Lasse Norman Leth;

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Norman Hansen; (born 11 February 1992) is a Danish professional

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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

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, ten medals (including three golds) at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and six medals (including two golds) at the

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Biography

He won the gold medal in the men's omnium at the

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. After two seasons with

Blue Water Cycling Blue Water Cycling is a Danish road cycling team that was formed in 2009 as a merger between Herning CK and Team Løgstør-Cycling for Health. It is currently a UCI Continental Team, competing on the UCI Europe Tour. For the 2012 season, the team ...

, He signed with the squad for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. He was named in the startlist for the

2017 Vuelta a España The 2017 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 19 August and 10 September 2017. The race was the 72nd edition of the Vuelta a España and the final Grand Tour of the 2017 cycling season. ...

. After the collapse of the team, in September 2018 he revealed that he would join the 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

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. In December 2020, he signed a one-year contract with , for the 2021 season. 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

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, Spain. He is the brother of racing cyclist Louise Norman Hansen. In October 2022, he married fellow cyclist Julie Leth. Since then, both changed their surnames to Norman Leth.

Major results

Road

;2009 : National Junior Championships ::1st MaillotDinamarca

Road race ::1st MaillotDinamarca

Time trial : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Time trial, UCI Junior World Championships : 8th Overall

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;2010 : 1st MaillotDinamarca

Time trial, National Junior Championships ;2011 : National Under-23 Championships ::1st MaillotDinamarca

Road race ::3rd Time trial : 1st Stage 2

Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay The Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay was a bicycle stage race held annually in Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. It was part of the UCI America Tour and the race was reserved to riders between 19 and 22 of age and was rated 2.Ncup by the UCI. It was the o ...

;2012 : 1st Stage 7

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: 4th Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships : 10th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2013 : National Under-23 Championships ::1st MaillotDinamarca

Road race ::1st MaillotDinamarca

Time trial : 1st GP Herning : 1st Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23 : 2nd Overall

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: 3rd

Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships : 3rd Overall

Tour de Berlin The Tour de Berlin was a road bicycle race held annually between 1953 and 2016 in Germany. From 2007 to its demise, the race was organised as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...

::1st Stage 2 (

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) : 5th Time trial, National Championships : 8th

Chrono Champenois The Chrono Champenois is a European individual time trial bicycle race held around Bétheny in France, in the Champagne region. The race has been organised as a 1.2 event since 1989 for women's and since 1998 there is also a men's race which is ...

;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 MaillotCyan

Mountains classification,

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ...

: 3rd

Dwars door West-Vlaanderen Dwars door West-Vlaanderen is a road bicycle race through the Belgian province of West Flanders. History The race was originally created unter the name Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen (''English'': Tour of the Flemish Ardennes) in 1945 as a one-day ...

;2018 : 1st Stage 1

Herald Sun Tour The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annually ...

: 3rd Overall

Danmark Rundt Danmark Rundt is a Danish stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as PostN ...

::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 8th Ronde van Limburg ;2019 : 3rd Ronde van Limburg : 4th Overall

::1st Stage 3 ;2022 : 7th

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: 7th

Grand Prix Alanya The Grand Prix Alanya is a cycling race held in Alanya, Turkey. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) ...

: 10th Druivenkoers Overijse

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Track

;2011 : 2nd Silver medal europe

Team pursuit, UEC European Championships ;2012 : 1st Gold medal olympic

Omnium An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...

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UCI World Cup The UCI World Cups are the World Cups for cycling disciplines organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale: * UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004) * UCI Women's Road World Cup (1998–2015) * UCI Mountain Bike World Cup * UCI Track Cycling World Cup ...

::1st Individual pursuit, Glasgow ::1st Team pursuit, Glasgow : 3rd bronze medal uci

, UCI World Championships ;2013 : 1st

Six Days of Copenhagen The Six Days of Copenhagen is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark. The event was first held in 1934. The event is held at the Ballerup Super Arena Ballerup Super Arena (formerly Siemens Arena) is a multi-purpose i ...

(with Michael Mørkøv) : UCI World Championships ::2nd Silver medal uci

::3rd

Team pursuit :

::2nd Points, Manchester ::2nd Team pursuit, Aguascalientes ::3rd Team pursuit, Manchester ;2014 : 2nd Silver medal uci

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships : 3rd Team pursuit,

, London ;2015 : 1st Omnium,

, Cambridge : UEC European Championships ::2nd Silver medal europe

::3rd

Team pursuit ;2016 : 2nd Omnium,

, Hong Kong :

::3rd

Team pursuit ::3rd Bronze medal olympic

: 3rd

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships ;2017 : 1st

(with Michael Mørkøv) : 2nd

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(with Michael Mørkøv) ;2018 :

::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 Casper von Folsach (born 30 March 1993) is a Danish road and track cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's team pursuit for the national team. Major results ;2011 : 1st Time tr ...

), Berlin ::2nd Team pursuit, Berlin ;2019 :

::1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv), Minsk ::1st Team pursuit, Minsk ::1st Team pursuit, Glasgow : UEC European Championships ::1st European champion jersey 2016

Team pursuit ::1st European champion jersey 2016

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(with Michael Mørkøv) ::2nd Silver medal europe

: UCI World Championships ::2nd Silver medal uci

(with

) ::3rd

Team pursuit : 2nd

(with

Marc Hester Marc Hester Hansen (born 28 June 1985) is a Denmark, Danish professional bicycle racer. Hester rode for Firefighters Upsala CK for the 2014 season. In December 2014 Hester was announced as part of the inaugural squad for the ONE Pro Cycling team ...

) ;2020 : UCI World Championships ::1st Jersey rainbow

(with Michael Mørkøv) ::1st Jersey rainbow

Team pursuit ;2021 :

::1st

(with Michael Mørkøv) ::2nd Silver medal olympic

Team pursuit : 1st Jersey rainbow

(with Michael Mørkøv), UCI World Championships : 3rd

Six Days of Ghent The Six Days of Ghent ( nl, Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent) is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium. It takes place in the Kuipke velodrome in Ghent's ''Citadelpark''. The 2006 event from 21 November to 26 November was marred ...

(with Michael Mørkøv) ;2022 : 3rd Bronze medal uci

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships ;2023 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leth, Lasse Norman 1992 births Living people Danish male cyclists Danish track cyclists Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Denmark Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in cycling People from Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Cyclists from the Region of Southern Denmark 21st-century Danish people