Kurt Asle Arvesen 2199332 226131322 2008-07-16T23:22:03Z 80.212.24.205 {{Infobox Cyclist | ridername = Kurt Asle Arvesen | image = CSC-HEW-Cyclassics-2005.jpg | image_caption = Arvesen at the [[2005 HEW Cyclassics]] | fullname = Kurt Asle Arvesen | nickname = | dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1975|2|9}} | country = {{NOR}} | height = {{height|m=1.83}} | weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on}} | currentteam = Team CSC | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = Sprinter/Classics Rider | amateuryears = | amateurteams = | proyears = 1998<br>1999-2000<br>2001-2003<br>2004- | proteams = Asics<br>Riso Scotti<br>Team Fakta<br>Team CSC | majorwins = {{flagiconUCI}} 1997 [[UCI Road World Under-23 Championships]] <br>[[Giro d'Italia]], 2 stages<br/>[[Danmark Rundt]] (2004, 2007)<br/>{{flagicon|NOR}} National Champion (1999, 2002, 2008)<br/>{{flagicon|NOR}} National Time-Trial Champion (2001, 2006)<br/>[[E3 Prijs Vlaanderen]] 2008<br/>1 stage, [[2008 Tour de France|Tour de France]] 2008 | updated = [[July 1]], [[2008]] }} '''Kurt Asle Arvesen''' (born [[February 9]], [[1975]] in [[Molde]]) is a professional [[road bicycle racer]] from [[Eresfjord]], [[Nesset]], [[Norway]]. He is currently part of the [[Denmark|Danish]] [[Team CSC]], where he has been since 2004. [[Image:Kurt-Asle Arvesen.jpg|thumb|left|Kurt-Asle Arvesen]] After winning the gold medal at the 1997 Under-23 [[World Cycling Championship|World Championship]] as an amateur, Arvesen turned pro with [[Italy|Italian]] team [[Asics]] in 1998, where later Team CSC teammate [[Ivan Basso]] rode as a stagiare. The two riders moved on to [[Davide Boifava]]'s team, [[Riso Scotti-Vinavil]] in 1999, which was renamed [[Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport]] in 2000, but Arvesen's three years in Italy didn't get him the results his World Under-23 Championships win had foretold. In 2001 Arvesen and Basso split up, as Arvesen moved on to Danish [[Team Fakta]], where he experienced his most successful years culminating in a stage win in the 2003 [[Giro d'Italia]]. In 2004, Team Fakta closed, and Arvesen and sports director [[Kim Andersen]] both moved on to Team CSC. At Team CSC, Arvesen has been riding mostly as a [[cycling domestique|domestique]], but he managed to win the stage race [[Danmark Rundt]] as well as [[CSC Classic]] in 2004. For the [[2004 Tour de France]], Arvesen helped team captain Basso finish second overall, and he was named the toughest rider in the [[peloton]] when he managed to finish the three-weeks long race after crashing severely on several stages. For the [[2005 Tour de France]] he would once more ride in support of Basso. This time Arvesen had the strength to ride aggressively, and on the 17th stage of the race, he got in a breakway with 16 other riders which lasted all the way to the finish line. As the leading group slowly disintegrated, he and Italian rider [[Paolo Savoldelli]] were the last riders for the sprint, but Savoldelli was too fast for Arvesen.<ref>[http://www.letour.fr/2005/TDF/LIVE/us/1700/index.html Savoldelli Successful On A Day Of Change], ''LeTour.fr''</ref> In the [[2006 UCI ProTour]] spring season Arvesen got a handful of top 10 placings. When he crashed into a right-swinging car during a training ride in April,<ref>{{no icon}} Kurt Asle Arvesen, [http://www.kurtaslearvesen.com/article.asp?id=1067 Kjørt ned på trening!], ''KurtAsleArvesen.com'', April 26, 2006</ref> he got away with [[road rash]] and a bruised right knee and less than a week later he rode [[Rund um den Henninger Turm]], though he didn't ride the race to its end. He finally managed to win [[Ster Elektrotoer]], but that was not enough to secure his place in [[2006 Tour de France]] roster. Arvesen became the runner-up in [[Paris-Tours]]. In the [[2007 Giro d'Italia]] Arvesen won stage 8 after beating [[Paolo Bettini]] in the finish. On July 16 he won stage 11 in the [[2008 Tour de France]], his first ever stage win in the tour. ==Career highlights== {{Palmares start}} ;1997 : {{flagiconUCI}} [[UCI Road World Under-23 Championships]] ;1999 : {{NOR}} National [[Bicycling terminology#open road race|Road Racing]] Champion ;2001 : {{NOR}} National [[Individual time trial|Time Trial]] Champion : Stage 9, [[Herald Sun Tour]] ;2002 : {{NOR}} National [[Bicycling terminology#open road race|Road Racing]] Champion : 1st overall, [[Tour of Sweden]] : [[Points classification]] and Stage 3, [[Danmark Rundt]] : [[Schynberg Rundfahrt]] : [[Mountains classification]], [[Paris-Correze]] ;2003 : Stage 10, [[2003 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] ;2004 : [[Danmark Rundt]] : [[CSC Classic]] : 123rd overall, [[2004 Tour de France|Tour de France]] ;2005 : 2nd overall, [[Danmark Rundt]] : 89th overall, [[2005 Tour de France|Tour de France]] :: 2nd place on stage 17 ;2006 : {{NOR}} [[2006 National Cycling Championships|National]] [[Individual time trial|Time Trial]] Champion : [[Ster Elektrotoer]] : 2nd, [[Paris-Tours]] ;2007 : Stage 8, [[2007 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] : [[GP Herning]] : 3rd overall, [[Ster Elektrotoer]] : 67th overall [[2007 Tour de France|Tour de France]] : Stage 3 and overall, [[Danmark Rundt]] ;2008 :[[E3 Prijs Vlaanderen]] : {{NOR}} National [[Bicycling terminology#open road race|Road Racing]] Champion : Stage 11, [[2008 Tour de France|Tour de France]] {{Palmares end}} ==References== <references /> ==External links== * [http://www.kurtaslearvesen.com Official website] * [http://www.team-csc.com/person_profiles.asp?p_id=23 Profile at Team CSC] * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Rh-UJbBxE 1996 UCI Road World Under-23 Championships from Youtube] {{Team CSC}} <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME= Arvesen, Kurt Asle |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION=[[Road bicycle racer]] |DATE OF BIRTH= [[1975-02-09]] |PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Molde]], [[Norway]] |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Arvesen, Kurt-Asle}} [[Category:1975 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Norwegian cyclists]] [[Category:Olympic cyclists of Norway]] [[Category:Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Giro d'Italia stage winners]] [[da:Kurt-Asle Arvesen]] [[de:Kurt-Asle Arvesen]] [[es:Kurt-Asle Arvesen]] [[fr:Kurt-Asle Arvesen]] [[it:Kurt Asle Arvesen]] [[nl:Kurt-Asle Arvesen]] [[ja:クルトアスル・アルヴェセン]] [[no:Kurt Asle Arvesen]] [[nn:Kurt Asle Arvesen]] [[pl:Kurt-Asle Arvesen]] [[fi:Kurt-Asle Arvesen]] [[sv:Kurt-Asle Arvesen]]