John Carlsen

Last updated

John Carlsen
Personal information
Born (1961-12-31) 31 December 1961 (age 62)
Hovedstaden, Denmark
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1988–1989 Fagor–MBK
1990 Toshiba
1991 Tonton Tapis–GB

John Carlsen (born 31 December 1961) is a Danish former racing cyclist. He rode in six Grand Tours between 1988 and 1991. [1] [2] He won Stage 8 of the 1989 Giro d'Italia which was a high mountain stage including a climb of the Gran Sasso d'Italia. He also competed in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [3]

Contents

Career achievements

Major results

1982
1st Stage 4 Tour of Sweden
1986
2nd National Road Race Championships
1988
5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
8th Overall Volta a Portugal
1st Stage 1
1989
1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia
7th Overall Tour du Limousin
1990
9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
9th Overall Route du Sud
1991
9th Druivenkoers Overijse

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1988198919901991
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 40
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 53 DNF DNF
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 105 DNF

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrew Hampsten</span> American cyclist

Andrew Hampsten is an American former professional road bicycle racer who won the 1988 Giro d'Italia and the Alpe d'Huez stage of the 1992 Tour de France. Between 1986–1994 he finished in the Top 10 of eight Grand Tours.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maurizio Fondriest</span> Italian cyclist

Maurizio Fondriest is a retired Italian professional road racing cyclist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pascal Richard</span> Swiss cyclist

Pascal Richard is a French-speaking Swiss former racing cyclist. He is most notable as a former King of the Mountains winner at the Giro d'Italia and Olympic Games gold medalist. He won the Swiss National Road Race championship in 1989 and 1993.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Claudia Lichtenberg</span> German racing cyclist (born 1985)

Claudia Lichtenberg is a German former professional cyclist, who now works as a coach for German amateur team RSV Irschenberg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andreas Kappes</span> German cyclist

Andreas Kappes was a German cyclist, who was a professional from 1987 to 2009, active on the road and on the track, collecting in total 133 wins, and, as an amateur, represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. During the first half of his career he mainly raced on the road, eventually resulting in 99 wins, including winning Omloop het Volk (1991), Tour de l'Oise (1991), three stages in the Tour de Suisse, two stages in Paris–Nice and one stage in the 1988 Giro d'Italia. During the second half of his career he limited his activities on the road to mainly German criteriums as well as kermesses, which make up the chief part of his wins on the road. During the 1990s and 2000s he became known as a formidable track cyclist, including by winning 24 Six-day races, 13 of which with the Belgium Etienne De Wilde.

Martin Earley is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed in the 1984 and 1996 Olympic Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marc Madiot</span> French cyclist

Marc Madiot is a French former professional road racing cyclist and double winner of Paris–Roubaix. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Retired from racing in 1994, he is now best known as the directeur sportif of Groupama–FDJ, a UCI WorldTeam. He is also known as the president of the French Ligue National de Cyclisme (LNC). In 1987, he made disparaging remarks about the sport of women's cycling, calling it ugly and unesthetic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diego Ulissi</span> Italian road bicycle racer

Diego Ulissi is an Italian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.

Urs Freuler is a Swiss cyclist, who raced professionally between 1980 and 1997, during which he won 124 victories. He was named Swiss Sports Personality of the Year in 1982 and 1983.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diego Rosa (cyclist)</span> Italian cyclist

Diego Rosa is an Italian former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2013 to 2022. He rode in nine Grand Tours and was victorious in the 2015 Milano–Torino.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scott Davies (cyclist)</span> British racing cyclist (born 1995)

Scott Davies is a Welsh former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2013 and 2021 for the Team USN, Madison Genesis, WIGGINS, Team Dimension Data and Team Bahrain Victorious squads.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hugh Carthy</span> British cyclist

Hugh John Carthy is a British professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost. Carthy's nickname "Huge" was coined when his name was mispronounced by an announcer in the Giro d'Italia, but stuck due to his ability to produce huge efforts and dig deep.

Michael Wilson is a former Australian racing cyclist. He rode in nine Grand Tours between 1982 and 1989. He also rode in two events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Heinz Imboden is a Swiss former racing cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also rode in nine Grand Tours between 1985 and 1996.

Christian Chaubet is a French former racing cyclist. He rode in three editions of the Tour de France and one edition of the Giro d'Italia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jan Tratnik</span> Slovenian cyclist

Jan Tratnik is a Slovenian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tao Geoghegan Hart</span> British road cyclist

Tao Geoghegan Hart is a British cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. He rode for Team Sky as a stagiaire in late 2015, and joined the team permanently for the 2017 season.

Giuseppe Petito is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in two editions of the Tour de France and ten editions of the Giro d'Italia. He also rode in the men's road race at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Giulio Ciccone</span> Italian cyclist

Giulio Ciccone is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. Ciccone's career highlights include several stage wins at the Giro d'Italia and the mountains classification at the 2023 Tour de France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nans Peters</span> French bicycle racer

Nans Peters is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale.

References

  1. "John Carlsen". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  2. "John Carlsen". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  3. "John Carlsen Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.