Atle Sturla Kvålsvoll (born 10 April 1962) is a Norwegian former professional

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. He rode the

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six times between 1988 and 1994, finishing four times. His best performance was in

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, when he finished 26th and contributed to

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's winning the yellow jersey. He competed in the individual road race event at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

. Kvålsvoll finished second in the American

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in 1990, 1991 and 1992 and then finished 3rd in 1993. He also won a stage in 1991 and 1992. Kvålsvoll is employed by the Norwegian sports organisation Olympiatoppen and was Thor Hushovd's coach. In 2011 he has also accepted a role as directeur sportif for UCI Continental Team Plussbank Cervélo.

Major results

;1984 : 2nd Overall Tour of Norway ;1985 : 3rd Overall Tour of Sweden : 4th Overall Tour of Norway ::1st Stage 6 ;1987 : 9th Overall Tour of Sweden ;1988 : 3rd Duo Normand (with Olaf Lurvik) : 5th Overall Tour du Limousin ;1989 : 1st Overall Tour of Sweden ::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Tour de Vendée : 4th GP Ouest–France : 9th Overall

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: 9th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe ;1990 : 1st Overall Tour du Vaucluse : 2nd Overall Tour de Trump : 3rd

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, National Road Championships : 6th Overall Tour de Suisse : 10th

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;1991 : 1st Trophée des Grimpeurs : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 6 : 9th Overall Paris–Nice : 10th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe ;1992 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 6 : 4th Paris–Camembert : 6th La Flèche Wallonne : 8th Trophée des Grimpeurs ;1993 : 3rd Overall

: 8th Trophée des Grimpeurs

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

1962 births Living people Norwegian male cyclists Cycling coaches Olympic cyclists for Norway Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Trondheim 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-cycling-bio-stub