Jesper Hansen (born 23 October 1990) is a Danish former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2021 for six different teams.

Career

In 2014 he received the Young rider classification jersey at the

Tour of Norway The Tour of Norway is a road bicycle race held annually in Norway. It is considered as a successor to the stage race Ringerike GP, which is now a one-day race. It was started in 2011 as a result of the heightened interest in cycling in Norway, ma ...

, for being the best rider under 25 years of age in the overall classification standings. While riding the Tour de Romandie, he slammed into the door of a medical car. The door was carelessly opened and knocked Hansen down. While appearing injured at first, he ultimately soldiered on and continued the race. He was named in the start list for the

2015 Vuelta a España The 2015 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling race. The race was the 70th edition of the Vuelta a España and took place principally in Spain, although two stages took place partly or wholly in Andorra, and was the 22nd race in ...

, the

2017 Giro d'Italia The 2017 Giro d'Italia was the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The race started on 5 May in Alghero on the island of Sardinia, and ended on 28 May in Milan. The race was won by Tom Dumoulin, who became the ...

, and the

2018 Tour de France The 2018 Tour de France was the 105th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 7 July in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, in western France, and concluding on 29 July with the ...

. After Hansen's contract was not renewed by after the 2020 season, he initially considered retirement. However, , which was forced to step down from UCI ProTeam to

UCI Continental The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...

level due to financial difficulties, signed Hansen to a one-year contract for the 2021 season, which the two parties had previously agreed upon once the team secured their financial standing. He retired following the season, ending his career with two professional victories.

Major results

;2013 : 2nd Hadeland GP : 6th Overall Circuit des Ardennes : 6th Overall

Tour de Normandie Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandy, France. The race started in 1939, but was not held in the periods of 1940–1955 and 1960–1980. It was originally a race for amateurs, but was opened for professi ...

: 7th Overall

;2014 : 6th Overall

::1st

Young rider classification ;2015 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 6th Overall Tour de Langkawi ;2016 : 2nd Overall Tour of Croatia ::1st Stage 5 ( TTT) : 5th Overall Tour de Langkawi : 10th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour ;2017 : 2nd Overall Tour of Turkey : 9th Overall Tour of Croatia ;2018 : 9th Overall

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...

;2019 : 7th Overall Tour of California

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Jesper 1990 births Living people Danish male cyclists Cyclists from Copenhagen