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- ↑ "Leif Hansson Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ↑ Petersson, Thure (1977). Cykelkalendern 1977. Jönköpping: Svenska Cykelförbundet. p. 53.
