Lasse Norman Leth Explained

Lasse Norman Leth
Birth Name:Lasse Norman Hansen
Birth Date:1992 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Faaborg, Denmark
Height:1.80 m
Weight:75 kg
Currentteam:Team CO:PLAY–Giant Store
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Time trialist
Amateuryears1:2024–
Amateurteam1:Team CO:PLAY–Giant Store
Proyears1:2011
Proyears2:2012–2013
Proteam2:Blue Water Cycling
Proyears3:2014–2015
Proteam3:[1]
Proyears4:2016
Proyears5:2017–2018
Proteam5:[2]
Proyears6:2019–2020
Proteam6:[3] [4]
Proyears7:2021
Proteam7:[5]
Proyears8:2022–2023
Proteam8:[6]
Majorwins:
Track
  • Olympic Games
  • Madison (2020)
  • Omnium (2012)
  • World Championships
  • Madison (2020, 2021)
  • Team pursuit (2020, 2023)

    • Lasse Norman Leth; né Norman Hansen; (born 11 February 1992) is a Danish professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for Danish club team Team CO:PLAY–Giant Store. During his track cycling career, he has won five medals (including two golds) at the Summer Olympic Games, ten medals (including three golds) at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and six medals (including two golds) at the UEC European Track Championships.

    Biography

    He won the gold medal in the men's omnium at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[7] [8] After two seasons with Blue Water Cycling, He signed with the squad for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.[9] [10] [11] He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[12] After the collapse of the team, in September 2018 he revealed that he would join the team on a two-year deal from the start of 2019, in part because they were willing to give him the freedom to compete on the track in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[13]

    In December 2020, he signed a one-year contract with, for the 2021 season.[14]

    In August 2021, he won the gold medal in the Madison at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in partnership with Michael Mørkøv.

    Personal life

    He was born in Faaborg, Denmark and currently resides in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.[15] He is the brother of racing cyclist Louise Norman Hansen.[16]

    In October 2022, he married fellow cyclist Julie Leth. Since then, both changed their surnames to Norman Leth.[17]

    Major results

    Road

    2009
  • National Junior Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 1st Time trial
  • 3rd Time trial, UCI Junior World Championships
  • 8th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
    2010
  • 1st Time trial, National Junior Championships
    2011
  • National Under-23 Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 3rd Time trial
  • 1st Stage 2 Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
    2012
  • 1st Stage 7 Rás Tailteann
  • 4th Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
  • 10th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    2013
  • National Under-23 Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 1st Time trial
  • 1st GP Herning
  • 1st Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23
  • 2nd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
  • 3rd Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
  • 3rd Overall Tour de Berlin
  • 1st Stage 2 (ITT)
  • 5th Time trial, National Championships
  • 8th Chrono Champenois
    2014
  • 3rd Overall Dubai Tour
    2015
  • 6th Overall Tour of Alberta
  • 1st Stage 5
  • 9th Velothon Berlin
    2016
  • 3rd Road race, National Championships
    2017
  • 1st Mountains classification, Tour de Suisse
  • 3rd Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
    2018
  • 1st Stage 1 Herald Sun Tour
  • 3rd Overall Danmark Rundt
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 3rd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
  • 8th Ronde van Limburg
    2019
  • 3rd Ronde van Limburg
  • 4th Overall Danmark Rundt
  • 1st Stage 3
    2022
  • 7th Grand Prix Megasaray
  • 7th Grand Prix Alanya
  • 10th Druivenkoers Overijse
    2023
  • 4th Grand Prix Herning
    2024
  • 1st Fyen Rundt

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour2017
    Giro d'Italia—
    Tour de France—
    Vuelta a España139
    Legend
    —Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Track

