Steffen Kjærgaard

Steffen Kjærgaard (born May 24, 1973 in Tønsberg ) is a former Norwegian cyclist and cycling official.

Athletic career

Steffen Kjærgaard began his cycling career as a track cyclist . Between 1990 and 1993 he won seven Norwegian championship titles in different age groups and disciplines on the track; In 1993 he was also Nordic champion in the points race . In the same year he won the overall ranking in the Track Cycling World Cup (probably in the 1000 meter time trial ). In 1992 he started at the Olympic Games in Barcelona in the single pursuit , but retired in the first round.

In 1993, Kjærgaard won his first national title on the road , in the team time trial . By 2003 he was five times Norwegian champion in the individual time trial and won twelve Nordic titles.

From 2000 to 2003 Kjærgaard drove for the US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team and started in 2000 (89th place) and 2001 (101st place) in the Tour de France ; his team captain Lance Armstrong was the overall winner.

The Kongepokal (King's Cup), which is awarded for the best sporting performance at Norwegian championships, he received in 1996 and 1999.

doping

Until 2012, Kjærgaard was sports director of the Norwegian Cycling Federation ( Norges Cykleforbund ). In October 2012, he admitted to having doped with EPO and cortisone from 1998 to 2003 . He was immediately suspended as a sports director. Initially, there was a demand that Kjærgaard be banned from any sporting activity for ten years, but that demand was dropped. There was no criminal sanction, as the offenses are statute-barred under Norwegian law.

Achievements (road)

1993

• Norwegian Champion - Team Time Trial (with Roar Skaane and Bjørn Grubbli )

1994

• Ringerike Grand Prix
• one stage tour of Austria
• Norwegian champion - road race
• Norwegian champions - team time trial (with Stig Kristiansen , Ole Sigurd Simensen and Karsten Stenersen )

1995

• one stage and overall ranking of the Tour of Austria
• Norwegian Champion - Team Time Trial (with Ole Sigurd Simensen and Stig Kristiansen )

1996

• Norwegian champion - individual time trial

1997

• Norwegian champion - individual time trial

1998

• one stage and overall ranking Bayern-Rundfahrt
• Norwegian champion - individual time trial

1999

• Tour de Normandy
• Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
• Norwegian champion - individual time trial

2002

• a stage Vuelta a España

2003

• Norwegian champion - individual time trial
• two stages and overall ranking Roserittet

Successes (rail)

1992

• Norwegian champion - pursuit

1993

• Norwegian champion - pursuit
• Norwegian champion - points race
• Nordic champion - points race

Teams

• 1995 TVM (stagiaire from September 1st)
• 1996-1997 TVM-Farm Frites
• 1998-1999 Chicky World
• 2000-2003 US Postal Service

Web links

• Steffen Kjærgaard in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Steffen Kjærgaard in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Steffen Kjærgaard in the Tour de France database(French / English )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Top Norway cyclist bites US doping dust, admits drug use. the Foreigner, October 23, 2012, accessed January 16, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Per Jorsett (editor): Norsk Sykkelsports history . Ed .: Norges Cykleforbund. Self-published by NCF, Oslo 2000, p. 89 (Norwegian).
3. ↑ Julia Gronnevet: Steffen Kjaergaard Doping: Former Lance Armstrong Teammate Admits Cheating. (No longer available online.) The Huffington Post, October 23, 2012, archived from the original on January 19, 2014 ; accessed on January 16, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Henriette Brandt: Steffen Kjærgaard: Holdninger har kort holdbarhed. December 13, 2013, accessed January 17, 2014 (Danish).