# Dag Otto Lauritzen

Dag Otto Lauritzen (born 13 September 1956) is a Norwegian television personality and retired professional cyclist. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he won a bronze medal in the individual road race. He was the first Norwegian to win a stage of the Tour de France, which he did on Bastille Day in 1987 at Luz Ardiden. Over his career he rode the Tour de France eight times.
Lauritzen began cycling to recuperate from a military parachuting injury, and switched careers from police officer to cyclist. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 1984 and the Norwegian National Time Trial Championship in 1990.
He is now a cycling commentator on Norwegian TV station TV 2.

## Major results
### 1983

    1st Road race, Nordic Road Championships
    1st Team time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Roserittet DNV GP

### 1984

    1st Road race, Nordic Road Championships
    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Stage 9 Tour of Austria
    3rd Road race, Summer Olympics

### 1985

    1st GP de Peymeinade
    2nd Grand Prix d'Antibes

### 1986

    3rd Tour du Haut Var
    3rd Road race, Nordic Road Championships
    6th Overall Tour of Sweden
       1st Stage 7

### 1987

    1st Rund um den Henninger-Turm
    1st Stage 14 Tour de France
    1st Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
       1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 (TTT)
    7th La Flèche Wallonne
    7th Züri-Metzgete

### 1988

    2nd International Cycling Classic
    7th Amstel Gold Race
    9th Rund um den Henninger Turm

### 1989

    1st Overall Tour de Trump
    3rd Tour of Flanders
    4th Giro dell'Etna
    10th Overall Tour of Ireland

### 1990

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Stage 4 Tour de Trump
    3rd Trofeo Baracchi (with Sean Yates)

### 1991

    1st Overall Ringerike GP
    7th Overall Tour of Ireland

### 1992

    1st Overall Tour of Norway
       1st Stages 2, 3 & 4
    1st Overall Ringerike GP
    9th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

### 1993

    1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España
    1st Stage 3 Kellogg's Tour
    1st Stage 1a Three Days of De Panne
    7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results timeline :
| Grand Tour | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | DNF | 64 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | 34 | 39 | 34 | DNF | 56 | DNF | — | 90 | 50 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 48 | — |

### Major stage race general classification results timeline

Major stage race general classification results timeline :
| Race | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | 48 | — | 56 | — | — |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | DNF | 55 | — | — | — | 44 | 52 | — | — | — |
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | — | 62 | — | — | 36 | 57 | 61 | 31 | — |

### Monuments and Classics results timeline

Monuments results timeline :
| | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | 102 | — | — | 46 | 53 | 43 | — | 14 | 47 | 49 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | 17 | 32 | 3 | — | — | 34 | 18 | 51 |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | 30 | 33 | — | — | 80 | 55 | — | 36 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | 13 | 29 | 38 | — | 63 | 16 | 60 | 63 |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | 62 | — |
| Classics results timeline ||||||||||||
| | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | — | — | 15 | 7 | 13 | — | 43 | 35 | — | — |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | 65 | — | 7 | 28 | 23 | — | — | — | 33 | — |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | 56 | — | 87 | 17 | 27 | — | 126 | 64 | — | 22 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | 46 |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| Paris–Tours | — | 64 | — | — | — | 41 | — | 34 | — | 25 | 40 |

### Major championships results timeline

| Event | Event | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
| Olympic Games | Time trial | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| Olympic Games | Road race | 3 | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held |
| Road World Championships | Time trial | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| Road World Championships | Road race | 30 | 39 | 25 | — | 37 | — | 39 | — | 33 | 7 | 30 |
| National Championships | Time trial | | | | | | | 1 | | | | |
| National Championships | Road race | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |