Atle Sturla Kvålsvoll (born 10 April 1962) is a Norwegian former professional road cyclist. He rode the Tour de France six times between 1988 and 1994, finishing four times. His best performance was in 1990, when he finished 26th[1] and contributed to Greg LeMond's winning the yellow jersey. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2]

Atle Kvålsvoll
Atle Kvålsvoll in 2013
Personal information
Born (1962-04-10) 10 April 1962 (age 62)
Trondheim, Norway
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1988–1992Z–Peugeot
1993Subaru–Montgomery
1994WordPerfect–Colnago–Decca

Kvålsvoll finished second in the American Tour DuPont in 1990, 1991 and 1992 and then finished 3rd in 1993. He also won a stage in 1991 and 1992.

Kvålsvoll is employed by the Norwegian sports organisation Olympiatoppen and was Thor Hushovd's coach.

In 2011 he has also accepted a role as directeur sportif for UCI Continental Team Plussbank Cervélo.

Major results

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1984
2nd Overall Tour of Norway
1985
3rd Overall Tour of Sweden
4th Overall Tour of Norway
1st Stage 6
1987
9th Overall Tour of Sweden
1988
3rd Duo Normand (with Olaf Lurvik)
5th Overall Tour du Limousin
1989
1st Overall Tour of Sweden
1st Stage 4
2nd Tour de Vendée
4th GP Ouest–France
9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
9th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
1990
1st Overall Tour du Vaucluse
2nd Overall Tour de Trump
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
6th Overall Tour de Suisse
10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1991
1st Trophée des Grimpeurs
2nd Overall Tour DuPont
1st Stage 6
9th Overall Paris–Nice
10th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
1992
2nd Overall Tour DuPont
1st Stage 6
4th Paris–Camembert
6th La Flèche Wallonne
8th Trophée des Grimpeurs
1993
3rd Overall Tour DuPont
8th Trophée des Grimpeurs

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
  Giro d'Italia 30
  Tour de France DNF 46 26 DNF 49 79
  Vuelta a España

References

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  1. ^ "Tour de France official site: Atle Kvalsvoll". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
  2. ^ "Atle Kvålsvoll Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2015.