Roy Knickman
Roy Knickman (1991) | |
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Full name | Clarence Knickman |
Date of birth | June 23, 1965 |
nation | United States |
discipline | Street |
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Current team | End of career |
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Last updated: November 26, 2016 |
Clarence "Roy" Knickman (born June 23, 1965 in Ventura , California ) is an American cycling coach and former racing cyclist .
Athletic career
As a driver
Roy Knickman was active as a cyclist for almost 20 years from 1982 onwards. He was one of the first generation of American road riders for whom it was the norm to race in Europe. As a junior driver, he seemed unbeatable and was therefore considered a “child prodigy”. His first major success was winning the stage race Dusika Tour 1983, the most important stage race for juniors in Austria .
In 1984 Knickman started together with Ron Kiefel , Andrew Weaver and Davis Phinney in the team time trial of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles . The quartet won the bronze medal. In 1985 he finished second in the overall ranking of the Tour of Britain and also in the Berlin stage trip . From 1986 he drove in the La Vie Claire team , together with Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault .
In 1988 he belonged to a 13-man breakaway group at Paris-Roubaix , which finally had a five-minute lead over the main field. At the Trouée d'Arenberg , however, he had a flat tire and lost the connection, so that he finally finished 65th. In 1988 and 1989 he competed in the Tour de France , but couldn't finish the tour in either year.
As a trainer
In 1993 Knickman ended his active cycling career and from then on worked as a trainer, including in 1994 as a supervisor for the national junior team and until 1997 as a coach for the elite team. In 1998, however, he returned as a racing driver when he was awarded a contract as a driver and assistant coach with the Mercury Cycling Team . He then retired from cycling and took up a job as a firefighter , as which he continues to work full-time (as of 2016). In autumn 2017, he and his crew were deployed in the devastating forest fires around their home in Santa Rosa , California.
Knickman's son Bo was also active as a cyclist until 2016. In 2015 and 2016 he started at Paris-Roubaix for juniors. He drove for the Lux junior team , which is looked after by his father, among others. The team also includes junior world time trial champion Brandon McNulty .
Honors
In 2017 Roy Knickmann was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame .
successes
- 1982
- 1983
- Junior World Championship - Team Pursuit (with Tim Hinz , Craig Alan Schommer and Kit Kyle )
- Junior World Championship - Single Pursuit
- Junior World Championship - Team Time Trial (with David Farmer , Tim Hinz and Tony Palmer )
- American Junior Champion - Road Race
- 1984
- - Team time trial (with Ron Kiefel , Andrew Weaver and Davis Phinney )
- 1987
- one stage Tour de Suisse
- a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1988
- a stage tour of Florida
- a stage Coors Cycling Classic
- 1998
- one stage Fitchburg Longsjo Classic
Teams
- 1984 - Levi's-Raleigh
- 1985 - Levi's-Raleigh
- 1986 - La Vie Claire
- 1987 - Toshiba
- 1988 - 7-Eleven
- 1989 - 7-Eleven
- 1990 - 7 Eleven-Hoonved
- 1991 - Coors Light
- 1992 - Coors Light
- 1993 - Coors Light
- 1998 - Mercury Cycling Team - rider and assistant coach
- 1999 - Mercury Cycling Team - rider and assistant coach
- 2000 - Mercury Cycling Team - rider and assistant coach
Web links
- Roy Knickman in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Roy Knickman in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Roy Knickman in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Roy Knickman in the Tour de France database(French / English )
- Retro PEZ Talk: Roy Knickman. In: PezCycling News. November 10, 2016, accessed November 26, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Pat Malach: USA Week: Cycling's call pulls Roy Knickman back into the fold. In: Cycling News. April 14, 2016, accessed November 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Fred Dreier: Olympic cyclist Knickman battles blaze in his hometown. In: velonews.com. December 12, 2017, accessed December 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Anthony Costello: US Bicycling Hall of Fame Announces Four 2017 Inductees. In: usbhof.org. August 14, 2017, accessed August 25, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Knickman, Roy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Knickman, Clarence |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ventura (California) |