Oliver Knight (cyclist)

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Oliver Knight
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Knight in 2025
Personal information
Born (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 24)
Bedford, England
Team information
Current team Cofidis
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type Time trialist
Amateur teams
–2019Corley Cycles
2019HMT Hospitals Giant
2020–2021AVC Aix-en-Provence
Professional teams
2022 UAE Team Emirates XRG (stagiaire)
2023 Cofidis (stagiaire)
2024– Cofidis

Oliver Knight (born 25 January 2001), is a British cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis. [1]

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Career

From Bedford, [2] Knight competed as a junior for the HMT Hospitals – Giant team and won a silver medal in the British junior national 10 mile championships, and finished second overall in the Junior Tour of the Basque Country behind Carlos Rodriguez, prior to joining French team AVC Aix-en-Provence for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. [3] [4] In 2022, he rode as a stagiaire for UAE Team Emirates XRG and made his debut at a UCI World Tour event at the Vuelta a Burgos. [5] In 2023, he rode as a stagiaire with UCI WorldTeam Cofidis and ahead of the 2024 season signed a two-year contract with the team. [6] [7] [8]

On 19 June 2024 he finished sixth at the British National Time Trial Championships in Catterick. [9]

Major results

2019
2nd Overall Bizkaiko Itzulia
6th Overall Vuelta a Pamplona
1st Stage 4
2021
1st Grand Prix de la Saint-Pierre-Alleins
3rd Cursa Festes del Tura-Olot
5th GP de Cintegabelle
6th Overall Quatre Jours des As-en-Provence
6th GP Greolieres
8th Cronoescalada La Garriga
9th Overall Tour du Piémont Pyrénéen
2022
1st Jersey gold.svg Overall Vuelta a Castellón
1st Stage 2
2nd Tour de Basse-Navarre
2nd Circuit de I'Essor
3rd Overall Tour du Pays Roannais
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
3rd Grand Prix de Saint-Étienne Loire
4th Overall Tour du Beaujolais
7th Paris–Troyes
7th Ronde du Pays Basque
7th Trophée de I'Essor
8th GP de Cintegabelle
9th Le Poinçonnet-Panazol
10th Overall Vuelta a Navarra
1st Stage 1
2023
1st Tour de Basse-Navarre
1st Trophée de I'Essor
1st Boucles du Haut-Var
1st Circuit des communes de la vallée du Bédat
1st Stage 2 Tour de Côte-d'Or
2nd Le Poinçonnet-Panazol
2nd Tour cycliste des 4B Sud Charente
3rd Ronde du Pays Basque
4th Grand Prix de Plouay
8th Overall Tour d'Eure-et-Loir
8th Tour du Gévaudan

References

  1. ↑ "Oliver Knight". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Ryan, Joscelin (July 8, 2022). "OLIVER KNIGHT FEVER ! A fruitful few weeks for Oliver Knight". theraynerfoundation. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "First-year U23s: ten to watch in 2020". Thebritishcontinental. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Oliver Knight: A year at Provence". Thebritishcontinental. 26 November 2000. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  5. ↑ Thewlis, Tom (4 August 2022). "'I was rubbing shoulders with Nibali and Valverde' - Oliver Knight gets starstruck at Vuelta a Burgos". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  6. ↑ Thewlis, Tom (3 November 2023). "Oliver Knight named rider of the year at Rayner Foundation gala dinner" . Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "EAM COFIDIS REINFORCES ITS TEAM WITH YOUNG BRITISH TALENT OLIVER KNIGHT". Cyvlinguptodate. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  8. ↑ Poole, Georgie (13 November 2023). "'Dave would think this was marvellous' - Rayner Foundation Dinner sees continued support for Next-Gen British talent". Global Cycling Network. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  9. ↑ Ostanek, Dani (19 June 2024). "Josh Tarling wins British National men's time trial title for second time". Cycling News. Retrieved 19 June 2024.


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