Gustav Larsson

For the Swedish curler, see Gustav Larsson (curler).

Gustav Erik Larsson (born 20 September 1980) is a Swedish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2016 for nine different teams. Larsson specialised as a time trialist, winning the Swedish National Time Trial Championships seven times between 2006 and 2015, and won silver medals at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the 2009 World Championships in Mendrisio.

Gustav Larsson

Larsson during the time trial at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Gustav Erik Larsson
Born	(1980-09-20) 20 September 1980 Gemla, Sweden
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Puncheur Time trialist
Professional teams
2001–2002	Crescent
2003–2005	Fassa Bortolo
2006	Française des Jeux
2007	Unibet.com
2008–2011	Team CSC
2012	Vacansoleil–DCM
2013–2014	IAM Cycling
2015	Cult Energy Pro Cycling
2016	Team ColoQuick–Cult
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2010) One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2006, 2007, 2010–2013, 2015)
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing Sweden Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Road time trial World Championships 2009 Mendrisio Time trial

Professional career

On the international scene he represented Team Saxo Bank, and in Sweden he represented Skoghalls CK-Hammarö. Gemla-born Larsson began cycling when he was 14 years and, having shown great talent and dedication, turned pro just 7 years later. Team Fassa Bortolo was his first employer, and when the team shut down in 2005 he moved on to Team Française des Jeux. He rode for one year for Française des Jeux before moving again to the Swedish-Belgian team Unibet.com, which had gained a wild card to the UCI ProTour in 2006. But just as the 2007 season started the team ran into trouble with the Amaury Sport Organisation who made it clear that Unibet.com would not be invited to Paris–Nice or the Tour de France. Other major race organizers followed suit, which resulted in Unibet.com not getting any major invitations. The team shut down shortly thereafter. Team CSC showed interest in Larsson, and he rode for them in 2008. After the 2008 season, it was reported that Larsson had signed with Caisse d'Epargne for 2009, but he continued with Team Saxo Bank. He remained with the team until the end of 2011, when he moved to Vacansoleil–DCM. Larsson left Vacansoleil–DCM at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new Swiss-based team IAM Cycling team for the 2013 season. Larsson signed for the Cult Energy Pro Cycling team for the 2015 season.

In March 2015 Larsson made an attempt on the hour record at a Revolution meeting at Manchester Velodrome. He failed to beat Rohan Dennis' world record of 52.491 kilometres (32.616 miles) but his distance of 50.016 kilometres (31.079 miles) was a new Swedish hour record.

Personal life

He resides in Monaco with his wife Veronica Andrèasson, who also competed as a road racing cyclist. The couple own Vélo Monaco, a cycling holiday organisation.

Major results

Larsson at the 2016 Swedish National Time Trial Championships, where he finished third.

2001

1st Stage 4b Grand Prix Guillaume Tell

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

2002

1st Overall Okolo Slovenska

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 5 (ITT)

1st Stage 4 Brandenburg–Rundfahrt

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

2nd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell

1st Stage 5a

3rd Overall Ringerike GP

1st Stage 1

4th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

2004

4th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

2006

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

2007

National Road Championships

1st Time trial

3rd Road race

3rd Overall Eneco Tour

3rd Duo Normand (with Víctor Hugo Peña)

5th Overall Tour Down Under

6th Chrono des Nations

7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

8th Overall Deutschland Tour

2008

2nd Time trial, Olympic Games

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

2nd Overall Critérium International

4th Overall Danmark Rundt

1st Stage 5 (ITT)

5th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

5th Overall Tour of California

5th Overall Sachsen Tour

6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

2009

1st Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne

1st Stage 3 (ITT)

2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

2nd Overall Tour of Missouri

7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

10th Japan Cup

2010

National Road Championships

1st Time trial

2nd Road race

1st Overall Tour du Limousin

1st Stage 2 (ITT)

1st Stage 21 (ITT) Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 1 (ITT) Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid

4th Chrono des Nations

7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

2011

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

2nd Chrono des Nations

2012

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

1st Stage 1 (ITT) Paris–Nice

8th Chrono des Nations

2013

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

2nd Chrono des Nations

5th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

8th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

9th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

2014

4th Overall Tour of Norway

2015

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

9th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt

9th Overall Tour of Norway

2016

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Giro d'Italia	66	—	14	—	59	—	35
Tour de France	105	—	—	50	—	—	DNF
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	20	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

External links

• Gustav Larsson at UCI
• Gustav Larsson at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Gustav Larsson at ProCyclingStats
• Gustav Larsson at Cycling Quotient
• Gustav Larsson at CycleBase