Dag Otto Lauritzen

Dag Otto Lauritzen (born 13 September 1956) is a Norwegian television personality and retired professional cyclist. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he won a bronze medal in the individual road race. He was the first Norwegian to win a stage of the Tour de France, which he did on Bastille Day in 1987 at Luz Ardiden. Over his career he rode the Tour de France eight times.

Dag Otto Lauritzen
Lauritzen in May 2021
Personal information
Born (1956-09-12) 12 September 1956
Grimstad, Norway
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur team
1998
Professional teams
1984–1986Peugeot–Shell–Michelin
1987–19907 Eleven
1991–1992Motorola
1993–1994TVM–Bison Kit
Major wins
Nordic champion (1984, 1985)
Postgirot Open, 1 stage (1986)
Rund um den Henninger Turm, (1987)
Redlands Bicycle Classic (1987)
Tour de France, 1 stage (1987)
Vuelta a España, 1 stage (1993)
National Champion (1984)
National Time Trial Champion (1990)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles Individual Road Race

Lauritzen began cycling to recuperate from a military parachuting injury, and switched careers from police officer to cyclist. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 1984 and the Norwegian National Time Trial Championship in 1990.

He is now a cycling commentator on Norwegian TV station TV 2.

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