Lasse Norman Leth

Lasse Norman Leth
Hansen at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Personal information
BornLasse Norman Hansen
(1992-02-11) 11 February 1992 (age 32)
Faaborg, Denmark
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam CO:PLAY–Giant Store
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist
Amateur team
2024–Team CO:PLAY–Giant Store
Professional teams
2011Concordia Forsikring–Himmerland
2012–2013Blue Water Cycling
2014–2015Garmin–Sharp[1][2]
2016Stölting Service Group
2017–2018Aqua Blue Sport[3]
2019–2020Corendon–Circus[4][5]
2021Team Qhubeka Assos[6]
2022–2023Uno-X Pro Cycling Team[7]
Major wins
Track
Olympic Games
Madison (2020)
Omnium (2012)
World Championships
Madison (2020, 2021)
Team pursuit (2020, 2023)
Medal record
Representing  Denmark
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Madison
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Omnium
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Berlin Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2020 Berlin Madison
Gold medal – first place 2021 Roubaix Madison
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2013 Minsk Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2014 Cali Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pruszków Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Melbourne Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Minsk Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2016 London Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Team pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apeldoorn Madison
Silver medal – second place 2011 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2015 Grenchen Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2019 Apeldoorn Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Grenchen Team pursuit
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Florence Under-23 time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Mendrisio Junior time trial

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

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

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

Road

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

Grand Tour 2017
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia —
A yellow jersey Tour de France —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 139
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Track

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

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  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Team Qhubeka Assos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  7. ^ "UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM". UCI. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  8. ^ "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]
  9. ^ "Lasse Norman Hansen wins gold". Bristol, Connecticut: ESPN. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Matthew Beaudin (24 September 2013). "Garmin set for dramatic overhaul in 2014". VeloNews. San Diego, California: Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Olympic omnium champion Hansen signs with Garmin Sharp". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  13. ^ "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "Louise Norman Hansen". Team Virtu Cycling. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  17. ^ Bregndahl, Frederik (3 November 2022). "Dansk stjernepar er blevet gift: Nu hedder de Norman Leth". seoghoer.dk. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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