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:PLAYâÂÂGiant 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
3rd Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships
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 Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
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
Track
2011
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2012
1st Omnium, Olympic Games
UCI World Cup
:1st Individual pursuit, Glasgow
:1st Team pursuit, Glasgow
3rd Omnium, UCI World Championships
2013
1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)
UCI World Championships
:2nd Omnium
:3rd Team pursuit
UCI World Cup
:2nd Points race, Manchester
:2nd Team pursuit, Aguascalientes
:3rd Team pursuit, Manchester
2014
2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, London
2015
1st Omnium, UCI World Cup, Cambridge
UEC European Championships
:2nd Omnium
:3rd Team pursuit
2016
2nd Omnium, UCI World Cup, Hong Kong
Olympic Games
:3rd Team pursuit
:3rd Omnium
3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
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)
:2nd Omnium
UCI World Championships
:2nd Madison (with Casper von Folsach)
:3rd Team pursuit
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 (with Michael Mørkøv)
:2nd Team pursuit
1st Madison, UCI World Championships (with Michael Mørkøv)
3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Michael Mørkøv)
2022
3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2023
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2025
UCI World Championships
:1st Team pursuit
:3rd Madison (with Niklas Larsen)
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
References
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