Nicki Sørensen

Nicki Sørensen
Nicki Sørensen
Personal information
Full name Nicki Sørensen
Born May 14, 1975 (1975-05-14) (age 36)
Hillerød, Denmark
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 71 kg (160 lb)
Team information
Current team Saxo Bank-SunGard
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Professional team(s)
1999
2000
2001–
Team Chicky World
Team Fakta
CSC-Tiscali
Major wins
Tour de France, 1 Stage
Vuelta a España, 1 Stage
GP d'Ouverture la Marseillaise (2005),
Danish Road Champion (2003, 2008, 2010, 2011)
Infobox last updated on
June 27, 2010

Nicki Sørensen (born 14 May 1975) is a Danish professional road bicycle racer currently riding for Saxo Bank-SunGard. 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.

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Biography

Sørensen did not 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 - World Online, as Team Saxo Bank was then known. 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 clinched stage 18 of the Vuelta a España after defeating Pascual Rodriguez in the sprint.

On July 16, 2009, Sørensen won Stage 12 of the 2009 Tour de France.[1]

Career highlights

1999
1st Lemvig Løbet
1st Stage 4 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
2000
1st Lemvig-Holstebro-Lemvig
1st Overall, Circuit des Mines
1st Stage 1
1st Rund um Hanleite-Erfur
2001
4th Stage 16 Tour de France
2002
20th Overall, Tour de France
2003
1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Danish Road Racing Championship
2004
88th Overall, Tour de France
2005
1st GP d'Ouverture la Marseillaise
1st Stage 18, Vuelta a España
7th Züri-Metzgete
2006
1st Stage 1 TTT Vuelta a España
2008
1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Danish Road Racing Championship
25th, Olympics Men's Road Race
2009
31st Overall, Tour de France
1st Stage 12
Jersey red number.svg Stage 12, Combativity award
1st Stage 2 Danmark Rundt
2010
1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Danish Road Racing Championship
2011
1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Danish Road Racing Championship
3rd, Giro del Friuli
2nd Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt

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