Claus Michael Møller (born 3 October 1968) is a Danish former professional cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

. 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 (), also known as Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (), is an annual multi-stage road bicycle racing competition held in Portugal. The competition takes place during a two-week span. History The competition started in 1927, alt ...

in 2002, and was a stage winner in the

2001 Vuelta a España The 56th edition of the ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance stage race and one of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, was held from 8 September to 30 September 2001. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of , and wa ...

. He also won the

Subida al Naranco Subida al Naranco is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early June each year. The event was first run in 1941 but was not held consistently until 1981. Between 2005 and 2010, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...

in 2001, and won stages of the

and the Trofeo Mallorca. 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 ;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, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern ...

;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 An a ...

: 1st Overall Vuelta a Zamora ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall Rapport Toer ;1995 : 1st : 1st : 1st : 1st Stage 6

: 2nd Overall

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: 3rd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León ::1st Stage 3 ;1997 : 4th Overall

Vuelta a Murcia The Vuelta Ciclista a 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, due to Spain's fina ...

: 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 (; 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 often used as preparation for the sprin ...

;2000 : 1st Overall

Volta ao Alentejo The Volta ao Alentejo ( Portuguese; ) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Alentejo, Portugal. Since 2010, it has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ...

::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 Cont ...

: 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 7 : 3rd Overall

Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias is a stage race, multi-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race held annually in Portugal. It is sponsored by the daily ''Jornal de Notícias'' newspaper. Winners References

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: 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

: 8th Overall

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, 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'Ital ...

::1st Stage 15 : 8th Overall

;2002 : 1st Overall

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

: 6th Overall

: 8th Overall

;2003 : 1st Overall

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::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 Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...

;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 Sportspeople from Hjørring Olympic cyclists for Denmark Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Volta a Portugal winners Cyclists from the North Jutland Region 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-cycling-bio-stub