Rolf Sørensen

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fullname = Rolf Sørensen
nickname = Il biondo
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1965|04|20
country = DEN
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discipline = Road
role = Rider
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majorwins = Ronde van Vlaanderen (1997) Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1993) Paris-Tours (1990)
updated = June 30, 2008MedalTableTop

Rolf Sørensen (born 20 April 1965) is a former Danish professional road bicycle racer. He is the most successful Danish bicycle racer ever, with his 53 victories over 17 seasons. He is currently working as a cycling commentator and agent. Born in Helsinge in Denmark, Sørensen moved to Italy at the age of 17, where he has lived since. Many Italians consider him an Italian, and he goes under the name "Il Biondo" due to his blonde hair. He is married to Susanne.

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Accomplishments

Sørensen was Denmark's most prolific classics rider by far, winning such classic one-day races as the Ronde van Vlaanderen, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Paris-Bruxelles, Paris-Tours and Milan-Turin, as well as slightly smaller races like the Coppa Bernocchi (twice), and the Rund um den Henninger Turm or Grand Prix Frankfurt. He has led the UCI Road World Cup on several occasions, finishing second in 1991 and again in 1997 after a broken foot kept him from scoring points in the last two World Cup races of the season.

Sørensen also won individual stages in the 1994 and 1996 Tour de France, and wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the race after the team time trial in 1991, won by his Italian team Ariostea. He kept until he broke his collar bone in a fall four days later.

Rolf Sørensen participated in the Tour seven times, the last in 2001. He has also won a number of stages in other stage races, among them stage 9 of the 1995 Giro d'Italia, three stages in the Vuelta al País Vasco, six stages in Tirreno-Adriatico, two in the Tour de Suisse, and two in the Tour de Romandie.

Major one-day races:
*Ronde van Vlaanderen : 1997
*Liège-Bastogne-Liège : 1993
*Paris-Tours : 1990
*Paris-Brussels : 1992, 1994
*Rund um den Henninger Turm : 1993
*Milano-Torino : 1993
*Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne : 1996

Stage races:
*Tirreno-Adriatico : 1987, 1992
*Ronde van Nederland : 1996, 1998
*Danmark Rundt : 2000

External links

*da icon [http://www.cyclingworld.dk/index.php?p=portratter/profil.php&id=20 DCU profile]
*da icon [http://www.trap-friis.dk/cykling/denmark.Sorensen.htm Trap-Friis profile]

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NAME= Sørensen, Rolf
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1965-04-20
PLACE OF BIRTH=Helsinge, Denmark
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