Mogens Frey

{{Short description|Danish cyclist (born 1941)}} {{about||the Danish Olympic rower|Mogens Jensen (rower)|the Danish politician|Mogens Jensen (politician)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Mogens Frey | image = Mogens Frey 1967.jpg | caption = Mogens Frey at the 1967 World Championships | full_name = Mogens Frey Jensen | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|7|2|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Glostrup]], Denmark | height = | weight = | currentteam = | discipline = Track, road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = | proteam1 = | majorwins = Gold medal 1968 Olympic Games | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{DEN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalGold| [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]] | [[Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalSilver|1968 Mexico City |[[Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit|4000 m individual pursuit]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|World Track Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1967 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1967 Amsterdam]]|Individual track pursuit}} {{MedalGold|[[1968 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1968 Montevideo]]|Individual track pursuit}} {{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Road World Championships|World Road Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1969 UCI Road World Championships|1969 Brno]]|Team pursuit, road}} }}

'''Mogens Frey Jensen''' (born 2 July 1941) is a Danish retired amateur cyclist who competed successfully both on the road and on track. He won, along with [[Gunnar Asmussen]], [[Per Lyngemark]] and [[Reno Olsen]], a gold medal at the [[Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Summer Olympics]] in the [[Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|4 km team pursuit]] and finished second [[Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit|individually]].<ref name=r1/> However, he is more famous for the way he won stage 9 in the [[1970 Tour de France]]. Here, he defeated his own team captain [[Joaquim Agostinho]]. Agostinho was first over the finish line, but was immediately disqualified for putting his hand on Frey's handlebars, thus holding him back in the sprint.<ref name=b1/> It was the only [[List of Danish Tour de France stage winners|Danish Tour de France stage win]] until 1983.

Frey also won the [[individual pursuit]] event at the 1968 world championships and finished second in 1967 behind [[Gert Bongers]].<ref name=r2/>

==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;1968 :[[Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Summer Olympics]]: ::{{gold1}} Team Track Pursuit (with [[Per Lyngemark]], [[Reno Olsen]] and [[Gunnar Asmussen]]) ::{{silver2}} Track Pursuit : World Amateur Track Pursuit Champion ;1969 :GP ZTS Dubnica nad Vahom : World Amateur Track Pursuit Champion ;1970 :[[1970 Tour de France|Tour de France]]: ::Winner stage 9 {{div col end}}

==References== <references> <ref name=r1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010717/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/mogens-frey-jensen-1.html Mogens Frey Jensen]. sports-reference.com</ref> <ref name=r2>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130425141955/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=5355 Mogens Frey]}}. cyclingarchives.com</ref> <ref name=b1>{{cite book|author1=Bill McGann|author2=Carol McGann|title=The Story of the Tour De France: 1965-2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V8mlwItBhhcC&pg=PA50|date=2008|publisher=Dog Ear Publishing|isbn=978-1-59858-608-4|page=50}}</ref> </references>

== External links == {{Commons category|Mogens Frey}} *[http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/4039.html Official Tour de France results for Mogens Frey] *[http://www.jeandegribaldy.com/index.php?zone=pages/equ_70b Jean de Gribaldy and 1970 Frimatic team] {{Footer Olympic Champions Track Team Pursuit Men}}

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