Lasse Norman Leth
Lasse Norman Leth; né Norman Hansen; (born 11 February 1992) is a Danish professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for Danish club team Team CO:PLAY–Giant Store. During his track cycling career, he has won five medals (including two golds) at the Summer Olympic Games, ten medals (including three golds) at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and six medals (including two golds) at the UEC European Track Championships.
Biography
[edit]He won the gold medal in the men's omnium at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[8][9] After two seasons with Blue Water Cycling, He signed with the Garmin–Sharp squad for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.[10][11][12] He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[13] After the collapse of the Aqua Blue Sport team, in September 2018 he revealed that he would join the Corendon–Circus team on a two-year deal from the start of 2019, in part because they were willing to give him the freedom to compete on the track in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[14]
In December 2020, he signed a one-year contract with Team Qhubeka Assos, for the 2021 season.[15]
In August 2021, he won the gold medal in the Madison at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in partnership with Michael Mørkøv.
Personal life
[edit]He was born in Faaborg, Denmark and currently resides in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.[2] He is the brother of racing cyclist Louise Norman Hansen.[16]
In October 2022, he married fellow cyclist Julie Leth. Since then, both changed their surnames to Norman Leth.[17]
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 2009
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Time trial, UCI Junior World Championships
- 8th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
- 2010
- 1st Time trial, National Junior Championships
- 2011
- National Under-23 Championships
- 1st Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st Stage 2 Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
- 2012
- 1st Stage 7 Rás Tailteann
- 4th Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 10th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 2013
- National Under-23 Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st GP Herning
- 1st Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23
- 2nd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 3rd Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour de Berlin
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT)
- 5th Time trial, National Championships
- 8th Chrono Champenois
- 2014
- 3rd Overall Dubai Tour
- 2015
- 6th Overall Tour of Alberta
- 1st Stage 5
- 9th Velothon Berlin
- 2016
- 3rd Road race, National Championships
- 2017
- 1st Mountains classification, Tour de Suisse
- 3rd Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
- 2018
- 1st Stage 1 Herald Sun Tour
- 3rd Overall Danmark Rundt
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 8th Ronde van Limburg
- 2019
- 3rd Ronde van Limburg
- 4th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 1st Stage 3
- 2022
- 7th Grand Prix Megasaray
- 7th Grand Prix Alanya
- 10th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 2023
- 4th Grand Prix Herning
- 2024
- 1st Fyen Rundt
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]Grand Tour | 2017 |
---|---|
Giro d'Italia | — |
Tour de France | — |
Vuelta a España | 139 |
— | Did not compete |
---|---|
DNF | Did not finish |
Track
[edit]- 2011
- 2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
- 2012
- 1st Omnium, Olympic Games
- UCI World Cup
- 1st Individual pursuit, Glasgow
- 1st Team pursuit, Glasgow
- 3rd Omnium, UCI World Championships
- 2013
- 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)
- UCI World Championships
- 2nd Omnium
- 3rd Team pursuit
- UCI World Cup
- 2nd Points, Manchester
- 2nd Team pursuit, Aguascalientes
- 3rd Team pursuit, Manchester
- 2014
- 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
- 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, London
- 2015
- 1st Omnium, UCI World Cup, Cambridge
- UEC European Championships
- 2nd Omnium
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 2016
- 2nd Omnium, UCI World Cup, Hong Kong
- Olympic Games
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 3rd Omnium
- 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
- 2017
- 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)
- 2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Michael Mørkøv)
- 2018
- UCI World Cup
- 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv), Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
- 1st Team pursuit, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
- 1st Team pursuit, Milton
- 1st Madison (with Casper von Folsach), Berlin
- 2nd Team pursuit, Berlin
- 2019
- UCI World Cup
- 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv), Minsk
- 1st Team pursuit, Minsk
- 1st Team pursuit, Glasgow
- UEC European Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)
- 2nd Omnium
- UCI World Championships
- 2nd Madison (with Casper von Folsach)
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Marc Hester)
- 2020
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2021
- Olympic Games
- 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv), UCI World Championships
- 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Michael Mørkøv)
- 2022
- 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
- 2023
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Cannondale – Garmin (TCG) – USA". UCI World Tour. Aigle, Vaud: Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Lasse Norman Hansen". Cannondale–Garmin. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. 28 December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ "2018 rider roster and first races confirmed". Aqua Blue Sport. Aqua Blue Sport Limited. 1 January 2018. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ "Corendon-Circus maakt plannen voor 2019 bekend!" [Corendon-Circus announces plans for 2019!]. Corendon–Circus (in Dutch). Team Ciclismo Mundial BVBA. 18 December 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "De nieuwe speelkameraadjes van MVDP: "Er zal meer naar ons gekeken worden"" [The new playmates for MVDP: "We will be looked at more"]. Sporza (in Dutch). Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Team Qhubeka Assos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM". UCI. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Lasse Norman Hansen of Denmark wins inaugural omnium title at London Olympics". The Washington Post. District of Columbia. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.[dead link ]
- ^ "Lasse Norman Hansen wins gold". Bristol, Connecticut: ESPN. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ Shane Stokes (31 May 2013). "Lasse Norman Hansen identifies top worlds performance as goal prior to turning pro with Garmin-Sharp". VeloNation. Chevy Chase, Maryland: VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ Matthew Beaudin (24 September 2013). "Garmin set for dramatic overhaul in 2014". VeloNews. San Diego, California: Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ "Olympic omnium champion Hansen signs with Garmin Sharp". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ^ "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ Bagge, Christoffer Løvstrup (18 September 2018). "Lasse Norman skifter til belgisk cykelhold" [Lasse Norman switches to Belgian cycling team]. tv2.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "EF Pro Cycling and Qhubeka-Assos strengthen 2021 lineups, Gage Hecht to Trek Factory Racing". VeloNews. Pocket Outdoor Media Inc. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
Qhubeka-Assos has brought aboard Lasse Norman Hansen and Matteo Pelucchi, while also extending Reinardt Janse van Rensburg's contract for a seventh year.
- ^ "Louise Norman Hansen". Team Virtu Cycling. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ Bregndahl, Frederik (3 November 2022). "Dansk stjernepar er blevet gift: Nu hedder de Norman Leth". seoghoer.dk. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
External links
[edit]- Lasse Norman Leth at UCI
- Lasse Norman Leth at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Lasse Norman Leth at ProCyclingStats
- Lasse Norman Leth at Cycling Quotient
- Lasse Norman Leth at CycleBase
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Danish male cyclists
- Danish track cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists for Denmark
- Olympic gold medalists for Denmark
- Olympic silver medalists for Denmark
- Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark
- Olympic gold medalists in cycling
- People from Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- Cyclists from the Region of Southern Denmark
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen
- Olympic silver medalists in cycling
- Olympic bronze medalists in cycling