    2011
  • 2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
    2012
  • 1st Omnium, Olympic Games
  • UCI World Cup
  • 1st Individual pursuit, Glasgow
  • 1st Team pursuit, Glasgow
  • 3rd Omnium, UCI World Championships
    2013
  • 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)
  • UCI World Championships
  • 2nd Omnium
  • 3rd Team pursuit
  • UCI World Cup
  • 2nd Points, Manchester
  • 2nd Team pursuit, Aguascalientes
  • 3rd Team pursuit, Manchester
    2014
  • 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
  • 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, London
    2015
  • 1st Omnium, UCI World Cup, Cambridge
  • UEC European Championships
  • 2nd Omnium
  • 3rd Team pursuit
    2016
  • 2nd Omnium, UCI World Cup, Hong Kong
  • Olympic Games
  • 3rd Team pursuit
  • 3rd Omnium
  • 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
    2017
  • 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)
  • 2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Michael Mørkøv)
    2018
  • UCI World Cup
  • 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv), Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
  • 1st Team pursuit, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
  • 1st Team pursuit, Milton
  • 1st Madison (with Casper von Folsach), Berlin
  • 2nd Team pursuit, Berlin
    2019
  • UCI World Cup
  • 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv), Minsk
  • 1st Team pursuit, Minsk
  • 1st Team pursuit, Glasgow
  • UEC European Championships
  • 1st Team pursuit
  • 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)
  • 2nd Omnium
  • UCI World Championships
  • 2nd Madison (with Casper von Folsach)
  • 3rd Team pursuit
  • 2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Marc Hester)
    2020
  • UCI World Championships
  • 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)
  • 1st Team pursuit
    2021
  • Olympic Games
  • 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)
  • 2nd Team pursuit
  • 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv), UCI World Championships
  • 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Michael Mørkøv)
    2022
  • 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
    2023
  • 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Team Cannondale – Garmin (TCG) – USA. 25 January 2015. UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Aigle, Vaud.
    2. Web site: 2018 rider roster and first races confirmed. 1 January 2018. 5 January 2018. . Aqua Blue Sport Limited. https://web.archive.org/web/20180716053932/https://www.aquabluesport.com/blog/2018-team-first-races.html. 16 July 2018. dead.
    3. News: Corendon-Circus maakt plannen voor 2019 bekend!. nl. Corendon-Circus announces plans for 2019!. . Team Ciclismo Mundial BVBA. 18 December 2018. 12 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190111121715/http://www.corendon-circus.be/website/single-news.php?id=886. 11 January 2019. dead.
    4. News: De nieuwe speelkameraadjes van MVDP: "Er zal meer naar ons gekeken worden". nl. The new playmates for MVDP: "We will be looked at more". Sporza. Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 2 January 2020. 3 January 2020.
    5. Web site: Team Qhubeka Assos. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210102171533/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15232/1001377/279. 2 January 2021.
    6. Web site: UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM . UCI . 6 February 2022.
    7. News: Lasse Norman Hansen of Denmark wins inaugural omnium title at London Olympics . The Washington Post. District of Columbia. 5 August 2012. 5 August 2012.
    8. News: Lasse Norman Hansen wins gold. ESPN. Bristol, Connecticut. 5 August 2012. 14 August 2014.
    9. News: Lasse Norman Hansen identifies top worlds performance as goal prior to turning pro with Garmin-Sharp. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Chevy Chase, Maryland. 31 May 2013. 17 June 2013. Shane Stokes.
    10. News: Garmin set for dramatic overhaul in 2014. Matthew Beaudin. VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc.. San Diego, California. 24 September 2013. 6 November 2013.
    11. News: Olympic omnium champion Hansen signs with Garmin Sharp. Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England. 29 May 2013. 17 August 2013.
    12. Web site: 2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist . 17 August 2017. ProCyclingStats.
    13. Web site: Lasse Norman skifter til belgisk cykelhold . Bagge . Christoffer Løvstrup. 18 September 2018 . tv2.dk. da . Lasse Norman switches to Belgian cycling team . 26 December 2018.
    14. News: EF Pro Cycling and Qhubeka-Assos strengthen 2021 lineups, Gage Hecht to Trek Factory Racing. VeloNews. Pocket Outdoor Media Inc.. 4 December 2020. 4 December 2020. Qhubeka-Assos has brought aboard Lasse Norman Hansen and Matteo Pelucchi, while also extending Reinardt Janse van Rensburg's contract for a seventh year..
    15. News: Lasse Norman Hansen. 28 December 2014. 6 January 2015. . Slipstream Sports LLC. Boulder, Colorado. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150103004536/http://slipstreamsports.com/riders/lasse-hanson/. 3 January 2015.
    16. Web site: Louise Norman Hansen . . 5 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180805142759/https://teamvirtucycling.com/en/team-virtu-cycling-women/riders/louise-norman-hansen-2/ . 5 August 2018 . dead .
    17. Web site: Dansk stjernepar er blevet gift: Nu hedder de Norman Leth . seoghoer.dk . 3 November 2022 . 31 March 2023 . Bregndahl, Frederik.

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