Michael Blaudzun

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Michael Blaudzun

Personal information
Full name	Michael Blaudzun
Date of birth	April 30, 1973 (1973-04-30) (age 35)
Country	Denmark
Height	1.80 m
Weight	66 kg
Team information
Current team	Team CSC
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time-trialist
Amateur team(s)
until 1994 1994	Herning CK WordPerfect (stagiare)
Professional team(s)
1995-1997 1998 1999-	Rabobank Telekom Team CSC
Major wins
National Champion (1994, 2004) National Time-Trial Champion (2001, 2003, 2005)
Infobox last updated on:
January 14, 2007

Michael Blaudzun (born 30 April 1973 in Herning) is a Danish professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for Team CSC. Michael is the son of 1972 Summer Olympics track cycling bronze medalist Verner Blaudzun and a strong individual time trial rider who has won the Danish national championship in that discipline in 2001, 2003 and 2005.

After Michael Blaudzun won the 1994 Danish Road Racing Championship while riding for amateur team Herning CK, he was signed for the remainder of the 1994 season as a stagiaire at professional team Word Perfect. For the 1995 season, the Word Perfect team changed its name to Novell, and Michael Blaudzun turned professional for the outfit, riding for the team until 1997, by which time the team had once again changed its name to Rabobank. Blaudzun had a few wins in his time at Rabobank, but when he switched to German outfit Team Telekom in 1998, he only managed a handful of secondary finishes.

For the 1999 season, he switched to Danish Team home - Jack & Jones (now named Team CSC) based on Blaudzun's former team Herning CK. Blaudzun participated in the first ever Tour de France for Team CSC, in the 2000 edition, but he quit the race at the 12h stage. He would ride a further two editions of the Tour de France in 2001 and 2003. He is under contract with Team CSC until 2007.

[edit] Career highlights

[edit] References

• Lars Werge, "Drømmeholdet - historien om CSC" (The dream team - the history of CSC), Denmark, 2005, ISBN 87-7731-206-6

[edit] External links

• Profile at Team CSC

v • d • e Riders on Team CSC Kurt Asle Arvesen | Lars Bak | Michael Blaudzun | Lasse Bøchman | Matti Breschel | Fabian Cancellara | Íñigo Cuesta | Matthew Goss | Juan José Haedo | Volodymyr Hustov | Allan Johansen | Bobby Julich | Kasper Klostergaard | Alexandr Kolobnev | Karsten Kroon | Gustav Erik Larsson | Marcus Ljungqvist | Anders Lund | Jason McCartney | Bradley McGee | Stuart O'Grady | Carlos Sastre | Andy Schleck | Fränk Schleck | Chris Anker Sørensen | Nicki Sørensen | Jurgen Van Goolen | Jens Voigt | Manager: Bjarne Riis

Persondata
NAME	Blaudzun, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1973-04-30
PLACE OF BIRTH	Herning, Denmark
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH