Mads Christensen (cyclist)
Mads Christensen at 4 days of Dunkirk 2011 | |
To person | |
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Date of birth | April 6, 1984 |
nation | Denmark |
discipline | Street |
height | 182 cm |
Racing weight | 69 kg |
To the team | |
Current team | Riwal Readynez Cycling Team |
function | driver |
Team (s) | |
2004 2005 2006 2007–2009 2010 2011–2013 2014 2015 |
Team PH Quick Step-Innergetic Team Barloworld Team Designa Køkken Glud & Marstrand-LRØ Rådgivning Team Saxo-Tinkoff Cult Energy Vital Water Riwal Platform Cycling Team |
Last updated: February 17, 2015 |
Mads Christensen (born April 6, 1984 ) is a Danish cyclist .
Career
As a junior Christensen won six Danish league titles, including five on the train in the disciplines of two-team driving , individual pursuit , team pursuit and 1km time trial and on the road in the individual time trial . In 2001 he won the elite titles in two-man team driving, single pursuit and team pursuit.
He won the Danish U23 championship title in road racing in 2003 and in the individual time trial in 2004 . At the 2004 World Championships in Verona , he was third in the U23 road race behind Kanstanzin Siuzou and Thomas Dekker .
In 2005 he received his first contract with a UCI ProTeam , the Belgian team Quick Step-Innergetic , for which he competed in the Giro d'Italia in 2005 and finished in 142nd place. After a few years with smaller teams, he signed a contract with the Danish ProTeam Saxo Bank in 2011, for which he drove until the end of the 2013 season and won a stage of the Flèche du Sud in 2010 and the mountain classification of the Tour of the Basque Country in 2012 . He also finished the Vuelta a España 2011 as 160th and the Giro d'Italia 2013 as. 126.
successes
- 2001
- Danish champion - two-team driving , individual pursuit , team pursuit
2003
2004
- 2010
- a stage of the Flèche du Sud
- 2012
- Basque Country Tour of the Mountains
Web links
- Mads Christensen in the Radsportseiten.net database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Christensen, Mads |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1984 |