Chris Anker Sørensen

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Chris Anker Sørensen Road cycling
Chris Anker Sørensen at the Tour de Romandie 2011
Chris Anker Sørensen at the Tour de Romandie 2011
To person
birth date 5th September 1984
date of death September 18, 2021
nation DenmarkDenmark Denmark
discipline Street
Driver type climber
height 1.85 m
Racing weight 64 kg
International team (s)
2005–2006
2007–2015
2016
2017–2018 		Designa Køkken
CSC / Saxo / Tinkoff
Fortuneo-Vital Concept
Riwal CeramicSpeed ​​Cycling Team
Most important successes

a stage of the Giro d'Italia 2010

Last updated: September 19, 2021

Chris Anker Sørensen (born September 5, 1984 in Hammel , † September 18, 2021 in Bruges , Belgium ) was a Danish cyclist . He excelled above all as a mountain rider and won a stage at the Giro d'Italia 2010 .

Career

Chris Anker Sørensen received his first contract with an international cycling team in 2005 with the Danish Continental Team Designa Køkken . In his first year there he won one stage at the Ringerike Grand Prix and one at the Tour de Horsens . At the end of the year he then drove for Team CSC as a stagiaire . After another year at Designa Køkken, he received a regular contract with ProTeam CSC in 2007 .

With CSC he won the second stage of the 2007 Germany Tour, which was held as a team time trial, and finally came in sixth in the overall standings. In the autumn of the same year he played his first Grand Tour , the Vuelta a España, and finished the tour in 19th place. After his first participation in the Giro d'Italia in 2008, the Dane then won the penultimate stage at the Dauphiné Libéré and at the Tour of Austria the second stage. On the latter tour he was also wearing the yellow jersey for one day and took fourth place in the overall standings.

In the 2009 season Sørensen denied his first Tour de France , which he finished in 34th place, and won the Japan Cup . At the Giro d'Italia 2010 he achieved his greatest success up to then when he won the mountain finish of the 8th stage in Terminillo . Sørensen was also lined up by his team for the Tour de France 2010 , 2011 and 2012 . In 2012, he achieved his best placement in 14th place. In that year he was also awarded the red shirt number as the most combative driver . At the Vuelta a España 2011 he was twelfth, his best result in a Grand Tour, and in 2013 18th. At the Tour de Romandie 2011 and the Tour of Catalonia 2012 , he won the mountain classification . In 2015 Sørensen became Danish road champion.

After the 2015 season, he left his team , now known as Team Tinkoff , after nine years and took part in a Grand Tour for Fortuneo-Vital Concept in the Tour de France for the twelfth and final time in 2016 . In 2017 and 2018 he started for the Riwal CeramicSpeed ​​Cycling Team and then ended his active cycling career.

On September 18, 2021, Sørensen was a commentator for the Danish broadcaster TV 2 at the UCI Road World Championships 2021 in Belgium. After being hit by a car while on a bicycle tour, he succumbed to serious injuries shortly afterwards at the age of 37.

family

Chris Anker Sørensen was married. The marriage resulted in two daughters. He lived with his family northwest of Copenhagen.

successes

2005

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2015

  • MaillotDinamarca.svg Danish champion - road race

Grand Tours placements

Grand Tour 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italiagiro - 28 - 27 - - - DNF - -
Yellow jersey Tour de Francetrip - - 34 69 37 14th - - - 84
Red jersey Vuelta a EspañaVuelta 19th - - - 12th - 18th 29 - -
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race because the race was timed out.

Web links

Commons : Chris Anker Sørensen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ex-professional Chris Anker Sörensen dies in a bicycle accident | radsport-news.com. Retrieved September 19, 2021 .
  2. ↑ Jacob Qvirin Petersen: Chris Anker Sørensen er død efter ulykke - TV 2. In: TV 2. September 18, 2021, accessed on September 18, 2021 (Danish).
  3. ↑ a b Se Chris Ankers career i billeder: Sådan husker vi ham , jyllands-posten.dk, September 19, 2021: "Privat var han gift med Michelle Moestrup, som han boede med i Skovlunde nordvest for København."
  4. ↑ Oksen fra Mutton stopper: Jeg glæder mig til at gøre det her - uden dårlig samvittighed! , bt.dk, August 20, 2018: "Chris Anker Sørensen he gift med Michelle Moestrup, and together har de børnene Lærke and Laura."
personal data
SURNAME Sørensen, Chris Anker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish cyclist
BIRTH DATE 5th September 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH mutton
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 2021
PLACE OF DEATH Bruges , Belgium