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{{Short description|Danish cyclist (born 1980)}}
{{About|the Danish cyclist|the Danish computer programmer|Lars Bak (computer programmer)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name          = Lars Bak
| image         = Lars_Bak_-_2012_-_giro_d'italia.jpg
| caption       = Bak at the [[2012 Giro d'Italia]].
| fullname      = Lars Ytting Bak
| nickname      =
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1980|1|16|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Silkeborg]], [[Denmark]]
| height        = {{convert|1.91|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight        = {{convert|80|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}
| currentteam   = Retired
| discipline    = Road
| role          = {{ubl|Rider|[[Directeur sportif]]}}
| ridertype     = All-rounder
| amateuryears1 = 1996–1999
| amateurteam1  = Silkeborg CR
| amateuryears2 = 2000–2001
| amateurteam2  = Hammel CK
| amateuryears3 = 2001
| amateurteam3  = CCI Differdange
| amateuryears4 = 2001
| amateurteam4  = UC Trevigiani-Mapei
| proyears1     = 2002–2003
| proteam1      = Team Fakta
| proyears2     = 2004
| proteam2      = {{UCI team code|BankGiroLoterij|2004}}
| proyears3     = 2005–2009
| proteam3      = {{UCI team code|SAX|2005}}
| proyears4     = 2010–2011
| proteam4      = {{UCI team code|THR|2010}}
| proyears5     = 2012–2018
| proteam5      = {{UCI team code|LTB|2012}}<ref name="Bak Lotto">{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bak-looking-forward-to-finally-having-his-chance-at-lotto-ridley|title=Bak looking forward to finally having his chance at Lotto-Ridley|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=2 October 2011|access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref>
| proyears6     = 2019
| proteam6      = {{UCI team code|DDD|2019}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dimension-data-finalise-2019-roster/|title=Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Immediate Media Company]]|date=22 November 2018|access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref>
| manageyears1  = 2020
| manageteam1   = {{UCI team code|NTT|2020}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams//TeamDetail/13992/1001377/260|title=NTT Pro Cycling Team|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=3 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103010817/https://www.uci.org/road/teams//TeamDetail/13992/1001377/260|archive-date=3 January 2020}}</ref>
| manageyears2  = 2022
| manageteam2   = {{UCI team code|UXT women|2022}}
| majorwins     = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
: '''[[Giro d'Italia]]'''
::1 individual stage ([[2012 Giro d'Italia|2012]])
::1 TTT stage ([[2011 Giro d'Italia|2011]])
: '''[[Vuelta a España]]'''
::1 TTT stage ([[2010 Vuelta a España|2010]])
'''[[Classic cycle races|Single-day races and Classics]]'''
: {{nowrap|[[Danish National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (2005)}}
: [[Danish National Time Trial Championships|National Time Trial Championships]] (2007, 2008, 2009)
:[[Grand Prix de Fourmies|GP de Fourmies]] (2012)
}}
'''Lars Ytting Bak''' (born 16 January 1980) is a [[Denmark|Danish]] former professional [[road bicycle racer]], who rode professionally between 2002 and 2019 for the Fakta, {{UCI team code|BankGiroLoterij|2004}}, {{UCI team code|SAX|2009}}, {{UCI team code|THR|2011}}, {{UCI team code|LTS|2018}} and {{UCI team code|DDD|2019}} squads.<ref name="Retirement">{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bak-bows-out-with-seventh-place-at-paris-tours/|title=Bak bows out with seventh place at Paris-Tours|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=14 October 2019|access-date=13 December 2019}}</ref> Since retiring as a rider, Bak has acted as a [[directeur sportif]] for {{UCI team code|NTT|2020}} in 2020, and as team manager for [[UCI Women's Team|UCI Women's WorldTeam]] {{UCI team code|UXT women|2022}} in 2022.<ref>{{cite news|first=Kirsten|last=Frattini|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/uno-x-behind-the-scenes-at-the-new-team-with-2022-womens-worldtour-plans/|title=Uno-X: Behind the scenes at the new team with 2022 Women's WorldTour plans|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=31 August 2021|accessdate=24 December 2021}}</ref>
==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 (cycling team)|BankGiroLoterij]] where Lars Bak would gain his first professional win, but as the BankGiroLoterij team stopped after the 2004 season, both Bak and Johansen went to {{UCI team code|SAX|2005}} in 2005.
Here, Bak won the [[Danish National Road Race Championships]], and in the later half of the season he showed his strength and talent as a good upcoming rider, 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 {{UCI team code|LTB|2012|nolink=yes}} for the 2012 season.<ref name="Bak Lotto"/>
In 2012, he won stage [[2012 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 12|12]] of the [[2012 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]].
