Rolf Sørensen (born April 20, 1965 in Helsinge , Denmark ) is a former Danish cyclist . He is the most successful Danish cyclist of all time with a total of 53 victories in 17 professional years.
Career
Sørensen began his professional career in 1986 with the Italian team Murella-Fanini . After he had not been able to celebrate any notable successes in his first professional year, he won the 1987 Tirreno-Adriatico stage race . In 1990 he then won the Paris-Tours . In the 1991 Tour de France , the Dane wore the yellow jersey for four days , even though he had not managed to win a stage.
His best season was Sørensen in 1993 when he besides the victories in Liege-Bastogne-Liege ,
Milan-Turin and Around the Henninger Tower also stages in the Tour de Suisse , Tirreno-Adriatico , the Tour de Romandie and the Tour of the Basque Country reach . In the 1994 Tour de France , he celebrated his first of two victories on the 14th stage and a year later he won the 9th stage of the Giro d'Italia . After he achieved his second Tour stage victory in 1996 , a few weeks later he won the silver medal in the road race at the Summer Olympics .
In 1997 Sørensen won the Tour of Flanders . By the end of his career in 2002, he achieved further overall victories in smaller country tours.
In March 2013, Sørensen admitted that he was part of the EPO era and that he had been doping with EPO and cortisone during his career .
successes
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Teams
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ Ex-Radstar Sörensen makes a doping confession. Radnet, March 18, 2013, accessed January 25, 2015 .
1913 Paul Deman | 1914 Marcel Buysse | 1915–1918 not held | 1919 Henri Van Lerberghe | 1920 Jules Vanhevel | 1921 René Vermandel | 1922 Léon Devos | 1923 Heiri Suter | 1924, 1927 Gerard Debaets | 1925 Julien Delbecque | 1926 Denis Verschueren | 1928 Jan Mertens | 1929 Jef Dervaes | 1930 Frans Bonduel | 1931, 1932 Romain Gijssels | 1933 Alfons Schepers | 1934 Gaston Rebry | 1935 Louis Duerloo | 1936 Louis Hardequest | 1937 Michel D'Hooghe | 1938 Edgard De Caluwé | 1939 Karel Kaers | 1940, 1941, 1943 Achiel Buysse | 1942, 1948 Briek Schotte | 1944, 1946 Rik Van Steenbergen | 1945 Sylvain Grysolle | 1947 Emiel Faingnaert | 1949, 1950, 1951 Fiorenzo Magni | 1952 Roger Decock | 1953 Wim van Est | 1954 Raymond Impanis | 1955 Louison Bobet | 1956 Jean Forestier | 1957 Fred De Bruyne | 1958 Germain Derycke | 1959, 1962 Rik Van Looy | 1960 Arthur De Cabooter | 1961 Tom Simpson | 1963 Noël Foré | 1964 Rudi Altig | 1965 Jo de Roo | 1966 Edward Sels | 1967 Dino Zandegù | 1968, 1978 Walter Godefroot | 1969, 1975 Eddy Merckx | 1970, 1972, 1973 Eric Leman | 1971 Evert Dolman | 1974 Cees Bal | 1976 Walter Planckaert | 1977 Roger De Vlaeminck | 1979, 1983 Jan Raas | 1980 Michel Pollentier | 1981 Hennie Kuiper | 1982 René Maertens | 1984 Johan Lammerts | 1985 Eric Vanderaerden | 1986 Adrie van der Poel | 1987 Claude Criquielion | 1988 Eddy Planckaert | 1989, 1991 Edwig Van Hooydonck | 1990 Moreno Argentin | 1992 Jacky Durand | 1993, 1995, 1998 Johan Museeuw | 1994 Gianni Bugno | 1996 Michele Bartoli | 1997 Rolf Sørensen | 1999, 2003 Peter Van Petegem | 2000 Andrej Tschmil | 2001 Gianluca Bortolami | 2002 Andrea Tafi | 2004 Steffen Wesemann | 2005, 2006, 2012 Tom Boonen | 2007 Alessandro Ballan | 2008, 2009 Stijn Devolder | 2010, 2013, 2014 Fabian Cancellara | 2011 Nick Nuyens | 2015 Alexander Kristoff | 2016 Peter Sagan | 2017 Philippe Gilbert | 2018 Niki Terpstra | 2019 Alberto Bettiol
1892, 1893, 1894 Léon Houa | 1895–1907 not held | 1908 André Trousselier | 1909 Victor Fastre | 1911 Joseph Vandaele | 1912 Omer Verschoore | 1913 Maurice Moritz | 1915–1918 not held | 1919 Léon Devos | 1920 Léon Scieur | 1921, 1922 Louis Mottiat | 1923, 1924 René Vermandel | 1925 Georges Ronsse | 1926 Dieudonne Smets | 1927 Maurice Raes | 1928 Ernest Mottard | 1929, 1931, 1935 Alfons Schepers | 1930 Hermann Buse | 1932 Marcel Houvoux | 1933 François Gardier | 1934 Theo Herckenrath | 1936 Albert Beckaert | 1937 Eloi Meulenberg | 1938 Alphons Deloor | 1939 Albert Ritserveldt | 1940–1942 not held | 1943, 1947 Richard Depoorter | 1944 not held | 1945 Jan Engels | 1946, 1950 Prosper Depredomme | 1948 Maurice Mollin | 1949 Camille Danquillaume | 1951, 1952 Ferdy Kübler | 1953 Alois De Hertog | 1954 Marcel Ernzer | 1955 Stan Ockers | 1956, 1958, 1959 Fred De Bruyne | 1957 Germain Derycke | 1960 From Geldermans | 1961 Rik Van Looy | 1962 Jef Planckaert | 1963 Frans Melckenbeeck | 1964 Willy Bocklant | 1965 Carmino Preziosi | 1966 Jacques Anquetil | 1967 Walter Godefroot | 1968 Valère Van Sweevelt | 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 Eddy Merckx | 1970 Roger De Vlaeminck | 1974 Georges Pintens | 1976, 1978 Joseph Bruyère | 1977, 1980 Bernard Hinault | 1979 Dietrich Thurau | 1981 Josef Fuchs | 1982 Silvano Contini | 1983 Steven Rooks | 1984, 1989 Sean Kelly | 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991 Moreno Argentin | 1988 Adrie van der Poel | 1990 Eric Van Lancker | 1992 Dirk De Wolf | 1993 Rolf Sørensen | 1994 Yevgeny Bersin | 1995 Mauro Gianetti | 1996 Pascal Richard | 1997, 1998 Michele Bartoli | 1999 Frank Vandenbroucke | 2000, 2002 Paolo Bettini | 2001 Oscar Camenzind | 2003 Tyler Hamilton | 2004 Davide Rebellin | 2005, 2010 Alexander Vinokurov | 2006, 2008, 2015, 2017 Alejandro Valverde | 2007 Danilo Di Luca | 2009 Andy Schleck | 2011 Philippe Gilbert | 2012 Maxim Iglinski | 2013 Daniel Martin | 2014 Simon Gerrans | 2016 Wout Poels | 2018 Bob Jungels | 2019 Jakob Fuglsang
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