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Nickname |
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Born | Hammel, Denmark | 5 September 1984
Died | 18 September 2021 Zeebrugge, Belgium | (aged 37)
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role |
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Rider type | Climbing specialist |
Amateur team | |
2001–2004 | Hammel CK |
Professional teams | |
2005–2006 | Team Designa Køkken |
2005 | → Team CSC ( stagiaire) |
2007–2015 | Team CSC |
2016 | Fortuneo–Vital Concept |
2017–2018 | Riwal Platform |
Managerial team | |
2019–2021 | Riwal Readynez |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Chris Anker Sørensen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰʁis ˈɑŋkɐ ˈsɶɐ̯ˀn̩sn̩]; 5 September 1984 – 18 September 2021) was a Danish road bicycle racer who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the Team Designa Køkken, Tinkoff–Saxo, Fortuneo–Vital Concept, and Riwal Platform teams. Sørensen then worked as a directeur sportif (and co-owner) for his final professional team, Riwal Readynez. [1]
Born in Hammel, Sørensen had a promising performance in the 2008 Tour of Austria, finishing fourth overall. A few weeks later, 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 lived in Luxembourg, rode under a Luxembourg license, since the UCI no longer allowed the Danish federation to grant Danish licenses to riders living abroad. [2] During the season, he won Stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia. [3]
In the 2012 Tour de France, Sørensen finished 14th overall and was awarded the super-combativity award after an attacking performance in several mountain stages. [4]
In September 2015, it was announced that he would leave Tinkoff–Saxo and join Fortuneo–Vital Concept for the 2016 season, with a role to support Eduardo Sepúlveda in Grand Tours. [5]
In February 2018, he announced his retirement at the end of the season. [6]
He commentated on TV 2 (Denmark) from 2017 until his death. [7]
On 18 September 2021, Sørensen was killed by injuries sustained by being struck by a van while on a bike ride in Zeebrugge, Belgium; he had been due to cover the 2021 UCI Road World Championships, which started the following day. [8] According to a statement of the Brugge parket released on 19 September, Sørensen did not yield on a location where he needed to do so. [9] [10] [11]
Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | 28 | — | 27 | — | — | — | DNF | — | — |
Tour de France | — | — | 34 | 69 | 37 | 14 | — | — | — | 84 |
Vuelta a España | 19 | — | — | — | 12 | — | 18 | 29 | — | — |
Den danske cykel-darling, som har givet os mange gode øjeblikke på TV-skærmen, går imod vejs ende som cykelrytter, og træder nu ind i en ny rolle på Riwal - CeramicSpeed Cycling Team, hvor han har tilbragt de sidste to sæsoner af sin lange karriere. [The Danish bicycle darling, who has given us many good moments on the TV screen, goes against the road end as a cyclist, and now enters a new role on the Riwal - CeramicSpeed Cycling Team, where he has spent the last two seasons of his long career.]