Klaus Nielsen (born 8 January 1980 in

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) is a Danish professional mountain biker. He has won four Danish national championship titles in both men's cross-country and marathon races, and also represented his nation

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, as a 28-year-old senior, at the

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. Nielsen currently trains and races professionally for Germany's Team ALB-Gold Mountain Bike Team. Nielsen qualified for the Danish squad, along with his teammate

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, in the men's cross-country race at the

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by receiving one of the nation's two available berths for his team from the

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(UCI), based on his top-ten performance at the World Cup series and Mountain Biking World Series. With one lap to go, Nielsen struggled to keep his form throughout a 4.8-km sturdy, treacherous cross-country course, and instead pulled off directly from the race by taking the thirty-first spot.

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External links

NBC 2008 Olympics profile
* 1980 births Living people Danish male cyclists Cross-country mountain bikers Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Denmark People from Køge Municipality Sportspeople from Region Zealand {{Denmark-cycling-bio-stub