Chris Anker Sørensen


Chris Anker Sørensen is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the,, and teams. Sørensen now works as a directeur sportif for his final professional team, racing at UCI Professional Continental level as,.

Career

Born in Hammel, Sørensen had a promising performance in the 2008 Tour of Austria, and then he competed for Denmark in the 2008 Olympic road race, finishing 12th overall.
Starting with the 2010 season, Sørensen, who lived in Luxembourg, rode under a Luxembourgian license, since the UCI no longer allowed the Danish federation to grant Danish licenses to riders living abroad. During the season, he won a stage in the Giro d'Italia.
In the 2012 Tour de France, Sørensen finished 14th overall and was awarded the most aggressive rider after attacking a lot in the mountains.
In September 2015 it was announced that he would leave and join for the 2016 season, with a role to support Eduardo Sepúlveda in Grand Tours.
In February 2018 he announced that he would retire by the end of 2018.

Personal life

He has commentated on TV 2 since 2017.

Major results

;2001
;2005
;2006
;2007
;2008
;2009
;2010
;2011
;2012
;2013
;2015
;2016
;2017
;2018

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour2007200820092010201120122013201420152016
Giro d'Italia—28—27———DNF——
Tour de France——34693714———84
Vuelta a España19———12—1829——