Knut Knudsen
Knut Knudsen (born 12 October 1950) is a retired Norwegian road and track cyclist. As an amateur he competed on track in the individual 4000 m pursuit at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and 1973 World Champsionships, and won the event in 1972 and 1973. At the 1972 Olympics he also placed fifth in the 100 km team time trial on the road.[1] He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships in 1972 and 1973.[2]
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| Born | 12 October 1950 Levanger, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Between 1966 and 1973 Knudsen won 11 Norwegian championships. In 1974 he turned professional and cycled in Italy until 1981. He won six stages of the Giro d'Italia and wore the pink leader jersey twice, becoming the first and so far only Norwegian to do so. The first time he held the pink leader jersey was for two stages after winning Stage 1 of the 1975 Giro d'Italia on 17 May, Norway's independence day. In 1981 he could once again put on the pink jersey after winning the prologue. Knudsen won Tirreno–Adriatico in 1979. He was chosen the world's best time trial cyclist by two biggest sporting magazines from 1979 to 1981. In total he won 49 professional races.
Major achievements
- 1966
- 1st
- 1967
- 1st
- 1968
- 1st
- 1st Road race, Nordic Junior Road Championships
- 2nd Team time trial, Nordic Road Championships
- 1969
- National Track Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1972
- 1st
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- National Track Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- Nordic Amateur Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Team time trial
- 1973
- 1st
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- National Track Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2nd Team time trial, Nordic Amateur Road Championships
- 1974
- 1st Stage 5b Tour de Romandie
- 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1975
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1
- Held
- Held
- 2nd
- 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 5
- 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 3rd Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 1976
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie
- 3rd
- 1977
- 1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2nd
- 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 4b
- 1978
- 1st Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
- 1st Trofeo Laigueglia
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Roy Schuiten)
- 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 5
- 3rd Trofeo Pantalica
- 1979
- 1st
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- 1st Prologue
- Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stages 3 & 5b
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 10
- Held
- 2nd Giro del Lazio
- 3rd Milan–San Remo
- 1980
- 1st Stage 1a Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 4b Tour de Romandie
- 1st Prologue Deutschland Tour
- 1st GP Eddy Merckx
- 2nd Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 3rd Trofeo Pantalica
- 1981
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Prologue, Stage 13 & 23a
- Held
- Held
- 1st Prologue Paris–Nice
- 1st GP Eddy Merckx
- 2nd Trofeo Baracchi
Results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results timeline[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | ||||||||||||
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54 | 42 | 57 | 70 | DNF | DNF | 15 | 22 | ||||||||||||
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— | DNF | 64 | — | — | 27 | — | — | ||||||||||||
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Major stage race general classification results timeline | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Race | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | ||||||||||||
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 18 | ||||||||||||
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2 | 2 | — | 31 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||||||
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— | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
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9 | 3 | 26 | 3 | N/A | 9 | 6 | — | ||||||||||||
| Monuments results timeline | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | |||||||||||||
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Classics results timeline | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | |||||||||||||
| Amstel Gold Race | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 44 | ||||||||||||
Major championships results timeline
| Event | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | |
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Time trial | Not held | |||||||||
| Road race | — | Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | |||||
| Team Time Trial | 5 | Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | |||||
| Individual Pursuit | 1 | Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | |||||
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Time trial | Not held | |||||||||
| Road race | — | — | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 7 | DNF | 65 | |
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Amateur Individual Pursuit | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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Individual Pursuit | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||
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Time trial | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Road race | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| No results available |
References
- "Knut Knudsen Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- "National Championship, Road, Elite, Norway". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/knut-knudsen
External links
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- Knut Knudsen at Cycling Archives
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