# Chris Anker Sørensen

Chris Anker Sørensen (Danish pronunciation:; 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.

## Career

Born in Hammel, Sørensen had a promising performance in the 2008 Tour of Austria, finishing fourth overall. A few weeks later, he competed for Denmark (along with Nicki Sørensen and Brian Vandborg) in the 2008 Olympic road race, finishing 12th overall.
Starting with the 2010 season, Sørensen, who lived in Luxembourg, rode under a Luxembourg license, since the UCI no longer allowed the Danish federation to grant Danish licenses to riders living abroad. During the season, he won Stage 8 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 Tinkoff–Saxo and join Fortuneo–Vital Concept for the 2016 season, with a role to support Eduardo Sepúlveda 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 Zeebrugge, Belgium; he had been due to cover the 2021 UCI Road World Championships, 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 Road race, National Junior Road Championships

### 2005

    1st Stage 3 Ringerike GP

### 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 Omloop van het Waasland
    8th Grand Prix Cristal Energie

### 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 Tour of Austria
       1st Stage 2

### 2009

    1st Japan Cup
    2nd Road race, 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 Road race, National Road Championships
    6th Overall Tour du Haut Var

### 2011

    1st Mountains classification Tour de Romandie
    5th Road race, National Road Championships
    6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    8th Overall Tour du Haut Var

### 2012

    1st Mountains classification Volta a Catalunya
    5th Road race, National Road Championships
    5th Giro dell'Emilia
    8th Milano–Torino
    Combativity award Overall Tour de France

### 2013

    2nd Giro dell'Emilia
    10th Overall Tour de Pologne

### 2015

    1st Road race, 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

| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | 28 | — | 27 | — | — | — | DNF | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | 34 | 69 | 37 | 14 | — | — | — | 84 |
| Vuelta a España | 19 | — | — | — | 12 | — | 18 | 29 | — | — |