Oliver Knight (cyclist)

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| name = Oliver Knight

| image = Oliver_Knight_-_Etoile_de_Bessèges_2025_-_Stage_3_arrivée.jpg

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| caption = Knight in 2025

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|1|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bedford, England

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| currentteam = {{UCI team code|COF}}

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Time trialist

| amateuryears1 = –2019

| amateurteam1 = Corley Cycles

| amateuryears2 = 2019

| amateurteam2 = HMT Hospitals Giant

| amateuryears3 = 2020–2021

| amateurteam3 = AVC Aix-en-Provence

| proyears1 = 2022

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|UAD}} (stagiaire)

| proyears2 = 2023

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|COF|2023}} (stagiaire)

| proyears3 = 2024–

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|COF|2024}}

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Oliver Knight (born 25 January 2001), is a British cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|COF}}.{{cite web|title=Oliver Knight|accessdate=12 January 2024|url= https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/oliver-knight|website=Pro Cycling Stats}}

Career

From Bedford,{{cite web|url=https://www.theraynerfoundation.org/post/a-fruitful-few-weeks-for-oliver-knight|first=Joscelin|last=Ryan|date=

July 8, 2022|accessdate=12 January 2024|website=theraynerfoundation|title=OLIVER KNIGHT FEVER ! A fruitful few weeks for Oliver Knight}} Knight competed as a junior for the HMT Hospitals – Giant team and won a silver medal in the British junior national 10 mile championships, and finished second overall in the Junior Tour of the Basque Country behind Carlos Rodriguez, prior to joining French team AVC Aix-en-Provence for the 2020 and 2021 seasons.{{cite web|url=https://thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2020/02/28/first-year-u23s-ten-to-watch-in-2020/|website=Thebritishcontinental|accessdate=12 January 2024|title=First-year U23s: ten to watch in 2020|date=28 February 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2020/11/26/oliver-knight-interview-a-year-at-provence/|website=Thebritishcontinental|accessdate=12 January 2024|title=Oliver Knight: A year at Provence|date=26 November 2000}} In 2022, he rode as a stagiaire for {{UCI team code|UAD}} and made his debut at a UCI World Tour event at the Vuelta a Burgos.{{cite web|website=Cycling Weekly|title= ‘I was rubbing shoulders with Nibali and Valverde’ - Oliver Knight gets starstruck at Vuelta a Burgos|url= https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/i-was-rubbing-shoulders-with-nibali-and-valverde-oliver-knight-starstruck-at-vuelta-a-burgos|first=Tom|last=Thewlis|date=4 August 2022|accessdate=12 January 2024}} In 2023, he rode as a stagiaire with UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|COF}} and ahead of the 2024 season signed a two-year contract with the team.{{cite web|url=https://www.globalcyclingnetwork.com/racing/features/dave-would-think-this-was-marvellous-rayner-foundation-dinner-sees-continued-support-for-next-gen-british-talent|first=Tom|last=Thewlis|accessdate=12 January 2024|date=3 November 2023|title=

Oliver Knight named rider of the year at Rayner Foundation gala dinner}}{{cite web|url= https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/team-cofidis-reinforces-its-team-with-young-british-talent-oliver-knight|website=Cyvlinguptodate|accessdate=12 January 2024|title= EAM COFIDIS REINFORCES ITS TEAM WITH YOUNG BRITISH TALENT OLIVER KNIGHT|date=28 September 2023}}{{cite web|url= https://www.globalcyclingnetwork.com/racing/features/dave-would-think-this-was-marvellous-rayner-foundation-dinner-sees-continued-support-for-next-gen-british-talent|website=Global Cycling Network|first=Georgie|last=Poole|accessdate=12 January 2024|title= 'Dave would think this was marvellous' - Rayner Foundation Dinner sees continued support for Next-Gen British talent|date=13 November 2023}}

On 19 June 2024 he finished sixth at the British National Time Trial Championships in Catterick.{{cite web|website=Cycling News|url= https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/british-road-championships-2024/time-trial-elite-men/results/|title= Josh Tarling wins British National men's time trial title for second time

|first=Dani|last=Ostanek|date=19 June 2024|accessdate=19 June 2024}}