Vagn Aage Bangsborg
Vagn Aage Bangsborg (born May 28, 1936 in Slagelse ) is a former Danish cyclist .
Athletic career
His first major success was winning the traditional Roskilde Race (Stjerneløbet) in 1957. In 1958 he was a member of the Danish national team that started in the International Peace Tour . In the following year 1959 he drove this tour and finished 11th, his best result in four starts was fourth in 1960 , in 1961 he finished 5th in the overall classification. In the road race for the Nordic championship he came second behind the Swede Göran Karlsson ; with the Danish team he won the team time trial . He succeeded in the latter again in 1964. In 1961 he also drove the Tour de l'Avenir , but could not finish it. Bangsborg started for the clubs Slagelse CR and FIX Rødovre .
Probably his greatest success was winning the silver medal at the UCI Road World Championships in 1962 in the team time trial behind Italy . He was a member of the street foursome at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome when his teammate Knud Enemark Jensen collapsed after about 20 kilometers and died shortly afterwards.
Web links
- Vagn Aage Bangsborg in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Vagn Aage Bangsborg in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 282 .
- ↑ Cycling stars. In: cyclingstars.dk. Retrieved March 7, 2020 (Danish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bangsborg, Vagn Aage |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Slagelse |