Mogens Frey Jensen (born 2 July 1941) is a retired Danish amateur cyclist who competed successfully both on the road and on track. He won, along with Gunnar Asmussen, Per Lyngemark and Reno Olsen, a gold medal at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

in the 4 km team pursuit and finished second individually. However, he is more famous for the way he won stage 9 in the

1970 Tour de France The 1970 Tour de France was the 57th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. It took place between 27 June and 19 July, with 23 stages covering a distance of . It was the second victory for Belgian Eddy ...

. Here, he defeated his own team captain

Joaquim Agostinho Joaquim Fernandes Agostinho, Order of Infante D. Henrique, OIH (7 April 1943 – 10 May 1984) was a Portuguese professional bicycle racer. He was champion of Portugal in six successive years. He rode the Tour de France 13 times and finished al ...

. Agostinho was first over the finish line, but was immediately disqualified for putting his hand on Frey's handlebars, thus holding him back in the sprint. It was the only Danish Tour de France stage win until 1983. Frey also won the

individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the rac ...

event at the 1968 world championships and finished second in 1967 behind

Gert Bongers Gert Bongers (born 22 August 1946) is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. He won the individual pursuit event at the 1967 World championships in 1967 in the Amateurs category. Next year he turned professional and finished second in the individ ...

Major results

;1968 :

: :: Team Track Pursuit (with Per Lyngemark, Reno Olsen and Gunnar Asmussen) :: Track Pursuit : World Amateur Track Pursuit Champion ;1969 :GP ZTS Dubnica nad Vahom : World Amateur Track Pursuit Champion ;1970 :

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

: ::Winner stage 9

References

External links

Official Tour de France results for Mogens FreyJean de Gribaldy and 1970 Frimatic team
1941 births Living people Danish male cyclists Danish Tour de France stage winners Olympic cyclists for Denmark Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic silver medalists for Denmark UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Olympic medalists in cycling Sportspeople from Glostrup Municipality Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 21st-century Danish politicians Danish track cyclists 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub