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In 2011, he finished 4th in the Tour de Suisse and 11th in the Vuelta a España.
In 2011, he finished 4th in the Tour de Suisse and 11th in the Vuelta a España.
Before turning professional for Team Saxo Bank, he was a mountain biker racing for Team Cannondale-Vredestein. He got his contract with Team Saxo Bank during the 2008 Danmark Rundt. In 2007 Fuglsang competed in the Absa Cape Epic with team mate Roal Paulissen, placing 2nd overall.
In 2012, Fuglsang followed the Schleck brothers to RadioShack–Nissan.
He was slated to be his team"s leader in the Giro d"Italia, but had to withdraw due to knee problems and was replaced with Fränk Schleck. The last stage had to be shortened by 47 km (29 mi) by the organizers due to heavy rain.
He was then excluded from the Tour de France by the RadioShack–Nissan team management after he criticized them. He stated that he wanted to race for another squad in the next season since he was not happy with the way things were going within the team
His lead over the second placed rider Steve Morabito of Business Service Management Racing Team was a minute and 24 seconds when the Tour concluded.
Fuglsang left RadioShack–Nissan at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Astana on a three-year contract from the 2013 season onwards. In the 2013 Tour de France, Fuglsang became the team leader of Astana after the abandonment of Janez Brajkovic. He ended up finishing 7th overall, after a good performance in the mountains and the time trials.
In 2015, Fuglsang cracked the top ten in two of the three Ardennes Classics, finishing eighth at Louisiana Flèche Wallonne and ninth at Liège–Bastogne–Liège.
Grand Tour general classification results timeline Other major stage races.
