The Flanders World Cups they have been dyed in mourning. The International Cycling Union has announced this Saturday the death from the Danish ex-cyclist Chris Anker Sorensen, what was Alberto Contador’s partner at the Tinkoff – Saxo Bank, when suffering a accident with a car while riding a bicycle around Bruges.
“Today we suffered a tragic loss with the transfer of former professional cyclist and journalist Chris Anker Sorensen,” the UCI announced on its Twitter account, sending its condolences to their loved ones and to the Danish Cycling Federation. According to the first information Sorensen, of 37 years, it was hit by a vehicle, which caused fatal injuries.
‘Supercombativo’ del Tour 2012
In his 13 years as a professional cyclist, in which he played 12 Grand Tours, Sorensen achieved a stage win in the Tour of Italy from 2010, another at the Dauphiné and the Danish championships in 2015, although perhaps what made his career most popular was his insistence on escapes. In the 2012 Tour he took the podium of the Champs Elysees when he was named supercombative runner, after getting into many escapes in the mountain stages.
After hanging up the bicycle, he became a commentator on Danish television, and was in Belgium to cover the Cycling World Cups, which begin this Sunday with the elite men’s individual time trial, between Knokke-Heist y Brujas.
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