Personal information | |
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Full name | Anders Lund |
Born | Copenhagen, Denmark | 14 February 1985
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
2007–2010 | Team CSC |
2011 | Leopard Trek |
2012–2013 | Team Saxo Bank [1] |
Anders Lund (born 14 February 1985 in Copenhagen) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2007 and 2013. [2] He started his cycling career racing for Ordrup Cycle Club in the north of Copenhagen, and was reckoned to be a very talented climber and skilled all-rounder [ citation needed ]. As a teenager he joined Team PH, which later changed its name to Team GLS, where he rode with Matti Breschel and Chris Anker Sørensen, both of whom were also later teammates with him at Team Saxo Bank. He turned professional in 2007 with Team CSC, as the Saxo Bank team was then known.
Lund retired at the end of the 2013 season, after seven seasons as a professional. [2]
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The team has announced only one new signing, Michael Valgren Andersen, and confirmed only one rider leaving, Anders Lund, who is retiring.
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