Sven-Åke Nilsson
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sven-Åke Nilsson | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 September 1951 Malmö, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 1977-1980 | Miko - Mercier | ||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Splendor - Wickes | ||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Wolber | ||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Termolan - Galli | ||||||||||||||
| 1984 | Santini - Conti | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Sven-Åke Nilsson (born 1 January 1951) is a Swedish retired road racing cyclist.[1] He was a professional cyclist from 1977 until his retirement 1984 with a stage win and 3rd place in the Overall classification in Vuelta a España and two stage wins in Paris–Nice as career highlights.[2] He also competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics.[3]
Major results
- 1972 (amateur)
- 1st
Sweden National Championship Road Race[4] - 1974 (amateur)
- 1st World Championship Team time trial[5]
- 1976 (amateur)
- Tour de l'Avenir
- Winner Overall
- Winner 1st Stage
- 1978
- 11th Overall in Tour de France
- 1979
- Tour de Corse
- Étoile des Espoirs
- Paris–Nice
- Winner 4th stage
- 2nd Overall
- 3rd Amstel Gold Race
- 3rd Overall in Critérium International
- 12th Overall in Tour de France
- 1980
- 1st Stage 2 in Critérium International
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- Tour de France
- 7th Overall
- 4th Mountains classification
- 1981
- Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- Tour de France
- 8th Overall
- 5th Mountains classification
- 1982
- Vuelta a España
- 3rd Overall
- 1st Stage 10
- 1st Stage 2 in Paris–Nice
- 14th Overall Tour de France
- 1983
- 2nd Giro della Romagna
References
- ^ cyclingbase.com. Retrieved 2011-04-02
- ^ cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2011-04-02
- ^ "Sven-Åke Nilsson Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ SCF - The Swedish Cycling Federation. Retrieved 2011-04-02
- ^ SCF - The Swedish Cycling Federation. Retrieved 2011-04-02
External links
- Sven-Åke Nilsson at Cycling Archives (archived)