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.

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 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 Danish Road Racing Championship

25th, Olympics Men's Road Race

2009

31st Overall, Tour de France

1st Stage 12

Stage 12, Combativity award

1st Stage 2 Danmark Rundt

2010

1st Danish Road Racing Championship

2011

1st Danish Road Racing Championship

3rd, Giro del Friuli

2nd Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt

References

1. ^ "Sorensen grinds out stage victory". BBC Sport. 2009-07-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/8154537.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-16. 

External links

• Profile at Team Saxo Bank

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