Lasse Norman Leth

Lasse Norman Leth; né Norman Hansen; (born 11 February 1992) is a Danish professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for Danish club team Team CO:PLAY–Giant Store. During his track cycling career, he has won five medals (including two golds) at the Summer Olympic Games, ten medals (including three golds) at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and six medals (including two golds) at the UEC European Track Championships.

Biography He won the gold medal in the men's omnium at the 2012 Summer Olympics. After two seasons with Blue Water Cycling, He signed with the squad for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España. After the collapse of the team, in September 2018 he revealed that he would join the team on a two-year deal from the start of 2019, in part because they were willing to give him the freedom to compete on the track in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

In December 2020, he signed a one-year contract with , for the 2021 season.

In August 2021, he won the gold medal in the Madison at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in partnership with Michael Mørkøv.

Personal life He was born in Faaborg, Denmark and currently resides in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. He is the brother of racing cyclist Louise Norman Hansen.

In October 2022, he married fellow cyclist Julie Leth. Since then, both changed their surnames to Norman Leth.

Major results Road

2009 National Junior Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial

8th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg 2010 1st Time trial, National Junior Championships 2011 National Under-23 Championships 1st Road race 3rd Time trial 1st Stage 2 Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay 2012 1st Stage 7 Rás Tailteann 4th Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships 10th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 2013 National Under-23 Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial 1st GP Herning 1st Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23 2nd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23

3rd Overall Tour de Berlin 1st Stage 2 (ITT) 5th Time trial, National Championships 8th Chrono Champenois 2014 3rd Overall Dubai Tour 2015 6th Overall Tour of Alberta 1st Stage 5 9th Velothon Berlin 2016 3rd Road race, National Championships 2017 1st Mountains classification, Tour de Suisse 3rd Dwars door West-Vlaanderen 2018 1st Stage 1 Herald Sun Tour 3rd Overall Danmark Rundt 1st Stage 1 3rd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem 8th Ronde van Limburg 2019 3rd Ronde van Limburg 4th Overall Danmark Rundt 1st Stage 3 2022 7th Grand Prix Megasaray 7th Grand Prix Alanya 10th Druivenkoers Overijse 2023 4th Grand Prix Herning 2024 1st Fyen Rundt

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2017 Giro d'Italia — Tour de France — Vuelta a España 139

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish

Track

2011

2012

UCI World Cup 1st Individual pursuit, Glasgow 1st Team pursuit, Glasgow

2013 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv) UCI World Championships

UCI World Cup 2nd Points race, Manchester 2nd Team pursuit, Aguascalientes 3rd Team pursuit, Manchester 2014

3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, London 2015 1st Omnium, UCI World Cup, Cambridge UEC European Championships

2016 2nd Omnium, UCI World Cup, Hong Kong Olympic Games

2017 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv) 2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Michael Mørkøv) 2018 UCI World Cup 1st Madison, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (with Michael Mørkøv) 1st Team pursuit, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 1st Team pursuit, Milton 1st Madison, Berlin (with Casper von Folsach) 2nd Team pursuit, Berlin 2019 UCI World Cup 1st Madison, Minsk (with Michael Mørkøv) 1st Team pursuit, Minsk 1st Team pursuit, Glasgow UEC European Championships 1st Team pursuit 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv)

UCI World Championships

2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Marc Hester) 2020 UCI World Championships 1st Madison (with Michael Mørkøv) 1st Team pursuit 2021 Olympic Games

1st Madison, UCI World Championships (with Michael Mørkøv) 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Michael Mørkøv) 2022

2023 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships 2025 UCI World Championships 1st Team pursuit

1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships