Photo: Jarle Vines / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Dag Otto Lauritzen earns my genuine admiration. An Olympic bronze in 1984 is impressive enough, but becoming the first Norwegian to win a Tour de France stage, fittingly on Bastille Day in 1987 at Luz Ardiden, is the kind of pioneering feat that reshapes a nation's relationship with a sport. Riding the Tour eight times speaks to a brutal, sustained toughness I deeply respect. What I find most charming is his second act as a beloved television presenter; the transition from fierce competitor to warm storyteller is rare and gracefully done. He's a foundational figure in Nordic cycling, and I quietly revere that.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dag Otto Lauritzen
- Name (Japanese)
- ダグ・オットー・ラウリッツェン
- Reading
- だぐ・おっとー・らうりっつぇん
- Born
- September 12, 1956 (age 69)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Monkey
- Origin
- Grimstad, Aust-Agder, Norway
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 180 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- sport cyclist / television presenter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Sport cyclist — see all → · Television presenter — see all → · More people from Norway →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.