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Knut Knudsen (born 12 October 1950) is a retired
Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
;1967
: 1st Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
;1968
: 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
: 1st Road race, Nordic Junior Road Championships
: 2nd Team time trial, Nordic Road Championships
;1969
: National Track Championships
::1st Kilo
::1st Individual pursuit
;1972
: 1st 
Road race
::1st Time trial
: National Track Championships
::1st Kilo
::1st Individual pursuit
: Nordic Amateur Road Championships
::1st Road race
::2nd Team time trial
;1973
: 1st 
Individual pursuit, UCI Amateur Track World Championships
: National Road Championships
::1st Road race
::1st Time trial
: National Track Championships
::1st Kilo
::1st Individual pursuit
: 2nd Team time trial, Nordic Amateur Road Championships
;1974
: 1st Stage 5b 
after Stages 1–2
:: Held 
after Stage 1
: 2nd 
Individual pursuit, 
World Championship, Track, Pursuit, Elite
;1977
: 1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia
: 1st Stage 5 World Championship, Track, Pursuit, Elite
: 3rd Overall 
Overall Overall after Stage 1
: 2nd after Prologue
:: Held after Prologue
: 1st Prologue Paris–Nice
: 1st GP Eddy Merckx
: 2nd Trofeo Baracchi
Norwegian
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road and track cyclist. As an amateur, he placed fifth in the 4000m individual pursuit at the 1968 Olympics before becoming Olympic champion
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in the same discipline in 1972. He would follow this up with another gold at the 1973 World Championships. At the 1972 Olympics he also placed fifth in the 100 km team time trial on the road. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships
The Norwegian National Road Race Championships, have been held annually with an event for each category of rider; Men, Women, junior riders & under 23 riders, since 1946. The event also includes the Norwegian National Time Trial Championships an ...
in 1972 and 1973.
In 1974 he turned professional and cycled in Italy
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until 1981. He won six stages of the Giro d'Italia and wore the Maglia Rosa
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leader's jersey twice, becoming the first and so far only Norwegian to do so. The first time he held the pink leader jersey was for two stages after winning Stage 1 of the 1975 Giro d'Italia on 17 May, Norway's constitution day. In 1981 he could once again put on the pink jersey after winning the prologue. After finishing second in the race three times, Knudsen won Tirreno–Adriatico
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in 1979. He was chosen the world's best time trial cyclist by two biggest sporting magazines from 1979 to 1981. In total he won 49 professional races.
Major results
;1966 : 1st Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
;1967
: 1st Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
;1968
: 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
: 1st Road race, Nordic Junior Road Championships
: 2nd Team time trial, Nordic Road Championships
;1969
: National Track Championships
::1st Kilo
::1st Individual pursuit
;1972
: 1st Individual pursuit
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, Olympic Games
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: National Road Championships
::1st Road race
::1st Time trial
: National Track Championships
::1st Kilo
::1st Individual pursuit
: Nordic Amateur Road Championships
::1st Road race
::2nd Team time trial
;1973
: 1st Individual pursuit, UCI Amateur Track World Championships
: National Road Championships
::1st Road race
::1st Time trial
: National Track Championships
::1st Kilo
::1st Individual pursuit
: 2nd Team time trial, Nordic Amateur Road Championships
;1974
: 1st Stage 5b Tour de Romandie
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: 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
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;1975
: Giro d'Italia
:: 1st Stage 1
:: Held after Stages 1–2
:: Held after Stage 1
: 2nd Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
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: 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
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::1st Stage 5
: 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
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: 3rd Overall Giro di Sardegna
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;1976
: 1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie
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: 3rd World Championship, Track, Pursuit, Elite
;1977
: 1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia
: 1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico
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: 2nd World Championship, Track, Pursuit, Elite
: 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
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::1st Stage 4b
;1978
: 1st Overall Giro di Sardegna
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::1st Stage 3
: 1st Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
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: 1st Trofeo Laigueglia
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: 1st Trofeo Baracchi
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(with Roy Schuiten
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)
: 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
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::1st Stage 5
: 3rd Trofeo Pantalica
;1979
: 1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
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::1st Stage 5
: 1st Overall Giro del Trentino
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::1st Prologue
: Tour de Romandie
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::1st Stages 3 & 5b
: Giro d'Italia
:: 1st Stage 10
:: Held after Stage 1
: 2nd Giro del Lazio
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: 3rd Milan–San Remo
;1980
: 1st Stage 1a Paris–Nice
: 1st Stage 4b Tour de Romandie
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: 1st Prologue Deutschland Tour
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: 1st GP Eddy Merckx
: 2nd Overall Giro di Sardegna
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: 3rd Trofeo Pantalica
;1981
: Giro d'Italia
::1st Prologue, Stage 13 & 23a
:: Held after Prologue
:: Held after Prologue
: 1st Prologue Paris–Nice
: 1st GP Eddy Merckx
: 2nd Trofeo Baracchi
Results timeline
Major championships results timeline
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Knudsen, Knut 1950 births Living people Norwegian male cyclists Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic cyclists of Norway Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in cycling Norwegian Giro d'Italia stage winners People from Levanger Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Norwegian track cyclists Sportspeople from Trøndelag