Six years before winning Norway's first Tour de France victory, in 1987, Dag Otto Lauritzen suffered a parachute accident at the age of 25 that could have amputated his right leg. He then started cycling to help his rehabilitation. I don't know if he was previously involved in athletics.
Six years before winning Norway's first Tour de France victory, in 1987, Dag Otto Lauritzen suffered a parachute accident at the age of 25 that could have amputated his right leg. He then started cycling to help his rehabilitation. I don't know if he was previously involved in athletics.