Sven-Åke Nilsson
Sven-Åke Nilsson (born 13 September 1951) is a Swedish retired road racing cyclist.[1] His sporting career began with CK Ringen Malmö.[2] He was a professional cyclist from 1977 until his retirement in 1984. Early in his career he was among the strongest GC Contenders and often among the top 10 overall during the Tour de France while riding for the very strong Miko-Mercier squads, who also included riders like Christian Seznec, Raymond Martin and Joop Zoetemelk. He had a stage win and 3rd place in the Overall classification in the Vuelta a España and two stage wins in Paris–Nice as career highlights.[3] He also competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics.[4]
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| Full name | Sven-Åke Nilsson | |||||||||||||
| Born | 13 September 1951 Malmö, Sweden | |||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
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| 1977-1980 | Miko-Mercier | |||||||||||||
| 1981 | Splendor-Wickes | |||||||||||||
| 1982 | Wolber | |||||||||||||
| 1983 | Termolan-Galli | |||||||||||||
| 1984 | Santini-Conti | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Major results
- 1972
- 1st
- 1974
- 1st
- 1976
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1
- 1978
- 11th Overall Tour de France
- 1979
- 1st Tour de Corse
- 1st Étoile des Espoirs
- 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd Overall Critérium International
- 3rd Amstel Gold Race
- 12th Overall Tour de France
- 1980
- 1st Stage 2 Critérium International
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 7th Overall Tour de France
- 1981
- 1st
- 8th Overall Tour de France
- 1982
- 1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 10
- 14th Overall Tour de France
- 1983
- 2nd Giro della Romagna
References
- cyclingbase.com. Retrieved 2011-04-02
- Petersson, Thure (1977). Cykelkalendern 1977. Jönköpping: Svenska Cykelförbundet. p. 53.
- cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2011-04-02
- "Sven-Åke Nilsson Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
External links
- Sven-Åke Nilsson at Cycling Archives
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