Sven-Åke Nilsson

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Sven-Åke Nilsson (born September 13, 1951 in Malmö ) is a former Swedish cyclist and world champion in cycling .

Athletic career

amateur

As an amateur, Nilsson started for the club CK Ringen Malmö . He became world champion in the road team time trial in 1974 with Lennart Fagerlund , Bernt Johansson and Tord Filipsson . In this discipline he had already won the bronze medal with the Swedish team the year before. At the UCI World Championships in road racing , he came second in 1975 in Mettet, Belgium .

In his amateur days, he also won the Tour of Algeria in 1975 and the Tour de l'Avenir in 1976 . At national level he was able to win the Swedish championship in road racing in 1972 and in the team time trial with his club in 1973. In 1972 the Swedish team won the Scandinavian championships in team time trial with Nilsson. He won the latter championship three more times. Nilsson also started the International Peace Race in 1976 , but had to end the race early after a fall.

Nilsson took part in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich . He finished sixth in the team time trial with the Swedish foursome and was 44th in the road race. In 1976 in Montreal he was seventh in the team time trial and 29th in the road race.

Professional driver

In 1977 Nilsson became a professional driver. At the start of his new profession, he won the Etoile des Espoirs tour and the Corsica tour in spring 1979 . In 1981 he won the Catalan Week . His two stage wins at Paris-Nice in 1979 and 1982 are among his most significant successes .

In the following years Nilsson was successful in the Grand Tours : He was third overall and stage winner of the Vuelta a España in 1982 . He started five times in the Tour de France , with his best placements seventh in 1980 and eighth in 1981 . He started twice at the Giro d'Italia and was 27th overall in 1983 and 35th in 1984. He started several times at the UCI World Championships in road races for the Swedish national team. His best result he achieved in 1982 in Goodwood, UK, with 11th place.

Teams

  • 1977-1980: Miko-Mercier
  • 1981: Splendor-Wickes
  • 1982: Wolber
  • 1983: Termolan-Galli
  • 1984: Santini-Conti.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Thure Petersson: Cykelkalendern 1977 . Ed .: Svenska Cykelförbundet. Jönköping 1977, p. 53 .
  2. Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 250 .
  3. ^ Helmer Boelsen: The history of the cycling world championships . Covadonga, Bielefeld, ISBN 978-3-936973-33-4 , p. 225 .