Vegard Stake Laengen

Norwegian racing cyclist

Classics specialist
Time-trialist

Amateur team2008Team Trek Adecco Professional teams2009–2011Joker–Bianchi2012Team Type 1–Sanofi2013–2014Bretagne–Séché Environnement^[2]2015Team Joker^[3]2016IAM Cycling2017–UAE Abu Dhabi^[4]^[5] Major winsOne-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2018)

Medal record

Representing Norway

Men's road bicycle racing
European Road Championships
	2011 Offida	Under-23 time trial

Vegard Stake Laengen (born 7 February 1989) is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.^[6]

Career

Born in Oslo, Laengen competed for Norway at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.^[7] In August 2015 Team Joker confirmed that Laengen would be leaving the team to join IAM Cycling for 2016.^[8] He has competed in ten Grand Tours in his career. In 2018, he was crowned the Norwegian national road race champion.

Personal life

Laengen currently resides in Fredrikstad, Norway.^[9]^[10]

Major results

2009

10th Rogaland GP

2010

1st

Overall Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia

4th Road race, National Road Championships

9th Overall Tour Alsace

2011

National Road Championships

2nd Road race

4th Time trial

3rd

Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

3rd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux

4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

5th Overall Tour Alsace

7th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften

2012

1st Stage 5 Tour de Beauce

5th Road race, National Road Championships

2013

2nd Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites

3rd Tour du Doubs

2014

9th Boucles de l'Aulne

2015

1st

Overall Tour Alsace

1st Stage 3

2nd Overall Ronde de l'Oise

1st Stage 3

2nd Chrono Champenois

National Road Championships

3rd Road race

4th Time trial

3rd Hadeland GP

4th Ringerike GP

2016

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

2017

6th Overall Tour of California

8th Gran Premio di Lugano

9th Overall Colorado Classic

Combativity award Stage 6 Tour de France

2018 (1 pro win)

1st

Road race, National Road Championships

10th Overall Tour of Slovenia

2021

2nd Trofeo Andratx–Mirador d'Es Colomer

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Giro d'Italia	83	—	102	—	—	—	—	—	75
Tour de France	—	127	—	107	82	112	DNF	102
Vuelta a España	81	—	107	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ ^a ^b "Vegard Stake Laengen - UAE team Emirates". Retrieved 4 July 2019.
^ "Bretagne – Seche Environnement (BSE) – FRA". UCI Continental Circuits. Aigle, Vaud: Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
^ Wedervang, Mads (28 October 2014). "Stake Laengen klar for hardtsatsende Joker". TV 2 (in Norwegian). TV 2 Group. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
^ "UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^ "UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
^ "UAE Team Emirates". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ "Vegard Stake Laengen Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ "News shorts: Vuillermoz wins Rio Olympics test event". cyclingnews.com. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
^ "Vegard Stake Laengen at Bretagne-Séché Environnement". Bretagne–Séché Environnement. Rennes, Brittany: Emmanuel Hubert. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
^ "Vegard Stake Laengen at Sports Reference". Sports Reference. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

External links

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Vegard Stake Laengen at Olympedia
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Vegard Stake Laengen at Bretagne-Séché Environnement
Vegard Stake Laengen at Cycling Base

Riders on UAE Team Emirates

v t e Norwegian National Road Race Champions (men)
1940–1959	Odd Westbye (1940) Leif Ekås (1946) Erling Kristiansen (1947) Per Thorkildsen (1948) Erling Kristiansen (1949) Arild Andersen (1950) Odd Berg (1951–1952) Erling Kristiansen (1953) Kjell Pedersen (1954) Odd Berg (1955) Kåre Vårvik (1956) Aage Kjelstrup (1957) Kjell Pedersen (1958) Trygve Lullau (1959)
1960–1979	Per Digerud (1960–1961) Fredrik Kveil (1962–1963) Per Digerud (1964) Cato Nordbeck (1965) Karl Helland (1966) Tore Milsett (1967–1968) Thorleif Andresen (1969) Tom Martin Biseth (1970) Thorleif Andresen (1971) Knut Knudsen (1972–1973) Tom Martin Biseth (1974) Svein Langholm (1975) Magne Orre (1976) Geir Digerud (1977–1979)
1980–1999	Jon Rangfred Hanssen (1980) Morten Sæther (1981) Ole Kristian Silseth (1982) Morten Sæther (1983) Dag Otto Lauritzen (1984) Atle Pedersen (1985–1986) Jørn Skaane (1987) Erik Johan Sæbø (1988) Finn Vegard Nordhagen (1989) Bjørn Stenersen (1990) Bo André Namtvedt (1991) Dag Erik Pedersen (1992) Johnny Sæther (1993) Steffen Kjærgaard (1994) Bo André Namtvedt (1995) Frode Flesjå (1996) Kurt Asle Arvesen (1997–1998) Svein Gaute Hølestøl (1999)
2000–2019	Rune Jogert (2000) Erlend Engelsvoll (2001) Kurt Asle Arvesen (2002) Gabriel Rasch (2003) Thor Hushovd (2004) Morten Christiansen (2005) Lars Petter Nordhaug (2006) Alexander Kristoff (2007) Kurt Asle Arvesen (2008–2009) Thor Hushovd (2010) Alexander Kristoff (2011) Edvald Boasson Hagen (2012) Thor Hushovd (2013) Tormod Hausken Jacobsen (2014) Edvald Boasson Hagen (2015–2016) Rasmus Tiller (2017) Vegard Stake Laengen (2018) Amund Grøndahl Jansen (2019)
2020–2039	Sven Erik Bystrøm (2020) Tobias Foss (2021) Rasmus Tiller (2022) Fredrik Dversnes (2023)