Background
Michael is the son of 1972 Summer Olympics track cycling bronze medalist Verner Blaudzun and a strong individual time trial rider who has won the Danish national championship in that discipline in 2001, 2003 and 2005.
Michael is the son of 1972 Summer Olympics track cycling bronze medalist Verner Blaudzun and a strong individual time trial rider who has won the Danish national championship in that discipline in 2001, 2003 and 2005.
Foreign the 1995 season, the Word Perfect team changed its name to Novell, and Michael Blaudzun turned professional for the outfit, riding for the team until 1997, by which time the team had once again changed its name to Rabobank. Blaudzun had a few wins in his time at Rabobank, but when he switched to German outfit Team Telekom in 1998, he only managed a handful of secondary finishes. Foreign the 1999 season, he switched to Danish Team home - Jack & Jones (later named Team Civil Service Commission) based on his former team Herning CK. Blaudzun participated in the first ever Tour de France for Team Civil Service Commission, in the 2000 edition, but he quit the race at the 12h stage.
He would ride a further two editions of the Tour de France in 2001 and 2003.