Herning
Herning () is a 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 50,565 (1 January 2022)Danish former professional
road bicycle racer
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. Michael is the son of
1972 Summer Olympics
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track cycling bronze medalist
Verner Blaudzun
Verner Blaudzun (born 23 March 1946) is a Danish former cyclist who represented Denmark at the Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal in the men's team time trial at the 1976 Montreal Olympics held in Canada, alongside Gert Frank, Jørgen Ha ...
and a strong
individual time trial
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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
Road Racing
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Championship while riding for amateur team Herning CK, he was signed for the remainder of the 1994 season as a ''
stagiaire
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*Stage (cooking) or stagiaire, a cook who works briefly, for free, in another chef's kitchen
* Stagiaire (cycling), an amateur cyclist temporarily riding for a professional team
* A particular type of trainee, see European ...
'' 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
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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
Tour de France
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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
Road Racing
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Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
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;1999
: Stage 13 and Overall,
Herald Sun Tour
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Prologue
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2001 Tour de France
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;2003
: National Time Trial Champion
: 45th Overall,
2003 Tour de France
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;2004
: National Road Racing Champion
;2005
:
GP Herning
Grand Prix Herning is a one-day road bicycle race, held in '' Midtjylland'', Denmark.
The race is organised by Herning Bicycle Club with both start and goal in Herning.
The race is characterised by its gravel paths, which result in multiple punc ...
Lars Werge
Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries.
Origin
''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel".
A homonymous Etruscan name was borne ...
, "Drømmeholdet - historien om CSC" (''The dream team - the history of CSC''), Denmark, 2005,