Sven-Åke Nilsson

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Personal information
Full name	Sven-Åke Nilsson
Born	13 September 1951 Malmö, Sweden
Team information
Current team	Retired
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1977-1980	Miko - Mercier
1981	Splendor - Wickes
1982	Wolber
1983	Termolan - Galli
1984	Santini - Conti
Medal record Competitor for  Italy Road bicycle racing World Championships 1975 Mettet Amateur's Road Race

Sven-Åke Nilsson (born 1 January 1951) is a Swedish retired road racing cyclist.^[1] He was a professional cyclist from 1977 until his retirement 1984 with a stage win and 3rd place in the Overall classification in Vuelta a España and two stage wins in Paris–Nice as career highlights.^[2] He also competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Palmares

1972 (amateur)

1st  Sweden National Championship Road Race^[4]

1974 (amateur)

1st World Championship Team time trial^[5]

1976 (amateur)

Tour de l'Avenir

Winner Overall

Winner 1st Stage

1978

11th Overall in Tour de France

1979

Tour de Corse

Étoile des Espoirs

Paris–Nice

Winner 4th stage

2nd Overall

3rd Amstel Gold Race

3rd Overall in Critérium International

12th Overall in Tour de France

1980

1st Stage 2 in Critérium International

2nd La Flèche Wallonne

Tour de France

7th Overall

4th Mountains classification

1981

Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

Tour de France

8th Overall

5th Mountains classification

1982

Vuelta a España

3rd Overall

1st Stage 10

1st Stage 2 in Paris–Nice

14th Overall Tour de France

1983

2nd Giro della Romagna

References

1. cyclingbase.com. Retrieved 2011-04-02
2. cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2011-04-02
3. "Sven-Åke Nilsson Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
4. SCF - The Swedish Cycling Federation. Retrieved 2011-04-02
5. SCF - The Swedish Cycling Federation. Retrieved 2011-04-02

External links

• Sven-Åke Nilsson profile at Cycling Archives