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Gustav Erik Larsson

Gustav Erik Larsson
To person
Date of birth	20th September 1980
nation	Sweden
discipline	Street
To the team
Current team	IAM Cycling
function	driver
Team (s)
2001–2003 2003–2005 2006–2006 2007–2007 2008–2011 2012 2013–2014 2015 2016	Team Crescent Fassa Bortolo Française des Jeux Unibet.com Team Saxo Bank Vacansoleil-DCM IAM Cycling Cult Energy Pro Cycling ColoQuick-Cult
Most important successes
Silver medal Olympic Games 2008 - Time Trial Vice World Champion 2009 - Time Trial one stage Giro d'Italia 2010
Last updated: September 23, 2014

Gustav Erik Larsson (born September 20, 1980 in Gemla near Växjö ) is a Swedish cyclist .

Career

Gustav Erik Larsson began his career in 2001 with Team Crescent . In his first year he won a stage of the Brandenburg Tour and did so again the following year. He also won a stage at the Ringerike GP in 2002 . In 2003, the excellent time trialist switched to the Italian cycling team Fassa Bortolo . He drove under Giancarlo Ferretti for three years. In 2006 Larsson drove for the French ProTeam Française des Jeux , in 2007 he was active for the Swedish team Unibet.com . For the 2008 season, the Swede moved to the Danish team CSC-Saxo Bank .

His greatest successes are fourth place in the time trial at the UCI road world championships in 2004 in Verona and winning the silver medal in the time trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and at the road cycling world championship in 2009 in Mendrisio . In 2010 Larsson won the last stage of the Giro , an individual time trial.

successes

2006

• Swedish champion - individual time trial

2007

• Swedish champion - individual time trial

2008

• one stage tour of Denmark
• Olympic Games - Time Trial
• Team time trial Tour of Poland

2009

• Overall ranking and a stage Tour du Poitou Charentes
• World Championship - Time Trial

2010

• a stage of the Giro d'Italia
• Swedish champion - individual time trial
• a stage and points scoring Vuelta a Madrid
• Overall ranking and one stage Tour du Limousin

2011

• Swedish champion - individual time trial

2012

• a stage Paris – Nice
• Swedish champion - individual time trial

2013

• Swedish champion - individual time trial

2015

• Swedish champion - individual time trial

2016

• Swedish Championship - Individual Time Trial

Teams

• 2001-2002 Team Crescent
• 2003-2005 Fassa Bortolo
• 2006 Française des Jeux
• 2007 Unibet.com
• 2008 Team CSC-Saxo Bank
• 2009-2010 Team Saxo Bank
• 2011 Saxo Bank-SunGard
• 2012 Vacansoleil-DCM
• 2013 IAM Cycling
• 2014 IAM Cycling
• 2015 Cult Energy Pro Cycling
• 2016 ColoQuick-Cult

Web links

Commons : Gustav Larsson  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Gustav Larsson in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Gustav Larsson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )