Lars is the kind of rider who's always there in the mix,” comments Columbia-HTC’s Danish sports director, Brian Holm. He is a great team player. He really gets stuck into to helping his team-mates if he feels they’ve a better chance to win, and that's something we really appreciate in our team."

In his early days as a pro, he clinched the prestigious Tour de L’Avenir stage race and since then he’s been three times Danish National Time Trial Champion in a row.