Michael Blaudzun

Michael Blaudzun

Personal information
Full name	Michael Blaudzun
Born	April 30, 1973 (1973-04-30) (age 38)  Denmark
Height	1.80 m
Weight	66 kg
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time-trialist
Amateur team(s)
until 1994 1994	Herning CK WordPerfect (stagiare)
Professional team(s)
1995-1997 1998 1999-2008	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 former professional road bicycle racer. 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 (later named Team CSC) based on his 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.

Career highlights

1994

 Denmark National Road Racing Champion

1996

PostGirot Open

Stage 5B, Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt

1999

Stage 13 and Overall, Herald Sun Tour

Prologue, Region Stuttgart Etappenrennen

2001

 Denmark National Time Trial Champion

Hessen Rundfahrt

84th Overall, 2001 Tour de France

2003

 Denmark National Time Trial Champion

45th Overall, 2003 Tour de France

2004

 Denmark National Road Racing Champion

2005

GP Herning

 Denmark National Time Trial Champion

2nd overall, 2005 Tour of Britain

References

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

External links

• Profile at Team CSC

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