Søren Kragh Andersen
Søren Kragh Andersen (born 10 August 1994) is a Danish cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck.[4] He is the younger brother of Asbjørn Kragh Andersen, who was also a professional cyclist,[5] until his retirement in 2022.
Personal information | |
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Full name | Søren Kragh Andersen |
Nickname |
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Born | Strib, Funen, Denmark | 10 August 1994
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Alpecin–Deceuninck |
Discipline | Road |
Role |
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Professional teams | |
2013–2015 | Team TreFor |
2016–2022 | Team Giant–Alpecin[1][2][3] |
2023– | Alpecin–Deceuninck |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Career
He joined Team Giant–Alpecin in 2016 on an initial two-year contract.[6] He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[7] In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France.[8] During the race, Kragh Andersen held the lead of the young rider classification for seven days, ceding the lead on stage 10.[9] At the 2020 Tour de France, Kragh Andersen won stages 14 and 19 of the race, with late-stage solo attacks of 3.2 kilometres (2.0 miles) and 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) respectively.[10][11]
Major results
- 2011
- 1st Stage 4 Trofeo Karlsberg
- 2nd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
- 1st Stage 3 & 4
- 2nd Overall GP Denmark
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 6th Overall Rothaus Regio-Tour International
- 6th Overall Liège–La Gleize
- 6th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
- 2012
- 1st Prologue Tour du Pays de Vaud
- 2nd Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Overall Tour of Istria
- 3rd Overall Rothaus Regio-Tour International
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 7th Overall Liège–La Gleize
- 10th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 2014
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 3rd Himmerland Rundt
- 3rd La Côte Picarde
- 8th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
- 1st Young rider classification
- 2015 (1 pro win)
- 1st Overall ZLM Roompot Tour
- 1st Stages 1 & 2 (TTT)
- 1st Hadeland GP
- Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Prologue & Stage 3
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 2nd Overall Tour des Fjords
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Ringerike GP
- 4th Overall Tour de Berlin
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Volta Limburg Classic
- 9th Skive–Løbet
- 10th Overall Paris–Arras Tour
- 1st Mountains classification
- 2016
- 4th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 6th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st Young rider classification
- 2017 (1)
- 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Oman
- 2nd Paris–Tours
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 2018 (2)
- 1st Paris–Tours
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Suisse
- 2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 7th Overall BinckBank Tour
- 8th Overall Tour des Fjords
- Tour de France
- Held after Stages 3–9
- 2019
- 2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 2020 (4)
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 14 & 19
- 2nd Overall BinckBank Tour
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 10th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 2021
- 6th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 9th Milan–San Remo
- 2022
- 4th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 5th Gent–Wevelgem
- 7th Milan–San Remo
- 2023 (1)
- 1st Eschborn–Frankfurt
- 3rd Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 5th Milan–San Remo
- 5th Paris–Bourges
- 6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Points classification
- 6th Le Samyn
- 9th E3 Saxo Classic
- 10th Overall Renewi Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tour de France | — | 52 | DNF | 58 | DNF | — | 122 |
Vuelta a España | 106 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline
Monument | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Milan–San Remo | — | 121 | — | 52 | 57 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
Tour of Flanders | DNF | 74 | 53 | DNF | DNF | 58 | DNS | DNF |
Paris–Roubaix | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | NH | 24 | — | — |
Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | 25 | DNF |
Giro di Lombardia | Has not contested during his career | |||||||
Classic | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | 26 | 47 | — | 3 | 23 | 103 | 99 |
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | DNF | — | — | — | 58 | 28 | — | — |
Strade Bianche | — | — | 23 | — | DNF | — | — | — |
E3 Saxo Bank Classic | 92 | 75 | 25 | DNF | NH | 42 | DNF | 9 |
Gent–Wevelgem | DNF | 16 | — | 11 | — | 35 | 5 | 68 |
Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | — | 38 | — | NH | DNF | 17 | — |
Amstel Gold Race | — | — | DNF | DNF | DNF | 29 | 40 | |
La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | 81 |
Eschborn–Frankfurt | — | — | — | — | NH | DNF | — | 1 |
Paris–Tours | — | 2 | 1 | DNF | 101 | 91 | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
DNS | Did not start |
NH | Not held |
References
- "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- "Alpecin–Deceuninck". UCI. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- Kuntz, Chris (11 May 2015). "Scandinavian Update: Danes Attack!". Espoirs Central. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- "News shorts: Andersen as neo-pro to Giant-Alpecin". cyclingnews.com. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- "2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- Weislo, Laura (17 July 2018). "Tour de France: Alaphilippe wins in Le Grand Bornand". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- Windsor, Richard (12 September 2020). "Søren Kragh Andersen makes late solo effort to take Tour de France stage 14 glory". Cycling Weekly. Future plc. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- Farrand, Stephen (18 September 2020). "Tour de France: Soren Kragh Andersen wins stage 19". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
External links
- Søren Kragh Andersen at UCI
- Søren Kragh Andersen at Cycling Archives
- Søren Kragh Andersen at ProCyclingStats
- Søren Kragh Andersen at Cycling Quotient
- Søren Kragh Andersen at CycleBase