Lars Forster
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.jpg) Lars Forster at the 2018 European Mountain Bike Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lars Forster |
| Born | 1 August 1993 Locarno, Switzerland |
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Thomus Maxon |
| Discipline | Cyclo-cross, Cross-country mountain biking |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2016–2018 | BMC Mountainbike Racing |
| 2019–2022 | Scott–Sram Team |
| 2023- | Thömus Maxon |
| Major wins | |
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Lars Forster (born 1 August 1993) is a Swiss cyclo-cross and cross-country mountain biker. He represented his nation in the men's elite race at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder, and in the men's cross-country race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[1][2][3] He was on the start list for the 2018 Cross-country European Championship and he finished 1st.
Major results
[edit]Cyclo-cross
[edit]- 2009–2010
- 1st
National Junior Championships - 2010–2011
- 1st
UEC European Junior Championships - 1st National Junior Championships
- 1st Junior Aigle
- 3rd Overall UCI Junior World Cup
- 1st Heusden-Zolder
- 5th Koksijde
- 5th Kalmthout
- 2011–2012
- 2nd National Under-23 Championships
- 2012–2013
- 1st National Under-23 Championships
- 2013–2014
- 1st National Under-23 Championships
- 2015–2016
- 1st National Championships
- 2nd Luzern
- EKZ CrossTour
- 3rd Meilen
- 3rd Sion-Valais
- 2016–2017
- 1st Dagmersellen
- 2nd National Championships
- EKZ CrossTour
- 2nd Meilen
- 2017–2018
- 1st National Championships
- 1st Madiswil
- 1st Dagmersellen
- 2018–2019
- 2nd Overall EKZ CrossTour
- 1st Eschenbach
- 2nd Meilen
- 2nd Luzern
- 3rd National Championships
- 2019–2020
- 1st National Championships
- 2nd Madiswil
- EKZ CrossTour
- 3rd Meilen
- 2020–2021
- 2nd National Championships
- 3rd Overall EKZ CrossTour
- 1st Baden
- 3rd Hittnau
- 2021–2022
- 2nd Meilen
- 2022–2023
- 2nd National Championships
Mountain bike
[edit]- 2011
- 2nd
Team relay, UCI World Championships - 2nd
Team relay, UEC European Championships - 2014
- 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
- 2016
- 1st
Team relay, UEC European Championships - 3rd
Team relay, UCI World Championships - 2018
- 1st Cross-country, UEC European Championships
- 2019
- 1st
Overall Cape Epic (with Nino Schurter) - UCI XCO World Cup
- 1st Snowshoe
- Swiss Bike Cup
- Internazionali d'Italia Series
- 1st San Marino
- UCI XCC World Cup
- 2nd Albstadt
- 2020
- 1st
Overall Swiss Epic (with Nino Schurter) - 3rd Cross-country, National Championships
- 2021
- 1st Cross-country, UEC European Championships
- Swiss Bike Cup
- Internazionali d’Italia Series
- 1st Andora
- 2023
- UCI XCO World Cup
- 1st Leogang
- Ökk Bike Revolution
- 2nd Cross-country, UEC European Championships
- National Championships
- 2nd Cross-country
- 2nd Short track
- 2024
- 1st Short track, National Championships
- Ökk Bike Revolution
- 2nd Davos
References
[edit]- ^ "2016 Cyclo-cross World Championships: Entries list men's elite" (PDF). wk2016.be. p. 2. Retrieved 1 February 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Lars Forster". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Lars Forster". BMC MTB Racing Team. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
External links
[edit]- Lars Forster at Cycling Archives (archived)
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Swiss cyclo-cross cyclists
- Swiss male cyclists
- Olympic cyclists for Switzerland
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Cape Epic winners
- Swiss mountain bikers
- Sportspeople from Locarno
- Cyclists at the 2023 European Games
- European Games silver medalists for Switzerland
- European Games medalists in cycling
- 21st-century Swiss sportsmen
- Swiss cycling biography stubs