Kurt Asle Arvesen

Kurt Asle Arvesen is a Norwegian former professional road cyclist, born on 9 February 1975, who raced as a professional between 1998 and 2011. After winning the 1997 Under-23 World Championship as an amateur he turned professional with the Italian team Asics, and later rode for Fakta, Team CSC and Team Sky. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships five times and took stage wins in each of the three Grand Tours, among them a stage of the 2003 Giro d'Italia, stage 8 of the 2007 Giro and stage 11 of the 2008 Tour de France. At Team CSC he rode largely as a domestique, supporting Ivan Basso to second place overall in the 2004 Tour de France, and in 2004 he also won the Danmark Rundt and the CSC Classic. After retiring he worked as a coach and sports director with Team Sky and then with the Norwegian squad Uno-X, and as an analyst for Eurosport.