Lars Brian Nielsen

Lars Brian Nielsen (born September 14, 1970 ) is a former Danish track cyclist and sports director.

Lars Brian Nielsen was one of the dominant Danish track cyclists in the short-term disciplines in the 1990s. He has won national titles 14 times in the sprint , keirin and 1000-meter time trial . In 2002 he ended his active cycling career. After a seven-year break, the now 39-year-old managed to finish second again in a Danish sprint championship in 2009.

In 1998 Nielsen tested positive for doping with nandrolone and was banned for two years. In 2002 he was excluded from the national squad before the 2002 UCI Track World Championships because he had tested positive for caffeine .

Lars Brian Nielsen trained as a trainer. At the end of 2010 he finally resigned from active cycling. Then he was sports director for the Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland team for a year and continues to work as a trainer; among others he trains the multiple Danish champion Sebastian Lander .

Web links

• Lars Brian Nielsen in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Veteran hunted sin 14. DM title efter syv års pause on i.pol.dk v. November 27, 2009 (Danish)
2. ↑ cycling4fans.de
3. ↑ fact: De dønte og de mistænkte on politiken.dk v. May 25, 2007 (Danish)
4. ↑ teamconcordia.dk  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Danish; PDF; 314 kB)