overall Tour of Norway
- 2015
- 1st
National Time Trial Championships[6]
- 9th Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 9th Overall Tour of Norway[7]
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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66 | — | 14 | — | 59 | — | 35 | — |
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105 | — | — | 50 | — | — | WD | — |
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— | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — |
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External links
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- Swedish male cyclists
- Olympic cyclists of Sweden
- Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Swedish Giro d'Italia stage winners
- People from Växjö Municipality
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Tour de France cyclists
- Vuelta a España cyclists
- Giro d'Italia cyclists