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Wikipedia / Lars Bak

Lars Ytting Bak (born 16 January 1980) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2019 for the Fakta, , , , and squads. Since retiring as a rider, Bak has acted as a directeur sportif for in 2020, and as team manager for UCI Women's WorldTeam in 2022. He now works as an expert for Danish TV2, commentating events like Tour De France.

Background

Born in Silkeborg, Bak became a professional in 2002 for Team Fakta where he rode with fellow Dane Allan Johansen. In 2004 they both switched to BankGiroLoterij where Lars Bak would gain his first professional win. The BankGiroLoterij team disbanded after the 2004 season, both Bak and Johansen went to in 2005.

Here, Bak won the Danish National Road Race Championships. as he won the respected ten stage Under 25 race, the Tour de l'Avenir. He won the leader's jersey by sprinting to the win in a group of four riders on the first stage, a position he defended through the following nine stages bar one, including a time trial and a number of hilly stages.

In 2011 he finally made his Tour de France debut where he worked hard for Mark Cavendish's sprint train and finished off by taking part in a breakaway on the last stage. Bak joined for the 2012 season.

In 2012, he won stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia.

Bak retired at the end of the 2019 season after 18 years as a professional.

Major results

Source:

  1. 2000

  2. 1st Stage 2a Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux

  3. 2001

  4. 5th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux

  5. 2003

  6. 6th Veenendaal–Veenendaal

  7. 6th Druivenkoers Overijse

  8. 7th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden

  9. 2004

  10. 5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

  11. 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

    1. 1st Stage 1

    9th Overall Danmark Rundt

  12. 2005

  13. National Road Championships

    1. 1st Road race

    2. 3rd Time trial

    1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir

    1. 1st Stage 1

    1st Paris–Bourges

  14. 6th CSC Classic

  15. 2006

  16. 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España

  17. 1st Eindhoven Team Time Trial

  18. 4th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt

  19. 8th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

  20. 2007

  21. 1st Time trial, National Road Championships

  22. 1st Stage 5 Tour de Wallonie

  23. 3rd Overall Tour Down Under

  24. 6th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

  25. 2008

  26. 1st Time trial, National Road Championships

  27. 2nd Overall Tour de Pologne

    1. 1st Stage 1 (TTT)

    2nd Overall Herald Sun Tour

  28. 7th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt

  29. 9th Overall Sachsen Tour

  30. 9th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

  31. 2009

  32. 1st Time trial, National Road Championships

  33. 6th Overall Tour de Romandie

  34. 7th Overall Eneco Tour

    1. 1st Stage 5

    8th Overall Danmark Rundt

  35. 9th Overall Tour of Missouri

  36. 2010

  37. 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España

  38. 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

  39. 8th Overall Danmark Rundt

  40. 2011

  41. 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia

  42. 3rd GP Herning

  43. 5th Paris–Roubaix

  44. 8th Overall Ster ZLM Toer

  45. 2012

  46. 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies

  47. 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia

  48. 10th Overall Ster ZLM Toer

  49. 2013

  50. 2nd Overall Danmark Rundt

  51. 2014

  52. 2nd Overall Danmark Rundt

  53. 2015

  54. 2nd Overall Danmark Rundt

  55. 6th Overall Three Days of De Panne

  56. 2018

  57. 10th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

  58. 2019

  59. 7th Paris–Tours

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References