Gustav Larsson

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 was his first employer, and when the team shut down in 2005 he moved on to Team . He rode for one year for Française des Jeux before moving again to the Swedish-Belgian team , 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. 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 . Larsson left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new Swiss-based team team for the 2013 season. Larsson signed for the 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 but his distance of 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
References
External links
Swedish male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Sweden
Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
1980 births
Living people
Olympic medalists in cycling
Swedish Giro d'Italia stage winners
People from Växjö Municipality
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Kronoberg County