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, , , , and squads. Since retiring as a rider, Bak has acted as a directeur sportif for in 2020, and as team manager for UCI Women's WorldTeam in 2022. He now works as an expert for Danish TV2, commentating events like Tour De France.
Background Born in Silkeborg, Bak became a professional in 2002 for Team Fakta where he rode with fellow Dane Allan Johansen. In 2004 they both switched to BankGiroLoterij where Lars Bak would gain his first professional win. The BankGiroLoterij team disbanded after the 2004 season, both Bak and Johansen went to in 2005.
Here, Bak won the Danish National Road Race Championships. as he won the respected ten stage Under 25 race, the Tour de l'Avenir. He won the leader's jersey by sprinting to the win in a group of four riders on the first stage, a position he defended through the following nine stages bar one, including a time trial and a number of hilly stages.
In 2011 he finally made his Tour de France debut where he worked hard for Mark Cavendish's sprint train and finished off by taking part in a breakaway on the last stage. Bak joined for the 2012 season.
In 2012, he won stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia.
Bak retired at the end of the 2019 season after 18 years as a professional.
Major results Source:
2000 1st Stage 2a Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux 2001 5th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux 2003 6th Veenendaal–Veenendaal 6th Druivenkoers Overijse 7th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden 2004 5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg 1st Stage 1 9th Overall Danmark Rundt 2005 National Road Championships 1st Road race 3rd Time trial 1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir 1st Stage 1 1st Paris–Bourges 6th CSC Classic 2006 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España 1st Eindhoven Team Time Trial 4th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt 8th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 2007 1st Time trial, National Road Championships 1st Stage 5 Tour de Wallonie 3rd Overall Tour Down Under 6th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 2008 1st Time trial, National Road Championships 2nd Overall Tour de Pologne 1st Stage 1 (TTT) 2nd Overall Herald Sun Tour 7th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt 9th Overall Sachsen Tour 9th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge 2009 1st Time trial, National Road Championships 6th Overall Tour de Romandie 7th Overall Eneco Tour 1st Stage 5 8th Overall Danmark Rundt 9th Overall Tour of Missouri 2010 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 8th Overall Danmark Rundt 2011 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia 3rd GP Herning 5th Paris–Roubaix 8th Overall Ster ZLM Toer 2012 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia 10th Overall Ster ZLM Toer 2013 2nd Overall Danmark Rundt 2014 2nd Overall Danmark Rundt 2015 2nd Overall Danmark Rundt 6th Overall Three Days of De Panne 2018 10th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2019 7th Paris–Tours
Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour20032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019 Giro d'ItaliaDNF—————16—12672945690DNF118106— Tour de France————————152961088237173123—147 Vuelta a España———21———154—————————
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
References
External links
Profile at Team Saxo Bank (source for this article)