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Historic Overview Knut Knudsen

Rider

Overall Rank573
NameKnut KNUDSEN
Country
  Norway
Date of birth12-Oct-1950 - Levanger (Nord Trondelang)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Knut Knudsen

Knut Knudsen (born 12 October 1950) is a retired Norwegian road and track cyclist. As an amateur, he placed fifth in the 4000m individual pursuit at the 1968 Olympics before becoming Olympic champion in the same discipline in 1972. He would follow this up with another gold at the 1973 World Championships. At the 1972 Olympics he also placed fifth in the 100 km team time trial on the road. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships in 1972 and 1973.

In 1974 he turned professional and cycled in Italy until 1981. He won six stages of the Giro d'Italia and wore the Maglia Rosa leader's jersey twice, becoming the first Norwegian to do so and the only wearer until Andreas Leknessund managed the same feat some 42 years after Knudsen last held it. 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 constitution day. In 1981 he could once again put on the pink jersey after winning the prologue. After finishing second in the race three times, 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.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

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Major Victories

Tirreno - Adriatico 1979
Trofeo Laigueglia 1978
Giro del Trentino 1979
Trofeo Baracchi 1978
Giro d'Italia - stages 1975 (1), 1977 (1), 1979 (1), 1981 (3)
Paris - Nice - stages 1981 (1)
Tirreno - Adriatico - stages 1975 (1), 1977 (1), 1978 (1), 1979 (1)
Tour de Romandie - stages 1974 (1), 1976 (1), 1977 (1), 1979 (2), 1980 (1)
Deutschland Rundfahrt - stages 1980 (1)
Giro del Trentino - stages 1979 (1)
More results

Seasons

Knut Knudsen - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1972 Individual 16 580
2. 1973 Individual 16 536
3. 1974 Jollj Ceramica 840 51
4. 1975 Jollj Ceramica 926 38
5. 1976 Jollj Ceramica - Decor 528 90
6. 1977 Jollj Ceramica 584 79
7. 1978 Bianchi - Faema 766 56
8. 1979 Bianchi - Faema 1800 15
9. 1980 Bianchi - Piaggio 1289 31
10. 1981 Bianchi - Piaggio 708 80
Overall: 7473 573