John Carlsen

For the member of the Iowa House of Representatives, see John W. Carlsen.

John Carlsen
Personal information
Born (1961-12-31) 31 December 1961 (age 63)
Hovedstaden, Denmark
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1988–1989Fagor–MBK
1990Toshiba
1991Tonton Tapis–GB

John Carlsen (born 31 December 1961) is a Danish former racing cyclist. He rode in six Grand Tours between 1988 and 1991.[1][2] He won Stage 8 of the 1989 Giro d'Italia which was a high mountain stage including a climb of the Gran Sasso d'Italia. He also competed in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[3]

Career achievements

Major results

1982
1st Stage 4 Tour of Sweden
1986
2nd National Road Race Championships
1988
5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
8th Overall Volta a Portugal
1st Stage 1
1989
1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia
7th Overall Tour du Limousin
1990
9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
9th Overall Route du Sud
1991
9th Druivenkoers Overijse

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1988 1989 1990 1991
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 40 — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — 53 DNF DNF
A red jersey Vuelta a España 105 — DNF —

References

  1. ^ "John Carlsen". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  2. ^ "John Carlsen". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  3. ^ "John Carlsen Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
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