Mogens Frey Jensen (born 2 July 1941) is a retired

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amateur cyclist who competed successfully both on the road and on track. He won, along with Gunnar Asmussen, Per Lyngemark and Reno Olsen, a gold medal at the

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in the 4 km team pursuit and finished second individually. However, he is more famous for the way he won stage 9 in the 1970 Tour de France. Here, he defeated his own team captain

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. Agostinho was first over the finish line, but was immediately disqualified for putting his hand on Frey's handlebars, thus holding him back in the sprint. It was the only Danish Tour de France stage win until 1983. Frey also won the

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event at the 1968 world championships and finished second in 1967 behind

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Major results

;1968 :

: :: Team Track Pursuit (with Per Lyngemark, Reno Olsen and Gunnar Asmussen) :: Track Pursuit : World Amateur Track Pursuit Champion ;1969 :GP ZTS Dubnica nad Vahom : World Amateur Track Pursuit Champion ;1970 :

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: ::Winner stage 9

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Official Tour de France results for Mogens FreyJean de Gribaldy and 1970 Frimatic team
1941 births Living people Danish male cyclists Danish Tour de France stage winners Olympic cyclists of Denmark Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic silver medalists for Denmark UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Olympic medalists in cycling People from Glostrup Municipality Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 21st-century Danish politicians Danish track cyclists {{Denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub