Kristoffer Halvorsen
{{short description|Norwegian road cyclist}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Kristoffer Halvorsen
| image = Lillers_-_Grand_Prix_de_Lillers-Souvenir_Bruno_Comini,_6_mars_2016_(B075).JPG
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| caption = Halvorsen in 2016.
| fullname = Kristoffer Halvorsen
| nickname = Doffen
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|4|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kristiansand, Norway
| height = 1.79 m
| weight = 69 kg
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype = Sprinter
| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1 =
| amateuryears2 =
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| proyears1 = 2015
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TJI|2015}} (stagiaire)
| proyears2 = 2016–2017
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|TJI|2016a}}
| proyears3 = 2018–2019
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|SKY|2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.teamsky.com/article/young-sprint-talent-kristoffer-halvorsen-joins-team-sky|title=Young sprint talent Kristoffer Halvorsen joins Team Sky|work={{UCI team code|SKY|2017}}|publisher=Sky UK|date=28 August 2017|accessdate=3 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/team-sky/|title=Team Sky|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|accessdate=5 January 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105011120/http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/team-sky/|archivedate=5 January 2019}}
| proyears4 = 2020
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|EF1|2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/2020-team-preview-ef-education-first/|first=Ellis|last=Bacon|title=2020 Team Preview: EF Education First|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=1 January 2020|accessdate=2 January 2020}}
| proyears5 = 2021–2023
| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|UXT|2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15264/1002132/280|title=Uno - X Pro Cycling Team|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=7 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210107202836/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15264/1002132/280|archivedate=7 January 2021}}{{cite news|first1=Magnus|last1=Krogsæter Aarre|first2=Sindre J.|last2=Olsen|url=https://www.tv2.no/sport/11713721/|title=Halvorsen klar for Uno-X - bryter kontrakten med amerikansk lag|language=Norwegian|trans-title=Halvorsen ready for Uno-X - breaks contract with American team|work=TV 2|publisher=Egmont Group|date=16 October 2020|accessdate=16 October 2020}}
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| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry | {{NOR}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's road bicycle racing }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2016 Doha | Under-23 road race }}
}}
Kristoffer Halvorsen (born 13 April 1996) is a Norwegian former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2016 to 2023.
Career
On 13 October 2016, Halvorsen won the Men's under-23 road race in the 2016 UCI Road World Championships.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv2.no/a/8655756/|title=Halvorsen tok VM-gull på fellesstarten|first=TV 2|last=AS|website=TV 2}}
=2018=
Halvorsen signed for {{UCI team code|SKY|2018}} after two seasons with the Norwegian continental team {{UCI team code|TJI|2017}}. Halvorsen was due to make his {{UCI team code|SKY|2018|nolink=yes}} debut, in the Tour Down Under, leading his new team in the sprints.{{cite news|url= http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bernal-and-halvorsen-lead-team-sky-at-tour-down-under/|title=Halvorsen and Bernal lead Team sky team for Tour down under|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|date=8 January 2018|accessdate=8 January 2018}} However, on 14 January, Halvorsen crashed at the People's Choice Classic, fracturing his hand and thereby ruling him out of the Tour Down Under.{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Sophie|title=Team Sky's Kristoffer Halvorsen fractures hand in People's Choice Classic crash|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/kristoffer-halvorsen-fractures-bone-peoples-choice-classic-365653|website=cyclingweekly.com|accessdate=19 February 2018|date=14 January 2018}} On 16 March, he came in second at the Handzame Classic.{{cite web|title=Hodeg wins the Handzame Classic|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/handzame-classic-2018/results/|website=cyclingnews.com|accessdate=16 March 2018|date=16 March 2018}}
Major results
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;2013
: 1st Stage 1 Trofeo Karlsberg
: 1st Stage 3 Tour of Istria
: 10th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
;2016
: 1st 20px Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
: 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
::1st Stages 3b & 4
: 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir
: 2nd Nokere Koerse
: 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
: 4th Overall ZLM Tour
::1st Stage 1 (TTT)
: 9th Kattekoers
;2017
: 1st Handzame Classic
::1st 20px Points classification
::1st Stage 3
: 5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
: 5th Omloop Eurometropool
;2018
: 2nd Handzame Classic
;2019
: 1st Stage 5 Herald Sun Tour
: 2nd Overall Tour of Norway
::1st 20px Young rider classification
::1st Stage 6
: 2nd Bredene Koksijde Classic
: 6th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
;2021
: 1st Stage 3 Okolo Slovenska
: 3rd Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
: 8th Nokere Koerse
: 10th Dwars door het Hageland
;2023
: 3rd Grand Prix Criquielion
: 9th Bredene Koksijde Classic
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References
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External links
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{{UCI Road World Champions – Men's under-23 road race}}
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Category:Norwegian male cyclists