Michael Mørkøv
Mørkøv in 2015. | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Michael Mørkøv Christensen[1] |
Born |
Kokkedal, Denmark | 30 April 1985
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Quick-Step Floors |
Discipline | Road and track |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter/Time trialist |
Amateur team(s) | |
1996–2003 | Lyngby Cycle Club |
2004 | Team Bornholm |
Professional team(s) | |
2005–2008 | Team GLS |
2009–2015 | Team Saxo Bank[2] |
2016–2017 | Team Katusha |
2018– | Quick-Step Floors |
Major wins | |
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Michael Mørkøv Christensen[1] (Danish pronunciation: [ˈmikæːl ˈmɶɐ̯køw]; born 30 April 1985) is a Danish professional racing cyclist on UCI WorldTeam Quick-Step Floors.[3] He is the brother of racing cyclists Jacob and Jesper Mørkøv.[4]
Career
Born in Kokkedal, Mørkøv started as a track cyclist, becoming national champion in the points race in 2004. In the 2008 Olympic games, he won the silver medal in the team pursuit.
As a road cyclist, Mørkøv became national time trial champion in 2005. Mørkøv rode the 2010 and 2011 Giro d'Italia, finishing both. Mørkøv rode his first Tour de France in 2012, drawing attention by featuring in the most important escapes of the first three stages, where he gained enough points to lead the mountains classification. He held polka-dot jersey until stage 7, where stage winner Chris Froome took it.[5]
In 2013 he won Stage 6 in the Vuelta a España.
In August 2015 it was announced that Mørkøv would join Team Katusha for the 2016 season, at the request of Alexander Kristoff, with a view to working for Kristoff as part of his sprint train and as a domestique in the classics.[6]
Career achievements
Major results
- Road
- 2004
- 3rd Speditørløbet
- 2005
- 1st
Team time trial, National Road Championships - 2006
- 1st Post Cuppen Skive
- 2nd Team time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Rund um den Elm
- 2007
- 2nd Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 2008
- 1st Midt Data Løbet
- 1st
Team time trial, National Road Championships - 1st Stage 2 Giro del Capo
- 2nd Speditørløbet
- 2nd Duo Normand
- 9th GP Nordjylland
- 2009
- 7th Châteauroux Classic
- 2010
- 1st Herlev-løbet
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 2011
- 1st Fyen Rundt
- 3rd Overall Danmark Rundt
- 2012
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Post Cuppen
- 1st Roskilde
- 1st Ringsted
- Tour de France
- Held
after Stages 1–6 Combativity award Stage 3 & 13
- Held
- 2013
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a España
- 2nd Paris–Tours
- 4th Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 2014
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 5th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 2015
- 1st Stage 6 Danmark Rundt
- 2016
- 10th Gent–Wevelgem
- 2018
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 2nd Fyen Rundt
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
129 | 156 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 107 | |
— | — | 93 | — | 134 | — | DNF | — | — | |
— | — | — | 128 | — | — | — | 137 | 148 |
— | Did not compete |
---|---|
DNF | Did not finish |
- Track
- 2001
- 3rd
Team pursuit, National Junior Track Championships - 2002
- National Junior Track Championships
- 2nd
Individual pursuit - 2nd
Team pursuit
- 2nd
- 2003
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1st
Points race - 2nd
Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2nd
Team pursuit, National Track Championships - 2004
- National Track Championships
- 1st
Points race - 2nd
Team pursuit
- 1st
- 3rd UIV Cup München
- 2005
- 1st
Madison (with Alex Rasmussen), UEC European Under–23 Track Championships - 1st Overall UIV Cup
- 1st Stuttgart
- 1st Berlin
- 1st Amsterdam
- 2nd Copenhagen
- 3rd Bremen
- 2nd
Madison, National Track Championships - 2nd Sydney World Cup – Madison
- 2006
- National Championships
- 1st
Madison - 1st
Points race - 3rd
Team pursuit - 3rd
Scratch
- 1st
- Sydney World Cup (2005/06)
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Madison
- 1st Danmarksturneringen i Banecykling – Omnium
- Sydney World Cup (2006/07)
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2nd Madison
- 2nd Six Days of Grenoble (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 3rd Moscow World Cup – Madison
- 3rd
Points race, UEC European Under–23 Track Championships - 2007
- National Track Championships
- 1st
Madison - 2nd
Points race - 3rd
Team pursuit
- 1st
- Los Angeles World Cup
- 1st Madison
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 3rd
Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships - 3rd Sydney World Cup – Madison
- 3rd Six Days of Zürich (with Danny Stam)
- 2008
- National Championships
- 1st
Madison (with Alex Rasmussen) - 1st
Team pursuit - 1st
Scratch - 1st
Points race
- 1st
- Copenhagen World Cup
- 1st Madison
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2nd
Team pursuit, Olympic Games - Los Angeles World Cup
- 2nd Madison
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 3rd
Madison (with Alex Rasmussen), UCI Track World Championships - 2009
- 1st
Madison (with Alex Rasmussen), UCI Track World Championships - 1st
Madison (with Alex Rasmussen), National Track Championships - 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 2nd Six Days of Munich (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 2010
- 1st
Madison (with Alex Rasmussen), National Track Championships - 1st Six Days of Berlin (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 2011
- National Track Championships
- 1st
Madison (with Alex Rasmussen) - 1st
Omnium
- 1st
- 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 2nd
Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships - 3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 2012
- 1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Pim Ligthart)
- 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 2013
- 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Lasse Norman Hansen)
- 2014
- 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 2015
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Iljo Keisse)
- 2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Alex Rasmussen)
- 2017
- 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Lasse Norman Hansen)
References
- 1 2 Brown, Gregor (5 November 2010). "Rasmussen to join Saxo Bank, a Danish dream?". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "Team Saxo-Tinkoff (TST) – DEN". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ↑ "Morkov signs two-year contract with Quick-Step Floors". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ↑ Jacobsen, Mogens (3 February 2015). "Alle tre Mørkøv-brødre står på spring til podiet" [All three Mørkøv brothers poised for the podium]. Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ Westemeyer, Susan (7 July 2012). "Froome leads double Sky success on La Planche des Belles Filles". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ↑ "Mørkøv signs for Katusha at the request of Kristoff". cyclingnews.com. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
External links
- Michael Mørkøv at Cycling Archives
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