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Rolf Sørensen (born 20 April 1965) is a former Danish professional road bicycle racer. He is currently working as a cycling commentator and agent. Born in Helsinge in Denmark, Sørensen moved to Italy at the age of 17, where he has lived since. He was a client of Francesco Conconi and Luigi Cecchini. He goes under the name Il Biondo due to his blonde hair. He is married to Susanne.

Rolf Sørensen

Paris–Tours 1998
Personal information
Full name	Rolf Sørensen
Nickname	Il Biondo
Born	(1965-04-20) 20 April 1965 (age 57) Helsinge, Denmark
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1986–1987	Fanini
1988–1992	Ariostea
1993	Carrera Jeans–Tassoni
1994–1995	GB–MG Maglificio
1996–2000	Rabobank
2001	CSC–Tiscali
2002	Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 2 individual stages (1994, 1996) 2 TTT stages (1991, 1994) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (1995) 1 TTT stage (1989) Stage races Tirreno–Adriatico (1987, 1992) One-day races and Classics Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1993) Tour of Flanders (1997) Paris–Tours (1990) Paris–Brussels (1992, 1994) Milano–Torino (1993) Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (1996)
Medal record Representing  Denmark Men's road bicycle racing Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Individual Road Race

Accomplishments

Sørensen won such classic one-day races as the Tour of Flanders, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Paris–Brussels, Paris–Tours and Milano–Torino, as well as slightly smaller races like the Coppa Bernocchi (twice), and the Rund um den Henninger Turm or Grand Prix Frankfurt. He has led the UCI Road World Cup on several occasions, finishing third in 1989 and 1991 and second in 1997 after a broken foot kept him from scoring points in the last two World Cup races of the season.

Sørensen also won individual stages in the 1994 and 1996 Tour de France, and wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the race after the team time trial in 1991, won by his Italian team Ariostea. He kept it until he broke his collar bone in a fall four days later.

Rolf Sørensen participated in the Tour seven times, the last in 2001. He has also won a number of stages in other stage races, among them stage 9 of the 1995 Giro d'Italia, three stages in the Tour of the Basque Country, six stages in Tirreno–Adriatico, two in the Tour de Suisse, and two in the Tour de Romandie.

Sørensen also claimed the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics.

Doping

For many years Sørensen denied that he used performance-enhancing drugs, but more than a decade after the end of his career as a professional cyclist he admitted using EPO, and to some extent, Cortisone. He broke the news to Danish TV2 on March 18, 2013.[1]

Career achievements

Major results

Monuments results timeline

Monument	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Milan–San Remo	9	10	27	20	14	2	10	5	13	16	45	8	—	25	8	10	—
Tour of Flanders	—	65	34	4	—	3	83	15	—	22	9	1	20	16	14	4	6
Paris–Roubaix	—	—	—	—	53	51	—	—	—	—	6	6	15	41	10	—	—
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	—	—	8	—	34	3	46	1	—	8	9	18	68	26	—	—	—
Giro di Lombardia	—	—	—	—	33	5	5	—	—	4	—	—	25	12	—	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

External links

• (in Danish) DCU profile
• (in Danish) Trap-Friis profile

На других языках

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- [en] Rolf Sørensen

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[es] Rolf Sørensen

Rolf Sørensen es un exciclista profesional danés. Nació en Copenhague el 20 de abril de 1965. Fue profesional entre 1986 y 2002 ininterrumpidamente.

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[fr] Rolf Sørensen

Rolf Sørensen, né le 20 avril 1965 à Copenhague, est un coureur cycliste danois, professionnel de 1986 à 2002.

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[it] Rolf Sørensen

Rolf Sørensen (Helsinge, 20 aprile 1965) è un dirigente sportivo ed ex ciclista su strada danese. Professionista dal 1986 al 2002, vinse un Giro delle Fiandre e una Liegi-Bastogne-Liegi e fu medaglia d'argento in linea ai Giochi olimpici di Atlanta nel 1996.

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[ru] Сёренсен, Рольф

Рольф Сёренсен (дат. Rolf Sørensen, род. 20 апреля 1965 (1965-04-20) в Гладсаксе, Дания) — датский профессиональный шоссейный велогонщик. Серебряный призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1996 года в групповой гонке. Участник летних Олимпийских игр 2000 года. Победитель множества престижных велогонок и этапов Гранд Туров.

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