Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Lauri Aus
Estonian cyclist (1970–2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Lauri Aus (4 November 1970 – 20 July 2003) was an Estonian professional cyclist who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.[1][2]
Remove ads
Early life and career
Aus was born in Tartu and grew up in the village of Luua in Jõgeva County. His professional cycling career began in 1995 with the French cycling team Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne. After four wins in 1996, he was signed to Casino the following year alongside countryman Jaan Kirsipuu. He remained with this team until his death, which was renamed the AG2R Citroën Team in 2000. Aus won a Tour du Limousin (1997), a Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine (1998), Classic Haribo (1998) and a Grand Prix d'Isbergues (1999). In 1999, he was fifth at Milan–San Remo. In 2000, he became Estonian road champion.[1]
In 1992, 1996 and 2000, Aus represented his home country at the Summer Olympic Games. At the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, he finished fifth in the road race.[1]
Remove ads
Death and legacy
On 20 July 2003, while cycling on the Aovere-Kallaste-Omedu road in Tartu County in preparation for a later race in Karksi-Nuia, he was struck from behind by an Opel Ascona. He died of his injuries en route to a hospital, aged thirty-two. He was buried at Raadi cemetery in Tartu. The driver of the vehicle was determined to have been drunk and later sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment and a fine.[1]
Since 2004, the Lauri Aus GP memorial cycling race is held annually at the Pirita-Kloostrimetsa race circuit, next to the Pirita Velodrome, in Tallinn in honour of Aus.[3]
In July 2019, a memorial bench commemorating Aus was opened to the public in Aus' hometown of Luua, by Aus' parents, children, widow, first coach Kalev Raudsepp, and politician Aivar Kokk.[4]
Remove ads
Major results
- 1989
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 1990
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 1992
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 5th Road Race, Summer Olympics
- 8th Overall Tour of Sweden
- 1993
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1994
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1995
- 9th Grand Prix de Denain
- 1996
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Stages 3 & 6 Ruban Granitier Breton
- 1st Stages 2 & 6 Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 1997
- 1st Overall Tour de Limousin
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne
- 2nd Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1998
- 1st
Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Classic Haribo
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 2nd Overall Tour de l'Oise
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd Boucles de Seine Saint-Denis
- 8th Brabantse Pijl
- 1999
- 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Tour de Limousin
- 5th Milan–San Remo
- 7th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 2000
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 2001
- 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 1st Stage 4
- 8th Overall Paris–Corrèze
- 2003
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 3rd E.O.S. Tallinn GP
See also
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads