Lisbeth Simper

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Lisbeth Simper
Personal information
Born (1978-01-13) 13 January 1978 (age 40)
Denmark
Team information
Discipline Road cycling
Professional team(s)
1999-2001 Team Lolland-Falster
2002-2004 SC Michela Fanini Record Rox

Lisbeth Simper (born 13 January 1978) is a road cyclist from Denmark. She represented her nation at the 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 UCI Road World Championships. [1] Between 1999 and 2003 she became 5 times national time trial champion and three times national road race champion of Denmark.

Road bicycle racing bicycle racing sport

Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously and race to set finish point; and time trials, where individual riders or teams race a course alone against the clock. Stage races or "tours" take multiple days, and consist of several mass-start or time-trial stages ridden consecutively.

Denmark constitutional monarchy in Europe

Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country and the southernmost of the Scandinavian nations. Denmark lies southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and is bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark also comprises two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark proper consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate. Denmark has a total area of 42,924 km2 (16,573 sq mi), land area of 42,394 km2 (16,368 sq mi), and the total area including Greenland and the Faroe Islands is 2,210,579 km2 (853,509 sq mi), and a population of 5.8 million.

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References

  1. "Lisbeth Simper". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.