Oliver Knight (cyclist)
British cyclist
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Oliver Knight (born 25 January 2001), is a British cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis.[1]
Knight in 2025 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 January 2001 Bedford, England |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Cofidis |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time trialist |
| Amateur teams | |
| –2019 | Corley Cycles |
| 2019 | HMT Hospitals Giant |
| 2020–2021 | AVC Aix-en-Provence |
| Professional teams | |
| 2022 | UAE Team Emirates XRG (stagiaire) |
| 2023 | Cofidis (stagiaire) |
| 2024– | Cofidis |
Career
From Bedford,[2] 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.[3][4] In 2022, he rode as a stagiaire for UAE Team Emirates XRG and made his debut at a UCI World Tour event at the Vuelta a Burgos.[5] In 2023, he rode as a stagiaire with UCI WorldTeam Cofidis and ahead of the 2024 season signed a two-year contract with the team.[6][7][8]
On 19 June 2024 he finished sixth at the British National Time Trial Championships in Catterick.[9]
In June 2025, he finished third in the men's race at the British National Time Trial Championships.[10][11]
Major results
- 2019
- 2nd Overall Bizkaiko Itzulia
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Pamplona
- 1st Stage 4
- 2021
- 1st Grand Prix de la Saint-Pierre-Alleins
- 3rd Cursa Festes del Tura-Olot
- 5th GP de Cintegabelle
- 6th Overall Quatre Jours des As-en-Provence
- 6th GP Greolieres
- 8th Cronoescalada La Garriga
- 9th Overall Tour du Piémont Pyrénéen
- 2022
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a Castellón
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Tour de Basse-Navarre
- 2nd Circuit de I'Essor
- 3rd Overall Tour du Pays Roannais
- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 3rd Grand Prix de Saint-Étienne Loire
- 4th Overall Tour du Beaujolais
- 7th Paris–Troyes
- 7th Ronde du Pays Basque
- 7th Trophée de I'Essor
- 8th GP de Cintegabelle
- 9th Le Poinçonnet-Panazol
- 9th Overall Vuelta a Navarra
- 1st Stage 1
- 2023
- 1st Tour de Basse-Navarre
- 1st Trophée de I'Essor
- 1st Boucles du Haut-Var
- 1st Circuit des communes de la vallée du Bédat
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Côte-d'Or
- 2nd Le Poinçonnet-Panazol
- 2nd Tour cycliste des 4B Sud Charente
- 3rd Ronde du Pays Basque
- 4th Grand Prix de Plouay
- 8th Overall Tour d'Eure-et-Loir
- 8th Tour du Gévaudan
- 2025 (1 pro win)
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 1st Stage 2
- 7th Chrono des Nations
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
