Lars Bak

Lars Bak
Bak at the 2012 Giro d'Italia.
Personal information
Full nameLars Ytting Bak
Born (1980-01-16) 16 January 1980 (age 44)
Silkeborg, Denmark
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
Role
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
1996–1999Silkeborg CR
2000–2001Hammel CK
2001CCI Differdange
2001UC Trevigiani-Mapei
Professional teams
2002–2003Team Fakta
2004BankGiroLoterij
2005–2009Team CSC
2010–2011Team HTC–Columbia
2012–2018Lotto–Belisol[1]
2019Team Dimension Data[2]
Managerial teams
2020NTT Pro Cycling[3]
2022Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2012)
1 TTT stage (2011)
Vuelta a España
1 TTT stage (2010)

Single-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2005)
National Time Trial Championships (2007, 2008, 2009)
GP de Fourmies (2012)

Lars Ytting Bak (born 16 January 1980) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2019 for the Fakta, BankGiroLoterij, Team Saxo Bank, HTC–Highroad, Lotto–Soudal and Team Dimension Data squads.[4] Since retiring as a rider, Bak has acted as a directeur sportif for NTT Pro Cycling in 2020, and as team manager for UCI Women's WorldTeam Uno-X Pro Cycling Team in 2022.[5]

  1. ^ "Bak looking forward to finally having his chance at Lotto-Ridley". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  3. ^ "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Bak bows out with seventh place at Paris-Tours". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  5. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (31 August 2021). "Uno-X: Behind the scenes at the new team with 2022 Women's WorldTour plans". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 24 December 2021.