Kaspars Ozers (born 15 September 1968, in
Tukums
Tukums (; ; ) is a town in Latvia and serves as the administrative center of Tukums Municipality. It is located in the eastern part of the historical region of Courland, and with more than 16,000 inhabitants Tukums is the 13th largest settlem ...
) is a former Latvian professional cyclist who had a brief professional career during the 1990s.
Cycling archives
/ref> He took part in the Tour de France
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twice, as a teammate of Lance Armstrong
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. In 1995 one of his teammates was Fabio Casartelli. Ozers had already left the Tour when Casartelli died. He also competed in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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.
Major results
;1994
: 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Eurométropole
: 1st Prologue Regio-Tour
: 8th Overall Tour of Poland
::1st Points classification
;1995
: 3rd Overall Danmark Rundt
;1996
: 4th Overall Danmark Rundt
: 6th Druivenkoers-Overijse
References
Living people
Latvian male cyclists
1968 births
Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Latvia
Sportspeople from Tukums
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