Michael Mørkøv
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Mørkøv at the 2009 Japan Cup. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Michael Mørkøv Christensen[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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30 April 1985 Kokkedal, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Tinkoff-Saxo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road and track | ||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter/Time trialist | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005–2008 | Team GLS | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2009– | Team Saxo Bank | ||||||||||||||||||
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Infobox last updated on 1 March 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||
Michael Mørkøv Christensen[1] (Danish pronunciation: [ˈmikʰæːl ˈmœ̞ɐ̯kʰøʊ̯]; born 30 April 1985 in Kokkedal) is a Danish professional racing cyclist on UCI ProTeam Tinkoff-Saxo.[2]
Mørkøv started as a track cyclist, becoming national champion in the points race in 2004. In the 2008 Olympic games, he won the silver medal in the team pursuit.
As a road cyclist, Mørkøv became national time trial champion in 2005. Mørkøv rode the 2010 and 2011 Giro d'Italia, finishing both. Mørkøv rode his first Tour de France in 2012, drawing attention by featuring in the most important escapes of the first three stages, where he gained enough points to lead the mountains classification. He held polka-dot jersey until stage 7, where stage winner Chris Froome took it.[3]
In 2013 he won Stage 6 in the Vuelta a España.
Career highlights
Track
- 2001
- 3rd National Junior Team Pursuit Championships
- 2002
- National Junior Championships
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2003
- National Junior Championships
- 1st
Points race - 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2nd National Team Pursuit Championships
- 2004
- National Championships
- 1st Points race
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 3rd UIV Cup München
- 2005
- 1st European Under-23 Madison Championships
- 1st Overall UIV Cup
- 1st Stuttgart
- 1st Berlin
- 1st Amsterdam
- 2nd Copenhagen
- 3rd Bremen
- 2nd National Madison Championships
- 2nd Sydney World Cup – Madison
- 3rd Danmarksturneringen i Banecykling – Omnium
- 2006
- National Championships
- 1st Madison
- 1st Points race
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 3rd Scratch
- 1st
- Sydney World Cup (2005/06)
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Madison
- 1st Danmarksturneringen i Banecykling – Omnium
- Sydney World Cup (2006/07)
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2nd Madison
- 2nd Six Days of Grenoble
- 3rd Moscow World Cup – Madison
- 3rd European Under-23 Points Race Championships
- 2007
- National Championships
- 1st Madison
- 2nd Points race
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 1st
- Los Angeles World Cup
- 1st Madison
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st Six Days of Grenoble
- 3rd World Team Pursuit Championships
- 3rd Sydney World Cup – Madison
- 3rd Six Days of Zurich
- 2008
- National Championships
- 1st Madison (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 1st Team pursuit (with Jacob Moe Rasmussen, Nikola Aistrup and Casper Jørgensen)
- 1st Scratch
- 1st Points race
- 1st
- Copenhagen World Cup
- 1st Madison
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st Danmarksturneringen i Banecykling, Ballerup – Omnium
- 2nd Olympic Games
- Los Angeles World Cup
- 2nd Madison
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen
- 2nd Danmarksturneringen i Banecykling, Aarhus – Omnium
- 3rd World Madison Championships
- 3rd Six Days of Zurich
- 2009
- 1st
World Madison Championships - 1st National Madison Championships (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 1st Six Days of Copenhagen
- 1st Six Days of Gent
- 2nd Six Days of München
- 2010
- 1st National Madison Championships (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 1st Six Days of Berlin
- 1st Six Days of Copenhagen
- 3rd Six Days of Rotterdam
- 3rd Six Days of Gent
- 2011
- National Championships
- 1st Madison (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 1st Omnium
- 1st
- 1st Six Days of Copenhagen
- 2nd European Championships – Team pursuit
- 3rd Six Days of Berlin
- 2012
- 1st Six Days of Amsterdam
- 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen
Road
- 2004
- 3rd Speditørløbet
- 2005
- 1st National Team Time Trial Championships
- 2006
- 1st Post Cuppen Skive
- 2nd National Team Time Trial Championships
- 4th Rund um den Elm
- 2007
- 2nd Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 2008
- 1st Midt Data Løbet
- 1st National Team Time Trial Championships
- 1st Stage 2 Giro del Capo
- 2nd Speditørløbet
- 2nd Duo Normand
- 9th GP Nordjylland
- 2009
- 7th Châteauroux Classic
- 2010
- 1st Herlev-løbet
- 3rd National Time Trial Championships
- 4th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 2011
- 1st Fyen Rundt
- 3rd Overall Danmark Rundt
- 2012
- 3rd National Time Trial Championships
- 4th Overall Post Cuppen
- 1st Roskilde
- 1st Ringsted
- Tour de France
- Held
King of the Mountains Jersey, Stages 1–6 
Combativity award Stage 3 and 13
- Held
- 2013
- 1st National Road Race Championships
- 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a España
- 2nd Paris–Tours
- 4th Overall Tour de l'Eurometropole
- 2014
- 3rd National Road Race Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 5th Overall Tour of Qatar
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, Gregor (5 November 2010). "Rasmussen to join Saxo Bank, a Danish dream?". Cycling Weekly (IPC Media Limited). Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "Team Saxo-Tinkoff (TST) – DEN". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ↑ Westemeyer, Susan (7 July 2012). "Froome leads double Sky success on La Planche des Belles Filles". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 8 July 2012.
External links
- Michael Mørkøv profile at Cycling Archives
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