Steffen Kjærgaard

Steffen Kjærgaard
Personal information
Born	(1973-05-24) 24 May 1973 Tønsberg, Norway
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1996–1997	TVM–Farm Frites
1998–1999	Team Chicky World
2000–2003	U.S. Postal Service

Steffen Kjærgaard (born 24 May 1973) is a Norwegian former professional cyclist. Kjærgaard cycled for US Postal Service (2000–2003). He competed in the individual pursuit at the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[1] He twice participated in the Tour de France, taking 89th place in 2000 and 101st place in 2001; in both years team captain Lance Armstrong initially won overall but was later disqualified due to doping. Known as a strong time-trial cyclist, Kjærgaard won the overall World Cup in track cycling in 1993. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 1994.^[2]

Kjærgaard has won 12 Nordic Championship (Nordiska mesterskap) gold medals and three King's Cups (kongepokaler). He was director of sport for the Norwegian Cycling Federation until he had to resign in 2012 due to admitting the use of performance-enhancing drugs in his active career.^[3] Kjærgaard is married and has two children.

Doping

After the doping allegations against Lance Armstrong, Kjærsgaard admitted use of performance-enhancing drugs on 23 October 2012.^[4]

Teams

US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team
Team Chicky World
TVM (cycling team)
Glåmdal-Nittedal Elite Oslo
Hasle-Løren IL
Tønsberg Cycling Club

Major results

Circuit de la Sarthe (1999)
Bayern-Rundfahrt (1998)
Tour de Normandie (1999)
Tour of Austria (1995)
Ringerike Grand Prix (1994)

References

↑ "Steffen Kjærgaard Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
↑ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Norway". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
↑ http://www.inquisitr.com/373568/steffen-kjaergaard-former-lance-armstrong-teammate-admits-to-doping/
↑ http://nrk.no/sport/sykkel/1.8368839

External links

Steffen Kjærgaard profile at Cycling Archives

Authority control	BIBSYS: 6040339

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)

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