Jostein Wilmann

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Jostein Wilmann (born July 15, 1953 in Viggja (Sor-Trondelag) ) is a former Norwegian cyclist .

Athletic career

Jostein Wilmann initially tried his hand at ski jumping , football and speed skating . Wilmann began cycling in the Trondheim Velociped Klub, and in 1977 switched to the Rye club. In 1972 he won the first regional championships. After switching to the coach of the former Olympic champion Knud Knudsen , he made his breakthrough in 1974 when he won Telemark Rundt , which he also won in 1977 and 1978. In 1974 he started abroad for the first time on a tour, the Tour of Great Britain , which he finished 8th. He was twice Nordic champion in the team time trial with the national team.

Wilmann was an excellent stage driver. As an amateur, he won the Tour of Austria in 1978 (despite a bad cold) and the Tour of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1979. On the Tour of Austria he was first on the famous ascent to the Großglockner and was entered on the list of the “Großglockner Kings” , where he also won the stage. In 1976 he was about to end his career when the association informed him that he was not nominated for the Olympic Games in Montreal . He retired briefly and worked on his parents' farm. This was a lifelong retreat in all of life's crises, which Wilman experienced several times in sport and in private. After a few weeks he returned to cycling, started in the Tour of Slovakia and finished third there. During the tour his bike was stolen and he secured its place with the help of the Soviet team, who lent him a bike. He also competed three times in the International Peace Tour for Norway between 1975 and 1977 and achieved his best placement in 1977 with 36th place.

After he won the Telemark Rundt again in 1977 he received an offer from Eddy Merckx for the Fiat team . He declined because the offer seemed too bad to him. He wanted to use 1979 to get a more attractive professional offer through good performance. With Geir Digerud , Morten Sæther and Hans-Petter Ødegård he won the bronze medal at the UCI World Championships in the team time trial . He hoped for great success at the Tour de l`Avenir , but the Norwegians canceled the start due to lack of funds from the NCF association. This outraged the cycling enthusiastic Norwegian public, the former opera singer from Oslo, Gudrun Bøllemose, organized a donation, which meant that the missing money was raised and the Norwegians could still start. Wilman thanked them with a strong performance and finished the tour in third place. On the evening of the reception for the winners, he received an offer from Jean de Gribaldy for the next season, which he immediately accepted. In 1980 he moved to the professional driver camp for the Puch-Sem team in France , where he was co-equipier with Dietrich Thurau , the team leader at the time was Rudi Altig . In 1980 he started in the Tour de France and finished 14th in the overall standings (after he was third up to the 8th stage, but lost this position due to a fall). To date, this is the best result of a Norwegian on the tour. In 1982 he was one of the Tour's favorites, but had to give up after the 19th stage after pneumonia. After a long recovery break, he started the Tour of Germany. Shortly after his stage victory in Boppard, he got the message from his sponsor that his team Capri-Sonne (for which Gregor Braun also rode) would surprisingly withdraw from cycling. Completely demotivated, he retired to his 100 hectare farm to work there. At the end of the year he received a new offer for the 1983 season from the Eurotex-Magniflex-Mavic team in Switzerland. He accepted and started his final professional season.

In 1980 he was also able to win the Grand Union Prize in Dortmund , one of the few street races that were held in Germany at the time. That year he achieved his best place in a road race at a UCI World Championship with 13th place . His outstanding results include victory in the Tour de Romandie and the Setmana Catalana in 1982. He was called "The Viking" among racing driver colleagues. He started several times at the UCI World Championships in road driving for the Norwegian national team. He achieved his best result in 1983 in Altenrhein , Switzerland, with 31st place.

He ended his career in 1984.

book

In his 1982 book Mil After Miles - Jostein Wilmann ( ISBN 82-03-10890-3 ), he admitted to having tried doping substances three times , but not to have doped for a long period of time.

Professional

Originally, Wilmann was a farmer and occasionally worked his professional time on his parents' farm even in the winter months. After his cycling career, he opened a bicycle shop, the Trondheim Cycle Center in Ila. In 2016, he moved the business to his local farm in order to have more time for family and agriculture.

Private

His son Frederik Wilmann is also a cyclist, Wilmann has two other children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Jostein Wilmann og blodsporet over Tourmalet. sykkelmagasinet.no, accessed March 23, 2019 (Norwegian).
  2. ↑ Per Jorsett (editor): Norsk Sykkelsports history . Ed .: Norges Cykleforbund. Self-published by NCF, Oslo 2000, p. 68 (Norwegian).
  3. ↑ All Großglockner kings. Tour of Austria, accessed on March 23, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 264 .
  5. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 3/1983 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1983, p. 8 .
  6. ^ Helmer Boelsen: The history of the cycling world championships . Covadonga, Bielefeld, ISBN 978-3-936973-33-4 , p. 225 .
  7. ↑ Mil etter Mil - Jostein Wilmann. Retrieved March 23, 2019 (Norwegian).
  8. ↑ Wilman Sykkel. Retrieved March 23, 2019 (Norwegian).
personal data
SURNAME Wilmann, Jostein
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Viggja (Sor-Trondelag)