Nicki Sørensen
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Sørensen at the 2014 Grand Prix d'Isbergues.
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Nicki Sørensen |
| Born |
14 May 1975 Hillerød, Denmark |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Aqua Blue Sport |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider/Team manager |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1999 | Team Chicky World |
| 2000 | Team Fakta |
| 2001–2014 | CSC–Tiscali |
| Managerial team(s) | |
| 2015 | Tinkoff-Saxo |
| 2016 | Cycling Academy Team |
| 2017– | Aqua Blue Sport |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de France, 1 Stage Vuelta a España, 1 Stage GP d'Ouverture la Marseillaise (2005), National Road Race Championships (2003, 2008, 2010, 2011) Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli (2012) |
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Nicki Sørensen (born 14 May 1975) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer, and current directeur sportif of the Cycling Academy Team. He competed in five consecutive editions of the Tour de France from 2001 to 2005. Riding as an all-round rider who rode well in hilly terrain, Sørensen was a valued support for the team leader without many wins of his own.
Sørensen only started his cycling career at the age of 19, having been a runner before that. He became a professional road bicycle racer in 1999 for team Team Chicky World. After the team closed down, Sørensen switched to another Denmark based team, Team Fakta where he made a good name for himself on the Danish stage as one of the strongest cards of Team Fakta, securing himself a place on the Danish team for the 2000 Olympics.
Before the 2001 season, Sørensen was on the verge of joining British Linda McCartney Racing Team but instead opted to stay in Denmark with Team CSC – World Online, as Team Saxo Bank was then known. In his first year with the team he participated in the 2001 Tour de France where he got a taste of success with a fourth place on stage 16. Since then, Sørensen has been a consistent part of the Tour setup for Team CSC, riding the biggest race in the cycling calendar every year from 2001 to 2005, his highlights including the overall GC rank of 20th in 2002. Another highlight was Sørensen's instrumental role in team captain Tyler Hamilton's win on stage 16 of the 2003 Tour de France when Sørensen, who was in a break away, sacrificed his own chances in order to pull Hamilton and thereby allow Tyler Hamilton to conserve the strength needed to win on the day.
Nicki Sørensen started the 2005 season on a high note with a win in GP d'Ouverture la Marseillaise and a fourth place in Tour Méditerranéen during February, and during the season he prolonged his contract with Team CSC until 2007. In September Nicki Sørensen clinched stage 18 of the Vuelta a España after defeating Pascual Rodriguez in the sprint.
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