![]() Knight in 2025 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Bedford, England | 25 January 2001
Team information | |
Current team | Cofidis |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Time trialist |
Amateur teams | |
–2019 | Corley Cycles |
2019 | HMT Hospitals Giant |
2020–2021 | AVC 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]
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]