Lasse Norman Leth
Danish road cyclist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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
- 1st
- 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
- 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
- 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
| — | 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
- 2nd
- 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
- 2nd
- 2016
- 2nd Omnium, UCI World Cup, Hong Kong
- Olympic Games
- 3rd
Team pursuit - 3rd Omnium
- 3rd
- 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
- 1st
- UCI World Championships
- 2nd Madison (with Casper von Folsach)
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 2nd
- 2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Marc Hester)
- 2020
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
Madison (with Michael Mørkøv) - 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2021
- Olympic Games
- 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)
- 2nd
Team pursuit
- 1st
- 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
- 2025
- 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
References
External links
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