Lars Bak

This article is about the Danish cyclist. For the Danish computer programmer, see Lars Bak (computer programmer).
Lars Bak

Bak at the 2012 Giro d'Italia.
Personal information
Full name Lars Ytting Bak
Born (1980-01-16) 16 January 1980
Silkeborg, Denmark
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Team information
Current team Lotto–Soudal
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Amateur team(s)
1996–1999 Silkeborg CR
2000–2001 Hammel CK
2001 CCI Differdange
2001 UC Trevigiani-Mapei
Professional team(s)
2002–2003 Team Fakta
2004 BankGiroLoterij
2005–2009 Team CSC
2010–2011 Team HTC–Columbia
2012– Lotto–Belisol[1]
Major wins

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2012),
1 TTT stage (2011)
Vuelta a España
1 TTT stage (2010)

Stage races

Tour de l'Avenir (2005)

Single-day races and Classics

Paris-Bourges (2005)
Grand Prix de Fourmies (2012)
Eindhoven Team Time Trial (2006)
National Road Race Championships (2005)
National Time Trial Championships (2007, 2008, 2009)
Infobox last updated on
4 August 2013

Lars Ytting Bak (born 16 January 1980) is a Danish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Lotto–Soudal.[2]

Career

Born in Silkeborg, Bak became a professional in 2002 for Team Fakta where he rode with fellow Dane Allan Johansen. In 2004 they both switched to BankGiroLoterij where Lars Bak would gain his first professional win, but as the BankGiroLoterij team stopped after the 2004 season, both Bak and Johansen went to Team CSC in 2005.

Here, Bak won the Danish Road Racing Championship, and in the later half of the season he showed his strength and talent as a good upcoming rider, as he won the respected ten stage Under 25 race, the Tour de l'Avenir. He won the leader's jersey by sprinting to the win in a group of four riders on the first stage, a position he defended through the following nine stages bar one, including a time trial and a number of hilly stages.

In 2011 he finally made his Tour de France debut where he worked hard for Mark Cavendish's sprint train and finished off by taking part in a breakaway on the last stage. Bak joined Lotto–Belisol for the 2012 season.[1]

In 2012, he won stage 12 of Giro d'Italia.

Major results

2004
1st Stage 1, Tour de Luxembourg
2005
1st National Road Race Championships
1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stage 1
1st Paris–Bourges
2006
1st Eindhoven Team Time Trial
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
4th Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
2007
1st National Time Trial Championships
1st Stage 5 Tour de Wallonie
2008
1st National Time Trial Championships
2nd Overall Tour de Pologne
1st Stage 1 TTT
2009
1st National Time Trial Championships
6th Overall Tour de Romandie
7th Overall Eneco Tour of Benelux
1st Stage 5
2010
1st Stage 1 TTT Vuelta a España
2011
1st Stage 1 TTT Giro d'Italia
3rd GP Herning
5th Paris–Roubaix
2012
1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia
10th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
2013
2nd Overall Danmark Rundt
2014
2nd Overall Danmark Rundt
2015
2nd Overall Danmark Rundt
6th Overall Three Days of De Panne

References

  1. 1 2 "Bak looking forward to finally having his chance at Lotto-Ridley". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  2. "Lotto Belisol (LTB) – BEL". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

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