Leif Mortensen

Leif Mortensen (born 5 May 1946) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer. He won a silver medal in the individual road race at the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the road race at the 1970 UCI Road World Championships.

Major results

1963 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 1967

1968

1969 UCI Amateur Road World Championships

7th Overall Tour de l'Avenir 1970

2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies 2nd Trofeo Baracchi (with Ole Ritter) 3rd Subida a Arrate 3rd Genoa–Nice 4th Grand Prix des Nations 6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg 7th Grand Prix d'Isbergues 8th Overall Paris–Luxembourg 8th Bordeaux–Paris 9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 10th Paris–Tours 10th Tour du Haut Var 1971 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Luis Ocaña) 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg 3rd Grand Prix des Nations 4th Gent–Wevelgem 5th Overall Étoile des Espoirs 6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 6th Overall Tour de France 7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1st Stage 4b 10th Grand Prix de Fourmies 1972 Vuelta a Levante 1st Prologue & Stage 2 2nd Overall Grand Prix de Fourmies 6th Overall Paris–Nice 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 6th Trofeo Laigueglia 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 7th Overall Tour du Nord 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg 9th La Flèche Wallonne 1973

1st Stage 5b (ITT) 2nd Subida a Arrate 2nd Grand Prix de Cannes 3rd Trofeo Laigueglia 5th Overall Paris–Nice 1st Stage 5 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg 10th Tour du Haut Var 1974 3rd Bordeaux–Paris 8th Overall Paris–Nice 10th Tour du Haut Var

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish