Academic literature on the topic 'Cykelryttere'

Wind resistance is the primary external factor riders have to overcome in cycling. In order to share this burden members of opposing teams often cooperate e.g. to secure the existence of a breakaway. To avoid free-riders a tacit social contract of sharing the work-load is formed among the riders in question. Taking its point of departure in qualitative interviews with Danish elite cyclists, this article demonstrates how the social contract sometimes becomes explicit and an agreement of the podium placing is formed between riders in the final break-away before they arrive at the finish line. The article examines riders’ explanations of and attitudes to these arrangements, and it discusses to what extent the arrangements can be understood as match-fixing. While the available evidence suggests that the arrangement are best understood as an integrated element of cycling culture with a purpose of upholding a certain social order, the article also demonstrates how the social contract and the accompanying agreements implies a corruption of the sport in germ form. On this basis the article concludes that it is only the sport’s culture and individual riders’ self-discipline that can

Da jeg begyndte at studere psykologi på Aarhus Universitet i 1970, ville jeg være sportspsykolog. I 1968 var min korte cykelsportskarriere kulmineret, men cykelsporten havde ikke sluppet sit tag i mig. I foråret 1972 debuterede jeg således med en psykologiopgave (Jespersen 1972) om mit forbillede, cykelrytteren Niels Fredborg, der senere dette år vandt guld til Danmark ved de Olympiske Lege (OL) i München. På baggrund af mit personlige forhold til Niels Fredborg vil jeg i dette essay skrive om hvorledes cykelsport – når det går bedst for sig – er liv og ære om at gøre.

A strong wrestler and a speedy cyclist – a breakthrough for sport in VejleAs was the case with the majority of Danish provincial towns, sport came into its own in Vejle in around 1900. Several clubs were founded – for sailing, rowing, ball games, athletics, tennis and so on. In contrast to the sporting practice that had previously been seen in the town, activities were now much more organised, and those involved in sports had high ambitions for setting records and winning competitions against teams from other associations. A survey of the most important associations and clubs reveals differences, too, – for example, between the sailing club and the tennis club, which were playgrounds for the better-off, and the athlete club and the athletics club, which were real sports clubs. The cyclist Rasmus Jørgensen and the wrestler Gustav Heede were figureheads around the turn of the century. The cyclist set records, while the wrestler forced his opponents’ shoulders to the floor!