Clarence "Roy" Knickman (born June 23, 1965) is a former professional

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from the

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, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Team Time Trial at the 1984 Summer Olympics. His teammates in

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were

Ron Kiefel Ronald Alexander Kiefel (born April 11, 1960 in Denver) is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States. Kiefel is a seven-time Tour de France racer, Olympic bronze medalist and member of the United States Bicycling Hall of Fam ...

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, and

Davis Phinney Davis Phinney (born July 10, 1959) is a retired professional road bicycle racer from the United States. He won 328 races in the 1980s and 1990s, a record for an American, including two Tour de France stages. He has worked in media since retiring ...

. Knickman rode in the 1988 and 1989

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for Team 7 Eleven. He memorably featured in one of the greatest breakaways in the history of

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in 1988.

During his professional career, Knickman rode for the famous teams of

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(alongside

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and

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), Toshiba-Look and

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. He originally retired from competition at the end of 1993 to take up coaching, serving as coach of the US national junior team in 1994 and the US national and Olympic road team from 1995 to 1997. However he returned to riding with the Mercury team in 1998, combining it with the role of Assistant Manager until 2000. He subsequently worked in management for the Autotrader.com and Prime Alliance teams. More recently he has coached cyclists Kendall Ryan,

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, Magnus Sheffield and

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. He later became a firefighter in Paso Robles, California. He married Ryan Kelly on July 31, 2021, in St. Paul, MN. He has two children.

Major results

;1981 :1st Criterium National Road Championships :1st Overall Super Week Juniors ::1st Stage 1 :1st UCSD Criterium ;1982 :1st National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Elite, USA :1st National Championship, Road, Juniors, USA :1st National Championship, Time trial, Juniors, USA :1st National Championship, Criterium, Juniors, USA :2nd National Championship, Track, Pursuit, Juniors, USA ;1983 :1st National Championship, Road, Juniors, USA :1st National Championship, Time trial, Juniors, USA :1st National Championship, Criterium, Juniors, USA :1st National Championship, Track, Points race, Juniors, USA :1st National Championship, Track, Pursuit, Juniors, USA :1st Overall Vosleur Jugend Tour ::1st Stage 2 :3rd World Championship, Road, 75 km TTT Juniors :2nd World Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Juniors :3rd World Championship, Track, Pursuit, Juniors ;1984 :1st Overall Commonwealth Bank Cycling Classic ::1st Stage 2 :1st National Championship, Team time trial, USA :2nd National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Elite, USA :3rd Olympic Games, Road, TTT ;1985 :1st Overall Vuelta de Bisbee ::1st Stage 2 :1st Overall Vulcan Tour ::1st Stage 3 :1st

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:1st Stage 3

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:1st Stage 2 Tour of Berlin :1st Overall Whisky Creek Stage Race ::1st Stage 4 :2nd Overall

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::1st Under 23 ;1986 :1st Overall Washington Trust Cycling Classic ::1st Stage 3 :3rd Overall

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::1st Stage 1 :3rd Overall

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;1987 :1st Stage 8

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:1st Stage 8

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:1st

:1st Overall Whisky Creek Stage Race ::1st Stage 1 :1st Mulholland Classic :1st A to Z Cycling Classic ::Stage 3 :2nd National Championship, Road, Elite, USA :2nd Overall Vuelta de Bisbee ::1st Stage 2 ;1988 :1st Stage 4

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:1st Stage 4

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:1st Overall Monterey Stage Race ::1st Stages 1 & 2 ;1989 :1st Stage 2

:1st Stage 3 Killington Stage Race :1st Stage 4

;1991 :1st Overall Killington Stage Race :1st Dole Citrus Classic :1st Tempe Grand Prix :1st Stage 3 Victoria Stage Race :1st Procter & Gamble Classic ;1992 :1st Hotter-N-Hell Criterium :2nd Overall La Vuelta de Bisbee ;1993 :1st Hotter-N-Hell Road Race ;1998 :1st Fitchburg Cycling Classic :1st Stage 1 Tour of Willamette :1st Stage 2 Three Days of Redding :1st Fort Morgan Criterium ;1999 :1st Stage 2 Dayton Cycling Classic :1st Stage 4 Heart of it All Stage Race :1st Extreme Criterium ;2000 :1st Boulevarde Road Race :1st Merced Criterium

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Knickman, Clarence 1965 births Living people American male cyclists Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in cycling Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics