Jørgen Marcussen (born 15 May 1950) is a former Danish

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

. He competed, as an amateur, in the individual road race and

team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...

events at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

. As an amateur he also became national champion in team time trial in 1970, and in individual time trial in 1975. From 1976 he rode as a professional, predominantly on less prominent teams. In the 1978 UCI Road World Championships Jørgen Marcussen created an upset by winning a bronze medal, behind Gerrie Knetemann and Francesco Moser. He also managed to finish 4th overall in the 1981 Vuelta a España, which was the best result by a Dane in a Grand tour at the time. It was a feat that was not expected and not surpassed until

Bjarne Riis Bjarne Lykkegård Riis (; born 3 April 1964), nicknamed ''The Eagle from Herning'' (), is a Denmark, Danish former professional road bicycle racer who won the 1996 Tour de France. For many years he was the owner and later manager of the Oleg Tink ...

came 3rd in the 1995 Tour de France. Jørgen Marcussen is married to Olympic cyclist Karina Skibby.

Major results

;1974 :4th Overall GP Tell ;1975 :1st Overall GP Tell ::1st Stage 6 ;1976 :3rd Trofeo Baracchi :7th Overall

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; Tour of Catalonia, ) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of the Basque Country. The race has had ...

;1977 :3rd Grand Prix des Nations ;1978 : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Road race,

UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and , a UCI Road World Championships ...

;1979 :2nd GP Forli :5th Milano–Torino ;1980 :1st Stage 5

Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...

( ITT) :3rd Giro dell'Emilia :8th Road race,

;1981 :4th Overall

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

;1986 :1st

Trofeo Matteotti Trofeo Matteotti is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Pescara, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whic ...

:1st Stage 4 Danmark Rundt ;1987 :10th

Gran Premio Città di Camaiore The Gran Premio Città di Camaiore was a road bicycle race held in Camaiore, Tuscany Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital cit ...

;1988 :2nd

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* * 1950 births Living people Danish male cyclists Danish Giro d'Italia stage winners Olympic cyclists for Denmark Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hillerød Municipality Cyclists from the Capital Region of Denmark 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-cycling-bio-stub