Jostein Wilmann (born 15 July 1953) is a Norwegian former professional road racing cyclist. His best performance came in the Tour de France of 1980, where he finished 14th overall. This was the best result any Norwegian cyclist has achieved in the Tour de France general classification until 2025. He is also the only Norwegian cyclist to win the Tour de Romandie and the Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, taking both victories in 1982. He is the father of racing cyclist Frederik Wilmann.
Major results
1975 1st Stage 5a GP Tell 2nd Overall Rheinland-Pfalz-Rundfahrt 1976 3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska 1977 7th Overall GP Tell 1978 1st Overall Tour of Austria 1st Stage 4 1979 1st Overall Rheinland-Pfalz-Rundfahrt 3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships 3rd Overall Tour de l'Avenir 1980 1st GP Union Dortmund 4th Overall Deutschland Tour 1981 3rd Druivenkoers-Overijse 5th Overall Tour of Belgium 10th Overall Deutschland Tour 10th Tour du Nord-Ouest 1982 1st Overall Tour de Romandie 1st Stage 2 1st Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1st Stage 5a Deutschland Tour 2nd La Flèche Wallonne 2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm 5th Overall Tour de Suisse 6th Overall Super Prestige Pernod 6th Züri-Metzgete 9th Amstel Gold Race 1983 2nd Grand Prix Cerami 6th Overall Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde 7th Overall Tour de Suisse
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 1980 1981 1982 1983 Giro d'Italia———13 Tour de France1434DNF— Vuelta a España————
Major stage race general classification results timeline Major stage race general classification results timelineRace1980198119821983 Tour de Suisse212257 Tour de Romandie13— 1—
Monuments and Classics results timeline Monuments results timeline1980198119821983Milan–San Remo 40 — — 40Tour of Flanders — — 35 —Paris–Roubaix 23 — — —Liège–Bastogne–Liège 21 — — 29Giro di Lombardia — — — —Classics results timeline1980198119821983Amstel Gold Race — 43 9 27La Flèche Wallonne — 66 2 32Gent–Wevelgem 47 — — —Paris–Tours — 94 — —
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
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