Klaus Nielsen Explained

Klaus Nielsen
Fullname:Klaus Nielsen
Birth Date:8 January 1980
Birth Place:Køge, Denmark
Weight:660NaN0
Currentteam:Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike
Discipline:Mountain biking
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Cross-country
Proyears1:2006–
Proteam1:Team ALB-Gold Mountainbike
Show-Medals:yes

Klaus Nielsen (born 8 January 1980 in Køge) is a Danish professional mountain biker.[1] He has won four Danish national championship titles in both men's cross-country and marathon races, and also represented his nation Denmark, as a 28-year-old senior, at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2] Nielsen currently trains and races professionally for Germany's Team ALB-Gold Mountain Bike Team.

Nielsen qualified for the Danish squad, along with his teammate Jakob Fuglsang, in the men's cross-country race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving one of the nation's two available berths for his team from the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), based on his top-ten performance at the World Cup series and Mountain Biking World Series.[3] [4] With one lap to go, Nielsen struggled to keep his form throughout a 4.8-km sturdy, treacherous cross-country course, and instead pulled off directly from the race by taking the thirty-first spot.[5] [6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. Klaus Nielsen. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418063340/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/klaus-nielsen-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 28 October 2013.
  2. News: Price. Harlan. Nielsen appointed Danish Champion after Andersen positive. Cyclingnews.com. 4 September 2008. 28 October 2013.
  3. News: Nielsen replaces Riis Anderson on Danish cycling team. ESPN. 29 July 2008. 27 October 2013.
  4. News: Gjesse Hansen. Jens. Klaus Nielsen klar til OL. Klaus Nielsen ready for Olympics. Danish. DR Forsiden. 29 July 2008. 28 October 2013.
  5. Web site: Men's Cross-Country Race . . . 21 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120819172012/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCMM021100/standings.html . 19 August 2012 .
  6. News: "Unbeatable" Absalon wins his second gold. Agence France-Presse. Velo News. 22 August 2008. 24 October 2013. 29 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201916/http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/08/olympics/unbeatable-absalon-wins-his-second-gold_82270. dead.
  7. News: Jones. Rob. French dominate the rest of the World. CNN-IBN. 21 August 2008. 27 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029183853/http://ftp.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/olympics08/?id=results%2F38. 29 October 2013. dead.

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