Lauri Aus (4 November 1970 – 20 July 2003) was an

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n professional

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who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He was born in Tartu, became a professional in 1995, and rode for several French teams. He was the first Estonian rider to finish the

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in 1997. He also finished in the top 10 of the World Championship in 1997. Lauri Aus died, aged thirty-two, of injuries sustained after being struck by a drunk driver, while training between Aovere and

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. He was married, with two children.

Major results

;1992 : National Road Race Champion :5th Olympics Road Race ;1994 : National

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Champion ;1997 :1st Tour de Limousin, stage 3 :1st Tour de Limousin, General Classification :1st

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, stage 1 ;1998 :1st

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:1st

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, stage 1 :2nd

, General Classification :1st

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, stage 1 :1st

, General Classification :3rd Tour de Limousin, General Classification : National Road Race Champion : National

Champion ;2001 :1st

, stage 4 :3rd

, General Classification ;2003 :3rd Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, General Classification

References

External links

* http://www.cfc.ee/lauri-ausi-fond/lauri-aus * https://web.archive.org/web/20100612000928/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/aus_lauri.php 1970 births 2003 deaths Burials at Raadi cemetery Estonian male cyclists Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Estonia Cycling road incident deaths Sportspeople from Tartu Road incident deaths in Estonia Sport deaths in Estonia 20th-century Estonian people {{Estonia-cycling-bio-stub