Chris Anker Sørensen
 Sørensen at the 2011 Tour de Romandie. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Chris Anker Sørensen |
| Nickname |
Oksen fra Hammel (The Ox from Hammel) |
| Born |
5 September 1984 Hammel, Denmark |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Tinkoff-Saxo |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climbing specialist |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2005 | → Team CSC (stagiaire) |
| 2006 | Team Designa Køkken |
| 2007– | Team CSC |
| Major wins | |
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Infobox last updated on 7 January 2015 | |
Chris Anker Sørensen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰʁ̥i̞s ɑŋɡ̊ɐ ˈsœ̞ɐ̯nˀsn̩]; born 5 September 1984) is a Danish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Tinkoff-Saxo.[1]
Career
Born in Hammel, Sørensen started his professional career in 2007 with Team CSC. After a promising performance in the 2008 Tour of Austria, he competed for Denmark (along with Nicki Sørensen and Brian Vandborg) in the 2008 Olympic road race, finishing 12th overall.
Starting with the 2010 season, Sørensen, who lives in Luxembourg, will ride under a Luxembourgian license, since the UCI will no longer allow the Danish federation to grant Danish licenses to riders living abroad.[2] During the season, he won a stage in the Giro d'Italia.
In the 2012 Tour de France, Sorensen finished 14th overall and was awarded the most aggressive rider after attacking a lot in the mountains.
Palmares
- 2001
- 3rd National Under-19 Road Race Championships
- 2005
- 1st Stage 3 Ringerike GP
- 2006
- 4th European Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 4th Overall Triptyque des Barrages
- 5th GP Demy-Cars
- 6th GP Waregem
- 8th GP Cristal Energie
- 2007
- 6th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 1st Stage 2 TTT
- 2008
- 1st Stage 6 Dauphiné Libéré
- 3rd GP d'Isbergues
- 4th Overall Österreich Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 2
- 2009
- 1st Japan Cup
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 5th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 6th GP Miguel Indurain
- 8th Giro dell'Emilia
- 2010
- 1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia
- 3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 5th National Road Race Championships
- 6th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 10th National Time Trial Championships
- 2011
- 1st
Mountains classification Tour de Romandie - 5th National Road Race Championships
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 8th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 2012
- 1st
Mountains classification, Volta a Catalunya - Overall Combativity award
Tour de France - 5th National Road Race Championships
- 5th Giro dell'Emilia
- 8th Milano–Torino
- 2013
- 2nd Giro dell'Emilia
- 10th Overall Tour de Pologne
Grand Tours overall classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro |
— | 28 | — | 27 | — | — | — | WD |
 Tour |
— | — | 34 | 69 | 37 | 14 | — | — |
| Vuelta |
19 | — | — | — | 12 | — | 18 | 29 |
References
- ↑ "Team Saxo-Tinkoff (TST) – DEN". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ↑ Luxembourg licence for Sorensen
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chris Anker Sørensen. |
- Official website (Danish)
- Palmares at CyclingBase (French)
- VeloNews.com: Sorensen wins stage 8 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia
- Chris Anker Sørensen profile at Cycling Archives
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