# Gustav Larsson

Gustav Erik Larsson (born 20 September 1980) is a Swedish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2016 for nine different teams. Larsson specialised as a time trialist, winning the Swedish National Time Trial Championships seven times between 2006 and 2015, and won silver medals at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the 2009 World Championships in Mendrisio.

## Professional career

On the international scene he represented Team Saxo Bank, and in Sweden he represented Skoghalls CK-Hammarö. Gemla-born Larsson began cycling when he was 14 years and, having shown great talent and dedication, turned pro just 7 years later. Team Fassa Bortolo was his first employer, and when the team shut down in 2005 he moved on to Team Française des Jeux. He rode for one year for Française des Jeux before moving again to the Swedish-Belgian team Unibet.com, which had gained a wild card to the UCI ProTour in 2006. But just as the 2007 season started the team ran into trouble with the Amaury Sport Organisation who made it clear that Unibet.com would not be invited to Paris–Nice or the Tour de France. Other major race organizers followed suit, which resulted in Unibet.com not getting any major invitations. The team shut down shortly thereafter. Team CSC showed interest in Larsson, and he rode for them in 2008. After the 2008 season, it was reported that Larsson had signed with Caisse d'Epargne for 2009, but he continued with Team Saxo Bank. He remained with the team until the end of 2011, when he moved to Vacansoleil–DCM. Larsson left Vacansoleil–DCM at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new Swiss-based team IAM Cycling team for the 2013 season. Larsson signed for the Cult Energy Pro Cycling team for the 2015 season.
In March 2015 Larsson made an attempt on the hour record at a Revolution meeting at Manchester Velodrome. He failed to beat Rohan Dennis' world record of 52.491 kilometres (32.616 miles) but his distance of 50.016 kilometres (31.079 miles) was a new Swedish hour record.

## Personal life

He resides in Monaco with his wife Veronica Andrèasson, who also competed as a road racing cyclist. The couple own Vélo Monaco, a cycling holiday organisation.

## Major results
### 2001

    1st Stage 4b Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

### 2002

    1st Overall Okolo Slovenska
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 5 (ITT)
    1st Stage 4 Brandenburg–Rundfahrt
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    2nd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
       1st Stage 5a
    3rd Overall Ringerike GP
       1st Stage 1
    4th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

### 2004

    4th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

### 2006

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships

### 2007

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       3rd Road race
    3rd Overall Eneco Tour
    3rd Duo Normand (with Víctor Hugo Peña)
    5th Overall Tour Down Under
    6th Chrono des Nations
    7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
    8th Overall Deutschland Tour

### 2008

    2nd Time trial, Olympic Games
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    2nd Overall Critérium International
    4th Overall Danmark Rundt
       1st Stage 5 (ITT)
    5th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    5th Overall Tour of California
    5th Overall Sachsen Tour
    6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

### 2009

    1st Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
       1st Stage 3 (ITT)
    2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    2nd Overall Tour of Missouri
    7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
    10th Japan Cup

### 2010

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       2nd Road race
    1st Overall Tour du Limousin
       1st Stage 2 (ITT)
    1st Stage 21 (ITT) Giro d'Italia
    1st Stage 1 (ITT) Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
    4th Chrono des Nations
    7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

### 2011

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    2nd Chrono des Nations

### 2012

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Stage 1 (ITT) Paris–Nice
    8th Chrono des Nations

### 2013

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    2nd Chrono des Nations
    5th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
    8th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
    9th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

### 2014

    4th Overall Tour of Norway

### 2015

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    9th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
    9th Overall Tour of Norway

### 2016

    3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Giro d'Italia | 66 | — | 14 | — | 59 | — | 35 |
| Tour de France | 105 | — | — | 50 | — | — | DNF |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |