LASSE NORMAN HANSEN:

11TH FEB. 1992
DENMARK
AQUA BLUE SPORT

IT WASN’T QUITE PLANNED TO MAKE A NEW BLOG POST BEFORE THE NEW YEAR. HOWEVER, AS LASSE JOINED CARBEL, HALVORSSEN AND MYSELF FOR A RIDE, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
LASSE HAD JUST RETURNED FROM HIS TRAINING CAMP WITH AQUA BLUE SPORT AND WAS LOOKING TO TEST HIS NEW 3T BIKE AROUND GIRONA ON AN “EASY” 3 HOUR RIDE BEFORE HEADING OFF TO DENMARK FOR A SHORT STOP.
IF NOT THE FIRST, LASSE WAS AT LEAST ONE OF THE FIRST DANES TO MOVE TO GIRONA. HE MADE HIS MOVE BACK IN THE BEGINNING OF 2014 AFTER TURNING PRO WITH THEN, GARMIN-SHARP. JUST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AFTER HE WON OLYMPIC GOLD IN OMNIUM AT JUST 20 YEARS OF AGE.
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AFTER THE FIRST 2 YEARS WITH THE AMERICAN TEAM, HE HAS BEEN WITH STÖLTING-SERVICE GROUP AND NOW HE IS ON HIS 2ND YEAR WITH, CURRENT TEAM, AQUABLUE SPORT. 
HE HAS ALSO KEPT FOCUS ON THE TRACK, RECENTLY TAKING TWO BRONZE MEDALS AT THE LATEST OLYMPICS. ADDITIONALLY, TAKING AN OLYMPIC RECORD IN THE INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT, FROM NONE OTHER THAN BRADLEY WIGGINS.
EQUIPPED WITH HIS STRENGTH FROM THE TRACK, LASSE IS GIVING THE ROAD SCENE MORE FOCUS, SHOWING CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND TAKING THE CLIMBERS JERSEY IN TOUR DE SUISSE (WHICH IS NOT QUITE HIS RIDER TYPE). ALTHOUGH IT SHOULD NOT COME AS A SURPRISE, IF WE SEE HIM ON THE TRACK ONCE AGAIN COME THE TOKYO OLYMPICS.
AROUND THE 3 HOUR MARK ON OUR RIDE - WITH A LITTLE STOP IN BANYOLES, CARBEL AND HALVORSSEN CONTINUED FOR AN EXTRA HOUR. STILL BEING NEW TO GIRONA - LASSE POLITELY GUIDED ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THROUGH THE BEAUTIFUL CITY, BEFORE MAIKING AN END TO THE RIDE.