Michael Blaudzun (born 30 April 1973 in

Herning Herning () is a Denmark, Danish town in the Central Denmark Region of the Jutland peninsula. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Herning Municipality. Herning has a population of 51,782 (1 January 2025)

) is a Danish former professional

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. Michael is the son of

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track cycling bronze medalist

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and a strong

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rider who has won the Danish national championship in that discipline in 2001, 2003 and 2005. After Michael Blaudzun won the 1994 Danish

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Championship while riding for amateur team

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, he was signed for the remainder of the 1994 season as a '' stagiaire'' at professional team

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. 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

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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

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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.

Major results

;1994 : National

Champion ;1996 : PostGirot Open : Stage 5B,

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;1999 : Stage 13 and Overall,

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, Region Stuttgart Etappenrennen ;2001 : National

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Champion : Hessen Rundfahrt : 84th Overall,

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;2003 : National Time Trial Champion : 45th Overall,

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;2004 : National Road Racing Champion ;2005 :

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: 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,

External links

Profile at Team CSC
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blaudzun, Michael Danish male cyclists 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Herning Municipality Cyclists from the Central Denmark Region