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.[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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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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.
Major results edit
- 1966
- 1st
Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships - 1967
- 1st Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
- 1968
- 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 1st Road race, Nordic Junior Road Championships
- 2nd Team time trial, Nordic Road Championships
- 1969
- National Track Championships
- 1st Kilo
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 1972
- 1st
Individual pursuit, Olympic Games - National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- National Track Championships
- 1st Kilo
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st
- Nordic Amateur Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Team time trial
- 1973
- 1st
Individual pursuit, UCI Amateur Track World Championships - National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- National Track Championships
- 1st Kilo
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 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
after Stages 1–2 - Held
after Stage 1
- 2nd
Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships - 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
World Championship, Track, Pursuit, Elite - 1977
- 1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2nd World Championship, Track, Pursuit, Elite
- 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
Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Overall Giro del Trentino
- 1st Prologue
- Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stages 3 & 5b
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 10
- Held after Stage 1
- 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 after Prologue
- Held after Prologue
- 1st Prologue Paris–Nice
- 1st GP Eddy Merckx
- 2nd Trofeo Baracchi
Results timeline edit
| Grand Tour general classification results timeline[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | ||||||||||||
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 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
 Giro d'Italia
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54 | 42 | 57 | 70 | DNF | DNF | 15 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Tour de France
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— | DNF | 64 | — | — | 27 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Major stage race general classification results timeline | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Race | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | ||||||||||||
| Paris–Nice
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 18 | ||||||||||||
 Tirreno–Adriatico
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2 | 2 | — | 31 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||||||
 Volta a Catalunya
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— | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Tour de Romandie
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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 edit
| Event | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | |
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 Olympic Games
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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 | |||||
 Road World Championships
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Time trial | Not held | |||||||||
| Road race | — | — | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 7 | DNF | 65 | |
| Amateur Track Cycling World Championships
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Amateur Individual Pursuit | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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Individual Pursuit | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||
 National Championships
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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 edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Knut Knudsen".
External links edit
- Knut Knudsen at Cycling Archives