Knut Knudsen

Knut Knudsen medal table
Cyclist
Norway
Olympic Summer Games
gold	1972 Munich	One's pursuit
Track cycling world championships
silver	1975 Rocourt	One's pursuit
bronze	1976 Monteroni	One's pursuit
silver	1977 San Cristóbal	One's pursuit

Knut Knudsen (born October 12, 1950 in Levanger ) is a former Norwegian cyclist .

As an amateur, he was initially active in track cycling and took part in the pursuit of the Summer Olympics in Mexico when he was just 18 in 1968. Shortly before the Olympics, he won his first national championship (in the 1000-meter time trial). During his career, Knudsen won a total of thirteen national championship titles in various disciplines ( single pursuit, 1000-meter time trial , road race and individual time trial ). He won the gold medal in the singles pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich . Later two silver and one bronze medals were added to the track cycling world championships . From 1974 to 1981 Knudsen was a professional in Italy and celebrated a total of 49 victories in road races. His most important success is the overall victory in the Tirreno – Adriatico tour in 1979. In the Giro d'Italia , he won six stages and wore the Maglia Rosa of the leader in the overall classification for four days .

In 1972 and 1973 he won the Norwegian Sportsman of the Year election , and in 1972 the Morgenbladet gold medal and the Fearnleys olympiske ærespris . Knudsen received the Kongepokal (King's Cup), which is awarded for the best athletic performance at Norwegian championships, in 1972 and 1973.

In 1975, after a positive doping test, Knudsen received a ten-minute time penalty on a tour of Belgium.

successes

• Olympic Games 1972: Gold medal single pursuit, 5th place team time trial
• Track Cycling World Championships 1975: Silver medal single pursuit
• Track Cycling World Championships 1976: bronze medal single pursuit
• Track Cycling World Championships 1977: Silver medal single pursuit
• Overall victory Giro di Sardegna 1978
• Trofeo Laigueglia 1978
• Trofeo Baracchi 1978
• Overall victory Tirreno – Adriatico 1979
• Overall victory Giro del Trentino 1979
• Grand Prix Eddy Merckx 1980 and 1981
• 1 stage win Giro d'Italia 1975, two days in the Maglia Rosa
• 1 stage win Giro d'Italia 1977
• 1 stage win Giro d'Italia 1979
• 3 stage victories Giro d'Italia 1981, one day in the Maglia Rosa
• 1 stage victory on the Tour of Germany in 1980
• 1 stage win Paris – Nice 1980 and 1981

Teams

• 1974-1977: Jollyceramica
• 1978-1979: Bianchi-Faema
• 1980-1981: Bianchi-Piaggio

Web links

• Knut Knudsen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Knut Knudsen in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Per Jorsett (editor): Norsk Sykkelsports history . Ed .: Norges Cykleforbund. Self-published by NCF, Oslo 2000, p. 89 (Norwegian).
2. ↑ Ralf Meutgens : Doping im Radsport , Bielefeld 2007, p. 257. ISBN 978-3-7688-5245-6