Bak retired at the end of the 2019 season after 18 years as a professional.<ref name="Retirement"/>
==Major results==
Source: <ref>{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=464|title=Lars Bak|work=FirstCycling.com|publisher=FirstCycling AS|accessdate=21 August 2023}}</ref>
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;2000
: 1st Stage 2a [[Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux]]
;2001
: 5th Overall [[Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux]]
;2003
: 6th [[Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic|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 [[2004 Danmark Rundt|Danmark Rundt]]
;2005
: National Road Championships
::1st [[File:MaillotDinamarca.svg|20px]] [[Danish National Road Race Championships|Road race]]
::3rd [[Danish National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]]
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour de l'Avenir]]
::1st Stage 1
: 1st [[Paris–Bourges]]
: 6th [[Colliers Classic|CSC Classic]]
;2006
: 1st Stage 1 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]) [[2006 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
: 1st [[2006 Eindhoven Team Time Trial|Eindhoven Team Time Trial]]
: 4th Overall [[2006 Bayern Rundfahrt|Bayern Rundfahrt]]
: 8th [[Grand Prix La Marseillaise|Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise]]
;2007
: 1st [[File:MaillotDinamarca.svg|20px]] [[Danish National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Road Championships
: 1st Stage 5 [[2007 Tour de Wallonie|Tour de Wallonie]]
: 3rd Overall [[2007 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]]
: 6th Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
;2008
: 1st [[File:MaillotDinamarca.svg|20px]] [[Danish National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall [[2008 Tour de Pologne|Tour de Pologne]]
::1st Stage 1 ([[Team time trial|TTT]])
: 2nd Overall [[Herald Sun Tour]]
: 7th Overall [[2008 Bayern Rundfahrt|Bayern Rundfahrt]]
: 9th Overall [[Sachsen Tour]]
: 9th Overall [[Circuit Franco-Belge]]
;2009
: 1st [[File:MaillotDinamarca.svg|20px]] [[Danish National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Road Championships
: 6th Overall [[2009 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
: 7th Overall [[2009 Eneco Tour|Eneco Tour]]
::1st Stage 5
: 8th Overall [[Danmark Rundt]]
: 9th Overall [[2009 Tour of Missouri|Tour of Missouri]]
;2010
: 1st Stage 1 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]) [[2010 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
: 2nd [[Danish National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 8th Overall [[2010 Danmark Rundt|Danmark Rundt]]
;2011
: 1st Stage 1 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]) [[2011 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
: 3rd [[GP Herning]]
: 5th [[2011 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
: 8th Overall [[ZLM Tour (UCI ProSeries)|Ster ZLM Toer]]
;2012
: 1st [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]]
: 1st Stage 12 [[2012 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
: 10th Overall [[2012 Ster ZLM Toer|Ster ZLM Toer]]
;2013
: 2nd Overall [[2013 Danmark Rundt|Danmark Rundt]]
;2014
: 2nd Overall [[2014 Danmark Rundt|Danmark Rundt]]
;2015
: 2nd Overall [[2015 Danmark Rundt|Danmark Rundt]]
: 6th Overall [[2015 Three Days of De Panne|Three Days of De Panne]]
;2018
: 10th [[2018 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race|Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race]]
;2019
: 7th [[2019 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]]
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===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
!2003
!2004
!2005
!2006
!2007
!2008
!2009
!2010
!2011
!2012
!2013
!2014
!2015
!2016
!2017
!2018
!2019
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
|[[2003 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|[[2009 Giro d'Italia|16]]
|—
|[[2011 Giro d'Italia|126]]
|[[2012 Giro d'Italia|72]]
|[[2013 Giro d'Italia|94]]
|[[2014 Giro d'Italia|56]]
|[[2015 Giro d'Italia|90]]
|[[2016 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
|[[2017 Giro d'Italia|118]]
|[[2018 Giro d'Italia|106]]
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|[[2011 Tour de France|152]]
|[[2012 Tour de France|96]]
|[[2013 Tour de France|108]]
|[[2014 Tour de France|82]]
|[[2015 Tour de France|37]]
|[[2016 Tour de France|173]]
|[[2017 Tour de France|123]]
|—
|[[2019 Tour de France|147]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[General classification in the Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
|—
|—
|—
|[[2006 Vuelta a España|21]]
|—
|—
|—
|[[2010 Vuelta a España|154]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="row" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did not finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}
==References==
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==External links==
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*{{official website|http://www.feltet.dk/larsbak/}} {{in lang|da}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090511130236/http://www.team-saxobank.com/person_profiles.asp?p_id=72 Profile at Team Saxo Bank] (source for this article)
*{{sports links}}
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[[Category:1980 births]]
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[[Category:Danish male cyclists]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Silkeborg]]
[[Category:Danish Giro d'Italia stage winners]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic cyclists for Denmark]]
[[Category:21st-century Danish sportsmen]]