Søren Kragh Andersen

Søren Kragh Andersen
Andersen in May 2015
Personal information
Full name Søren Kragh Andersen
Born (1994-08-10) 10 August 1994
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Sunweb
Discipline Road
Role Rouleur
Professional team(s)
2013–2015 Team TreFor
2016– Team Sunweb
Major wins

One-day races and Classics

Paris–Tours (2018)

Søren Kragh Andersen (born 10 August 1994) is a Danish cyclist, currently riding for Team Sunweb.[1] He joined Team Giant–Alpecin in 2016 on a two-year contract.[2] He is the younger brother of Asbjørn Kragh Andersen, also a professional cyclist.[3] He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[4] In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.[5]

Major results

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
1st Overall ZLM Roompot Tour
1st Stage 1 & 2 (TTT)
Tour de l'Avenir
1st Prologue & Stage 3
1st Hadeland GP
2nd Overall Tour des Fjords
1st Stage 4
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
6th Volta Limburg Classic
9th Skive–Løbet
2016
4th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
6th Overall Tour of Qatar
1st Young rider classification
2017
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
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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — 52
A red jersey Vuelta a España 106 —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Søren Kragh Andersen Profile". ProCylingStats. 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "News shorts: Andersen as neo-pro to Giant-Alpecin". cyclingnews.com. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Kuntz, Chris (11 May 2015). "Scandinavian Update: Danes Attack!". Espoirs Central. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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