↑ arvau

Wikipedia / Lauri Aus

Lauri Aus (4 November 1970 – 20 July 2003) was an Estonian professional cyclist who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.

Early life and career

Aus was born in Tartu and grew up in the village of Luua in Jõgeva County. His professional cycling career began in 1995 with the French cycling team Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne. After four wins in 1996, he was signed to Casino the following year alongside countryman Jaan Kirsipuu. He remained with this team until his death, which was renamed the AG2R Citroën Team in 2000. Aus won a Tour du Limousin (1997), a Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine (1998), a Classic Haribo (1998) and a Grand Prix d'Isbergues (1999). In 1999, he was fifth at Milan–San Remo. In 2000, he became the Estonian road champion.

In 1992, 1996 and 2000, Aus represented his home country at the Summer Olympic Games. At the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, he finished fifth in the road race.

Death and legacy

On 20 July 2003, while cycling on the Aovere-Kallaste-Omedu road in Tartu County in preparation for a later race in Karksi-Nuia, he was struck from behind by an Opel Ascona. He died of his injuries en route to a hospital, aged thirty-two. He was buried at Raadi cemetery in Tartu. The driver of the vehicle was determined to have been drunk and later sentenced to three and a half years' imprisonment and a fine.

Since 2004, the Lauri Aus GP memorial cycling race is held annually at the Pirita-Kloostrimetsa race circuit, next to the Pirita Velodrome, in Tallinn in honour of Aus.

In July 2019, a memorial bench commemorating Aus was opened to the public in Aus' hometown of Luua, by Aus' parents, children, widow, first coach Kalev Raudsepp, and politician Aivar Kokk.

Major results

  1. 1989

  2. 3rd Road race, National Road Championships

  3. 1990

  4. 3rd Road race, National Road Championships

  5. 1992

  6. 1st Road race, National Road Championships

  7. 5th Road Race, Summer Olympics

  8. 8th Overall Tour of Sweden

  9. 1993

  10. 1st Time trial, National Road Championships

  11. 1994

  12. 1st Time trial, National Road Championships

  13. 1995

  14. 9th Grand Prix de Denain

  15. 1996

  16. 1st Time trial, National Road Championships

  17. 1st Stages 3 & 6 Ruban Granitier Breton

  18. 1st Stages 2 & 6 Tour du Poitou-Charentes

  19. 1997

  20. 1st Overall Tour de Limousin

    1. 1st Stage 3

    1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne

  21. 2nd Cholet-Pays de Loire

  22. 3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues

  23. 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

  24. 8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

  25. 1998

  26. 1st Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

    1. 1st Stage 1

    1st Classic Haribo

  27. National Road Championships

    1. 2nd Time trial

    2. 3rd Road race

    2nd Overall Tour de l'Oise

    1. 1st Stage 1

    3rd Boucles de Seine Saint-Denis

  28. 8th Brabantse Pijl

  29. 1999

  30. 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues

  31. 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

    1. 1st Points classification

    3rd Overall Tour de Limousin

  32. 5th Milan–San Remo

  33. 7th Overall Tour de Wallonie

  34. 2000

  35. National Road Championships

  36. 1st Road race

    1. 1st Time trial

    2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

  37. 2001

  38. 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

    1. 1st Stage 4

    8th Overall Paris–Corrèze

  39. 2003

  40. National Road Championships

    1. 2nd Road race

    2. 2nd Time trial

    3rd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

  41. 3rd E.O.S. Tallinn GP

See also

References

  • http://www.cfc.ee/lauri-ausi-fond/lauri-aus

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20100612000928/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/aus_lauri.php