Kurt Asle Arvesen
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{{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==
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==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}}
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