Nicki Sørensen
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nicki Sørensen |
| Date of birth | May 14, 1975 (age 31) |
| Country |  Denmark |
| Height | 1.82 m |
| Weight | 71 kg |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team CSC |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1999 2000 2001- |
Team Chicky World Team Fakta Team CSC |
| Major wins | |
| Vuelta a España, 1 stage GP d'Ouverture la Marseillaise (2005) |
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| Infobox last updated on: | |
| January 15, 2007 | |
Nicki Sørensen (born 14 May 1975) is a Danish professional road bicycle racer currently riding for Team CSC. He has competed in five consecutive editions of the Tour de France from 2001 to 2005, riding as an all-round rider who rides well in hilly terrain, Sørensen is a valued support for the team captain without many wins of his own.
[edit] Biography
Sørensen didn't start his cycling career before the age of 19, having been a runner before that. He became a professional road bicycle racer in 1999 for team Team Chicky World. After the team closed down, Sørensen switched to another Denmark based team, Team Fakta where he made a good name for himself on the Danish stage as one of the strongest cards of Team Fakta, securing himself a place on the Danish team for the 2000 Olympics.
Before the 2001 season, Nicky Sørensen was on the verge of joining English Linda McCartney Team but instead opted to stay in Denmark with Team CSC (back then known as Team CSC - World Online). In his first year with the team he participated in the 2001 Tour de France where he got a taste of success with a fourth place on stage 16. Since then, Nicki Sørensen has been a consistent part of the Tour setup for Team CSC, riding the biggest race in the cycling calendar every year from 2001 to 2005, his highlights including the overall GC rank of 20th in 2002. Another highlight was Sørensen's instrumental role in team captain Tyler Hamilton's win on stage 16 of the 2003 Tour de France when Sørensen, who was in a break away, sacrificed his own chances in order to pull Hamilton and thereby allow Tyler Hamilton to conserve the strength needed to win on the day.
Nicki Sørensen started the 2005 season on a high note with a win in GP d'Ouverture la Marseillaise and a fourth place in Tour Méditerranéen during February, and during the season he prolonged his contract with Team CSC until 2007. In September Nicki Sørensen won the biggest race of his career when he clinched stage 18 of the Vuelta a España after defeating Pascual Rodriguez in the sprint.
[edit] Career highlights
- 1999
- Lemvig Løbet
- Stage 4, Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
- 2000
- Lemvig-Holstebro-Lemvig
- Stage 1 and Overall, Circuit des Mines
- Rund um Hanleite-Erfurt
- 2001
- 4th on stage 16 and 49th Overall, 2001 Tour de France
- 2002
- 20th Overall, 2002 Tour de France
- 2003
- Danish Road Racing Championship
- 44th Overall, 2003 Tour de France
- 2004
- 88th Overall, 2004 Tour de France
- 2005
- GP d'Ouverture la Marseillaise
- Stage 18, Vuelta a España
- 71st Overall, 2005 Tour de France
- 7th, Züri-Metzgete
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| Riders on Team CSC |
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Kurt Asle Arvesen | Lars Bak | Michael Blaudzun | Matti Breschel | Fabian Cancellara | Íñigo Cuesta | Matthew Goss | Juan José Haedo | Volodymyr Hustov | Allan Johansen | Bobby Julich | Kasper Klostergaard | Alexandr Kolobnev | Karsten Kroon | Marcus Ljungqvist | Anders Lund | Lars Michaelsen | Stuart O'Grady | Martin Pedersen | Luke Roberts | Carlos Sastre | Andy Schleck | Fränk Schleck | Chris Anker Sørensen | Nicki Sørensen | Christian Vandevelde | Jens Voigt | David Zabriskie |
| Manager |
| Bjarne Riis |
