Ole Ritter

Amateur years As an amateur he rode for ABC Denmark. His breakthrough came in 1962 where he won 2 silver medals at the world championship in Italy, Individual & 100 km team time trial. Ritter took part in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He rode the individual road race and finished in 74th place, and was part of the Danish team in the team time trial that finished seventh.

He became Danish champion twice (1962 and 1966), and Scandinavian champion once (1966) and in 1965 went to Italy to break the world record on the 100 km.

A 1974 Danish documentary, The Impossible Hour (Danish: Den umulige time), explores Ritter's attempt to regain the one-hour distance record in Mexico City.

Major Road Race Results Sources:

1967 1st Stage 16 (ITT) Giro d'Italia 3rd Giro del Lazio 3rd Milano–Vignola 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 9th Trofeo Baracchi (with Eddy Beugels) 10th Coppa Bernocchi 1968 1st Trofeo Matteotti 2nd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 2nd Trofeo Baracchi (with Herman Van Springel) 3rd Milano–Vignola 8th Milano–Torino 10th Overall Giro di Sardegna 1969 1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia 2nd Giro del Piemonte 2nd Gran Premio di Lugano (ITT) 2nd Trofeo Baracchi (with Gianni Motta) 3rd Stage 15 Giro d'Italia (ITT) 4th Giro dell'Emilia 4th Grand Prix des Nations (ITT) 5th Giro della Romagna 8th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 9th Overall Giro di Sardegna 1st Stage 5b (ITT) 1970 1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice 1st Gran Premio di Lugano (ITT) 2nd Grand Prix des Nations (ITT) 2nd Trofeo Baracchi (with Leif Mortensen) 3rd Giro della Romagna 4th Trofeo Laigueglia 6th Giro di Lombardia 8th Overall Giro di Sardegna 9th Overall Giro d'Italia 2nd Stage 9 (ITT) 1971 1st Stage 20b (ITT) Giro d'Italia 2nd Stage 12 (ITT) Giro d'Italia 2nd Giro del Lazio 2nd Giro dell'Emilia 3rd Stage 4 Giro d'Italia 3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 3rd Giro della Romagna 4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 6th Trofeo Baracchi (with Gianni Motta) 7th Giro di Toscana 8th Gran Premio di Lugano (ITT) 9th Tour of Flanders 9th World Championships – Men's road race 9th Giro dell'Appennino 10th Overall Giro di Sardegna 1st Stage 4a (ITT) 10th Tre Valli Varesine 1972 3rd Stage 20 Giro d'Italia 3rd Gran Premio di Lugano (ITT) 4th Trofeo Baracchi (with Josef Fuchs) 8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 8th Giro dell'Emilia 9th Paris–Roubaix 10th Giro del Piemonte 1973 4th Overall Giro di Puglia 6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 7th Overall Giro d'Italia 2nd Stages 13 & 16 (ITT) 3rd Stages 6 & 19 7th Overall Tour de Romandie 7th Milano–Torino 1974 1st Gran Premio di Lugano (ITT) 2nd Overall Giro di Puglia 1st Stage 3 4th Giro dell'Emilia 5th Trofeo Matteotti 9th Giro di Lombardia 9th Overall Vuelta a Levante 1st Stage 2 1975 2nd Stage 18 (ITT) Tour de France 6th Overall Giro di Puglia 9th Gran Premio di Lugano (ITT) 1976 4th Overall Giro di Puglia 5th Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 8th Giro di Campania

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish