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Chris Anker Sørensen

Sørensen at the 2011 Tour de Romandie

Personal information

Nickname

Oksen fra Hammel
(English: The Ox from Hammel)

Born

5 September 1984
Hammel, Denmark

Died

18 September 2021 (aged 37)
Zeebrugge, Belgium

Height

1.85 m

Weight

64 kg

Team information

Discipline

Road

Role

Rider
Directeur sportif

Rider type

Climbing specialist

Major wins

Grand Tours

Tour de France

Combativity award (2012)

Giro d'Italia

1 individual stage (2010)

One-Day Races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2015)

Chris Anker Sørensen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰʁis ˈɑŋkɐ ˈsɶɐ̯ˀn̩sn̩]; 5 September 1984 – 18 September 2021) was a Danish road bicycle racer who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the Team Designa Køkken, Tinkoff–Saxo, Fortuneo–Vital Concept, and Riwal Platform teams. Sørensen then worked as a directeur sportif (and co-owner) for his final professional team, Riwal Readynez.

Career
Personal life
- Death
Major results
- Grand Tour general classification results timeline
See also

Career

Born in Hammel, Sørensen had a promising performance in the 2008 Tour of Austria, finishing fourth overall. A few weeks later, he competed for Denmark (along with Nicki Sørensen and Brian Vandborg) in the 2008 Olympic road race, finishing 12th overall.

Starting with the 2010 season, Sørensen, who lived in Luxembourg, rode under a Luxembourg license, since the UCI no longer allowed the Danish federation to grant Danish licenses to riders living abroad. During the season, he won Stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia.

In the 2012 Tour de France, Sørensen finished 14th overall and was awarded the super-combativity award after an attacking performance in several mountain stages.

In September 2015, it was announced that he would leave Tinkoff–Saxo and join Fortuneo–Vital Concept for the 2016 season, with a role to support Eduardo Sepúlveda in Grand Tours.

In February 2018, he announced his retirement at the end of the season.

Personal life

He commentated on TV 2 (Denmark) from 2017 until his death.

Death

On 18 September 2021, Sørensen was killed by injuries sustained by being struck by a van while on a bike ride in Zeebrugge, Belgium; he had been due to cover the 2021 UCI Road World Championships, which started the following day. According to a statement of the Brugge parket released on 19 September, Sørensen did not yield on a location where he needed to do so.

Major results

2001

3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships

2005

1st Stage 3 Ringerike GP

2006

4th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

4th Overall Triptyque des Barrages

5th GP Demy–Cars

6th Grand Prix de Waregem

7th Omloop van het Waasland

8th Grand Prix Cristal Energie

2007

6th Overall Deutschland Tour

1st Stage 2 (TTT)

7th Rund um die Hainleite

2008

1st Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues

4th Overall Tour of Austria

1st Stage 2

2009: 1st Japan Cup; 2nd Road race, National Road Championships; 5th Overall Tour du Haut Var; 6th GP Miguel Induráin; 8th Giro dell'Emilia
2010: 1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia; 3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia; 5th Road race, National Road Championships; 6th Overall Tour du Haut Var
2011: 1st Mountains classification Tour de Romandie; 5th Road race, National Road Championships; 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège; 8th Overall Tour du Haut Var
2012: 1st Mountains classification Volta a Catalunya; 5th Road race, National Road Championships; 5th Giro dell'Emilia; 8th Milano–Torino; Combativity award Overall Tour de France
2013: 2nd Giro dell'Emilia; 10th Overall Tour de Pologne
2015: 1st Road race, National Road Championships; 9th Overall Tour of Britain
2016: 5th Overall Tour La Provence
2017: 4th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites; 9th Sundvolden GP
2018: 10th Lillehammer GP