Lars Michaelsen

Lars Michaelsen
Personal information
Full name	Lars Michaelsen
Born	13 March 1969 (age 55); Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb; 12.4 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1994	Catavana–AS Corbeil–Essonnes–Cedico
1995–1996	Festina
1997–1998	TVM
1999–2000	Française des Jeux
2001–2002	Team Coast
2003–2007	Team CSC
Managerial teams
2008–2010	Team CSC
2011	Leopard Trek
2012–2016	Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank
2017–	Astana
Major wins
	Grand Tours Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (1997) Stage races Tour of Qatar (2005) One-day races and Classics Gent–Wevelgem (1995)

Lars Michaelsen (born 13 March 1969) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for Team CSC. He got his break through in his second year as a professional, when he won the 1995 edition of Gent–Wevelgem. In the 1997 Vuelta a España he won stage 1 and wore the leader's jersey for three days (stage 2, 3 and 5). In 2002 he finished fifth in Paris–Roubaix, a result he would duplicate in 2005. In the 2006 Paris–Roubaix he was once again in the group of favourites, but he helped teammate Fabian Cancellara win the race and finished 19th himself. In his last race, the 2007 Paris–Roubaix, he finished 11th after a strong race, where only a mechanical failure prevented him from following the favorites. Again a teammate, Stuart O'Grady, won the race. Michaelsen rode at four Olympic Games.^[1]

After retiring he became a directeur sportif, continuing with his final team until 2011 when he joined Leopard Trek. He subsequently returned to Team Saxo Bank in 2013.^[2] Following the end of the then-Tinkoff team in 2016, he joined the Astana Proteam in 2017.^[3]

At the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire, Michaelsen was driving the Astana team car when it crashed through a traffic island manned by a race volunteer. Consequently, he was given a period of suspension of 50 days and a fine of CHF 5,000 by the UCI.^[4]