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:: Combativity award (

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) : Giro d'Italia ::1 individual stage ( 2010) One-Day Races and Classics :

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( 2015) Chris Anker Sørensen (; 5 September 1984 – 18 September 2021) was a Danish road bicycle racer who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the , , , and teams. Sørensen then worked as a directeur sportif (and co-owner) for his final professional team, .

Career

Born in

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, finishing fourth overall. A few weeks later, he competed for

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(along with Nicki Sørensen and

Brian Vandborg Brian Bach Vandborg (born 4 December 1981) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2004 and 2013. Over his career, Vandborg competed for (twice), , Team GLS, , and . Born in Snejbjerg, Herni ...

) in the

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, finishing 12th overall. Starting with the 2010 season, Sørensen, who lived in Luxembourg, rode under a Luxembourg license, since the

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no longer allowed the Danish federation to grant Danish licenses to riders living abroad. During the season, he won

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of the Giro d'Italia. In the 2012 Tour de France, Sørensen finished 14th overall and was awarded the super-combativity award after an attacking performance in several mountain stages. In September 2015, it was announced that he would leave and join for the 2016 season, with a role to support

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in Grand Tours. In February 2018, he announced his retirement at the end of the season.

Personal life

He commentated on TV 2 (Denmark) from 2017 until his death.

Death

On 18 September 2021, Sørensen was killed by injuries sustained by being struck by a van while on a bike ride in

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, Belgium; he had been due to cover the

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, which started the following day. According to a statement of the Brugge parket released on 19 September, Sørensen did not yield on a location where he needed to do so.

Major results

;2001 : 3rd

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, National Junior Road Championships ;2005 : 1st Stage 3

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;2006 : 4th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 4th Overall Triptyque des Barrages : 5th GP Demy–Cars : 6th Grand Prix de Waregem : 7th

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: 8th

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;2007 : 6th Overall Deutschland Tour ::1st Stage 2 ( TTT) : 7th Rund um die Hainleite ;2008 : 1st Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 4th Overall

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::1st Stage 2 ;2009 : 1st Japan Cup : 2nd

, National Road Championships : 5th Overall Tour du Haut Var : 6th GP Miguel Induráin : 8th Giro dell'Emilia ;2010 : 1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia : 3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia : 5th

, National Road Championships : 6th Overall Tour du Haut Var ;2011 : 1st Jersey pink

Mountains classification Tour de Romandie : 5th

, National Road Championships : 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 8th Overall Tour du Haut Var ;2012 : 1st Jersey red

Mountains classification Volta a Catalunya : 5th

, National Road Championships : 5th Giro dell'Emilia : 8th Milano–Torino : Jersey red number

Combativity award Overall

;2013 : 2nd Giro dell'Emilia : 10th Overall Tour de Pologne ;2015 : 1st MaillotDinamarca

, National Road Championships : 9th Overall Tour of Britain ;2016 : 5th Overall Tour La Provence ;2017 : 4th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites : 9th Sundvolden GP ;2018 : 10th Lillehammer GP

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

Palmares at CyclingBase
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