Steffen Kjærgaard (born 24 May 1973) is a Norwegian former professional cyclist. Kjærgaard cycled for

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(2000–2003). He competed in the

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at the

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. He twice participated in the

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, taking 89th place in 2000 and 101st place in 2001; in both years team captain

Lance Armstrong Lance Edward Armstrong (''né'' Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times fro ...

initially won overall but was later disqualified due to doping. Known as a strong time-trial cyclist, Kjærgaard won the overall World Cup in

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in 1993. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 1994. Kjærgaard has won 12 Nordic Championship ''(Nordiska mesterskap)'' gold medals and three

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s ''(kongepokaler)''. He was director of sport for the

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until he had to resign in 2012 due to admitting the use of performance-enhancing drugs in his active career. Kjærgaard is married and has two children.

Doping

After the doping allegations against Lance Armstrong, Kjærsgaard admitted use of performance-enhancing drugs on 23 October 2012.

Teams

* US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team * Team Chicky World *

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* Glåmdal-Nittedal Elite Oslo *

Hasle-Løren IL Hasle-Løren Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhoods Hasle and Løren in Oslo. It was founded in 1911, and has sections for association football, bandy, ice hockey, skiing, and cycling. Ice hockey Some of its greatest succ ...

* Tønsberg Cycling Club

Major results

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(1999) *

Bayern-Rundfahrt The International Bayern Rundfahrt () was a stage race cycling race held each year in Bavaria, Germany, between 1980 and 2015. The race was held as an amateur race between 1980 and 1988, and from 2005 to 2015, the race was organised as a 2.HC ev ...

(1998) *

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(1999) *

Tour of Austria The Tour of Austria () is a stage race, stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. In 2005 and 2006 it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour ...

(1995) * Ringerike Grand Prix (1994)

References

External links

* 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Tønsberg Norwegian male cyclists Norwegian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in cycling Olympic cyclists for Norway Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics {{Norway-cycling-bio-stub