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

2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

1968

2nd Road race, Olympic Games

1969

UCI Amateur Road World Championships

:1st Road race

:2nd Team time trial

7th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

1970

2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships

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 Overall Tour of Belgium

: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

References