# Clarence Knickman

Clarence "Roy" Knickman (born June 23, 1965) is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Team Time Trial at the 1984 Summer Olympics. His teammates in Los Angeles, California were Ron Kiefel, Andrew Weaver, and Davis Phinney.
Knickman rode in the 1988 and 1989 Tour de France for Team 7 Eleven. He memorably featured in one of the greatest breakaways in the history of Paris–Roubaix in 1988.
During his professional career, Knickman rode for the famous teams of La Vie Claire (alongside Greg LeMond, Bernard Hinault and Andrew Hampsten), Toshiba-Look and 7-Eleven.
He originally retired from competition at the end of 1993 to take up coaching, serving as coach of the US national junior team in 1994 and the US national and Olympic road team from 1995 to 1997. However he returned to riding with the Mercury team in 1998, combining it with the role of Assistant Manager until 2000. He subsequently worked in management for the Autotrader.com and Prime Alliance teams. More recently he has coached cyclists Kendall Ryan, Alexis Ryan, Magnus Sheffield and Quinn Simmons.
He later became a firefighter in Paso Robles, California.
He married Ryan Kelly on July 31, 2021, in St. Paul, MN. He had two children.

## Major results
### 1981

    1st Criterium National Road Championships
    1st Overall Super Week Juniors
       1st Stage 1
    1st UCSD Criterium

### 1982

    1st National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Elite, USA
    1st National Championship, Road, Juniors, USA
    1st National Championship, Time trial, Juniors, USA
    1st National Championship, Criterium, Juniors, USA
    2nd National Championship, Track, Pursuit, Juniors, USA

### 1983

    1st National Championship, Road, Juniors, USA
    1st National Championship, Time trial, Juniors, USA
    1st National Championship, Criterium, Juniors, USA
    1st National Championship, Track, Points race, Juniors, USA
    1st National Championship, Track, Pursuit, Juniors, USA
    1st Overall Vosleur Jugend Tour
       1st Stage 2
    3rd World Championship, Road, 75 km TTT Juniors
    2nd World Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Juniors
    3rd World Championship, Track, Pursuit, Juniors

### 1984

    1st Overall Commonwealth Bank Cycling Classic
       1st Stage 2
    1st National Championship, Team time trial, USA
    2nd National Championship, Cyclo-cross, Elite, USA
    3rd Olympic Games, Road, TTT

### 1985

    1st Overall Vuelta de Bisbee
       1st Stage 2
    1st Overall Vulcan Tour
       1st Stage 3
    1st Mammoth Classic
    1st Stage 3 United Texas Tour
    1st Stage 2 Tour of Berlin
    1st Overall Whisky Creek Stage Race
       1st Stage 4
    2nd Overall Milk Race
       1st Under 23

### 1986

    1st Overall Washington Trust Cycling Classic
       1st Stage 3
    3rd Overall Vancouver Coors Pacific
       1st Stage 1
    3rd Overall Rocky Mountains Classic

### 1987

    1st Stage 8 Critérium du Dauphiné
    1st Stage 8 Tour du Suisse
    1st Mammoth Classic
    1st Overall Whisky Creek Stage Race
       1st Stage 1
    1st Mulholland Classic
    1st A to Z Cycling Classic
       Stage 3
    2nd National Championship, Road, Elite, USA
    2nd Overall Vuelta de Bisbee
       1st Stage 2

### 1988

    1st Stage 4 Coors Classic
    1st Stage 4 Tour of Florida
    1st Overall Monterey Stage Race
       1st Stages 1 & 2

### 1989

    1st Stage 2 United Texas Tour
    1st Stage 3 Killington Stage Race
    1st Stage 4 Coors Classic

### 1991

    1st Overall Killington Stage Race
    1st Dole Citrus Classic
    1st Tempe Grand Prix
    1st Stage 3 Victoria Stage Race
    1st Procter & Gamble Classic

### 1992

    1st Hotter-N-Hell Criterium
    2nd Overall La Vuelta de Bisbee

### 1993

    1st Hotter-N-Hell Road Race

### 1998

    1st Fitchburg Cycling Classic
    1st Stage 1 Tour of Willamette
    1st Stage 2 Three Days of Redding
    1st Fort Morgan Criterium

### 1999

    1st Stage 2 Dayton Cycling Classic
    1st Stage 4 Heart of it All Stage Race
    1st Extreme Criterium

### 2000

    1st Boulevarde Road Race
    1st Merced Criterium