Chris Anker Sørensen

Chris Anker Sørensen
Sørensen at the 2011 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Nickname
  • Oksen fra Hammel
  • (English: The Ox from Hammel)
Born(1984-09-05)5 September 1984
Hammel, Denmark
Died18 September 2021(2021-09-18) (aged 37)
Zeebrugge, Belgium
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
Role
Rider typeClimbing specialist
Amateur team
2001–2004Hammel CK
Professional teams
2005–2006Team Designa Køkken
2005Team CSC (stagiaire)
2007–2015Team CSC
2016Fortuneo–Vital Concept
2017–2018Riwal Platform
Managerial team
2019–2021Riwal Readynez
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Combativity award (2012)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2010)

One-Day Races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2015)

Chris Anker Sørensen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰʁis ˈɑŋkɐ ˈsɶɐ̯ˀn̩sn̩]; 5 September 1984 – 18 September 2021) was a Danish road bicycle racer who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the Team Designa Køkken, Tinkoff–Saxo, Fortuneo–Vital Concept, and Riwal Platform teams. Sørensen then worked as a directeur sportif (and co-owner) for his final professional team, Riwal Readynez.