Claus Michael Møller (born 3 October 1968) is a

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former professional cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. He turned professional in 1995 with the Castellblanch team before moving to Milaneza MSS in 2000. He won the overall classification of the

Volta a Portugal The Volta a Portugal ( en, Tour of Portugal), also known as Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta ( en, Tour of Portugal on Bicycle), is an annual multi-stage road bicycle racing competition held in Portugal. The competition takes place during a two-week ...

in 2002, and was a stage winner in the 2001 Vuelta a España. He also won the Subida al Naranco in 2001, and won stages of the

and the

Trofeo Mallorca The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca ( en, Tour of Majorca, ca, Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or earl ...

. His career was marred in the late 1990s by a suspension for doping; as a result he was also banned for life from representing the Danish national team.

Major results

''Source:'' ;1990 : 1st Stage 1a

Tour de Normandie Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandy, France. The race started in 1939, but was not held in the periods of 1940–1955 and 1960–1980. It was originally a race for amateurs, but was opened for professi ...

;1991 : 6th Overall

Tour of Sweden The Tour of Sweden (or Postgirot Open) was an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's ...

;1992 : 1st Grand Prix Herning ;1994 : 1st Overall

Vuelta a Extremadura The Tour of Extremadura (''Spanish: Vuelta Ciclista Internacional Extremadura '' or ''Vuelta a Extremadura'') was an annual multiple stage bicycle race in Spain, visiting the main towns of the Extremadura region. Beginning as an amateur event in 1 ...

: 1st Overall ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall ;1995 : 1st : 1st : 1st : 1st Stage 6

: 2nd Overall

Rutas de América Rutas de América is a stage road bicycle race held annually in February in Uruguay since 1972. From 2009 to 2012, the race was organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI America Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...

: 3rd Overall

Vuelta a Castilla y León The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, Vuelta a Castilla y León has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bi ...

::1st Stage 3 ;1997 : 4th Overall

Vuelta a Murcia The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia ( en, Tour of Murcia) is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs. Originally the race was held in early March and consisted of five stages. However, d ...

: 8th Overall

Vuelta a Aragón Vuelta a Aragón is a professional bicycle road race held in Spain in May of each year. The event was first run in 1939, and was not held between 2006 and 2017. The future of the race is uncertain; there had been plans to organise it again, but an ...

: 8th Trofeo Comunidad Foral de Navarra ;1999 : 4th Overall

: 4th Overall

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

: 6th Overall

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is ofte ...

;2000 : 1st Overall Volta ao Alentejo ::1st Stage 4 : 1st Overall Grande Prémio Sport Noticias ::1st Stage 5 : 1st Stage 3b (ITT)

Troféu Joaquim Agostinho The Grande Prémio Internacional de Torres Vedras – Troféu Joaquim Agostinho is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Torres Vedras, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Con ...

: 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 7 : 3rd Overall Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias : 9th Overall

Vuelta a Asturias Vuelta Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year. The event was first run in 1925 but has not been held consistently until 1968 to present. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI ...

;2001 : 1st Subida al Naranco : 8th Overall

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the ...

::1st Stage 15 : 8th Overall

;2002 : 1st Overall

::1st Stages 9 & 13 (ITT) : 3rd Overall

: 6th Overall Volta ao Alentejo : 8th Overall

;2003 : 1st Overall

Volta ao Algarve The Volta ao Algarve (Portuguese; en, Tour of the Algarve) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Algarve, Portugal. Since 2017, it has been organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the new UCI ...

::1st Stage 4 (ITT) : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 11 (ITT) : 3rd Overall Gran Premio Mosqueteros-Ruta del Marqués ::1st Stage 4 (ITT) : 7th Overall Paris–Nice ;2005 : 7th Overall

::1st Stage 10 (ITT) : 9th Overall

;2006 : 6th Overall

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

WD = Withdrew

References

External links

* 1968 births Living people Doping cases in cycling Danish sportspeople in doping cases Danish male cyclists Danish Vuelta a España stage winners People from Hjørring Olympic cyclists of Denmark Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Volta a Portugal winners Sportspeople from the North Jutland Region {{Denmark-cycling-bio-stub