Nicki Sørensen

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Nicki Sørensen
Personal information
Full name Nicki Sørensen
Date of birth May 14, 1975 (1975-05-14) (age 33)
Country Flag of Denmark 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)
Infobox last updated on:
January 15, 2007

Nicki Sørensen (born 14 May 1975 in Herning) 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, Sørensen was on the verge of joining English Linda McCartney Racing 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, 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.

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Persondata
NAME Sørensen, Nicki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH 1975-05-14
PLACE OF BIRTH Herning, Denmark
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH