Olaf Lurvik

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Olaf Lurvik (born 23 September 1963) is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer. He was professional between 1988 and 1991, and represented the teams Peugeot and Toshiba.^[1] In 1991, he was one of four Norwegians that entered the Tour de France, alongside Dag Otto Lauritzen, Atle Kvålsvoll and Atle Pedersen. As of 2013, this is the only year that four Norwegians was in the Tour,^[2] but Lurvik was the only of the four the completed the 1991 Tour de France.

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References

↑ Hoel, Yasmin Sunde; Murtnes, Sindre (23 October 2012). "– Bittert at noen er blitt mangemillionærer på fusk" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
↑ Christiansen, Anders K. (18 February 2013). "Hele fire nordmenn nærmer seg Tour de France-start" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

External links

Olaf Lurvik at Cycling Archives

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[1] Hoel, Yasmin Sunde; Murtnes, Sindre (23 October 2012). "– Bittert at noen er blitt mangemillionærer på fusk" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

[2] Christiansen, Anders K. (18 February 2013). "Hele fire nordmenn nærmer seg Tour de France-start" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 30 June 2013.