John Carlsen (born 31 December 1961) is a Danish former racing cyclist. He rode in six Grand Tours between 1988 and 1991. He won Stage 8 of the

1989 Giro d'Italia The 1989 Giro d'Italia was the 72nd edition of the race. It started off in Taormina on 21 May with a flat stage that ended in Catania. The race concluded in Florence with a individual time trial on 11 June. Twenty-two teams entered the race ...

which was a high mountain stage including a climb of the

Gran Sasso d'Italia Gran Sasso d'Italia (; ) is a massif in the Apennine Mountains of Italy. Its highest peak, Corno Grande (2,912 metres), is the highest mountain in the Apennines, and the second-highest mountain in Italy outside the Alps. The mountain lies wit ...

. He also competed in the

team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

event at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

Career achievements

Major results

;1982 : 1st Stage 4 Tour of Sweden ;1986 : 2nd National Road Race Championships ;1988 : 5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 8th Overall Volta a Portugal ::1st Stage 1 ;1989 : 1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia : 7th Overall

Tour du Limousin Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2011 it was upgraded to an 2.HC The UCI 1.HC and UCI 2.HC ar ...

;1990 : 9th 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 P ...

: 9th Overall Route du Sud ;1991 : 9th Druivenkoers Overijse

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

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* 1961 births Living people Danish male cyclists Danish Giro d'Italia stage winners Olympic cyclists for Denmark Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Cyclists from the Capital Region of Denmark 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-cycling-bio-stub