Søren Kragh Andersen

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Søren Kragh Andersen

| image = Søren Kragh Andersen (2019-07-09) - Tour de France 2019, étape 4.jpg

| caption = Kragh Andersen in 2019

| fullname = Søren Kragh Andersen

| nickname = {{ubl|Basse|The Kraghen}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|08|10}}

| birth_place = Strib, Funen, Denmark

| height = 1.78 m

| weight = 73 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|TFS men}}

| discipline = Road

| role = {{ubl|Rouleur|Classics specialist}}

| ridertype =

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 2013–2015

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TTF|2013}}

| proyears2 = 2016–2022

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|SUN|2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-sunweb-confirm-2019-mens-and-womens-rosters/|title=Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=23 November 2018|accessdate=5 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13995/1000596/260|title=Team Sunweb|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=3 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103143329/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13995/1000596/260|archive-date=3 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15245/1000596/279|title=Team DSM|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=2 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210102003957/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15245/1000596/279|archivedate=2 January 2021}}

| proyears3 = 2023–2024

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|ADC|2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17713|title=Alpecin–Deceuninck|publisher=UCI|access-date=2 January 2023}}

| proyears4 = 2025–

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|TFS men|2025}}

| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Tour de France

::2 individual stages (2020)

One-day races and Classics

:{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (2025)}}

:Eschborn–Frankfurt (2023)

:Paris–Tours (2018)

}}

Søren Kragh Andersen (born 10 August 1994) is a Danish cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|TFS men}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/20244|title=Lidl-Trek|publisher=UCI|access-date=January 5, 2025}} He is the younger brother of Asbjørn Kragh Andersen, who was also a professional cyclist,{{cite news |url=https://espoirscentral.blogspot.de/2015/05/scandinavian-update-danes-attack.html |title=Scandinavian Update: Danes Attack! |first=Chris |last=Kuntz |work=Espoirs Central |date=11 May 2015 |accessdate=14 May 2015 }} until his retirement in 2022.

Career

After three seasons with UCI Continental squad {{UCI team code|TTF|2013}}, Andersen joined {{UCI team code|TGA|2016}} in 2016 on an initial two-year contract.{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-andersen-as-neo-pro-to-giant-alpecin/ |title=News shorts: Andersen as neo-pro to Giant-Alpecin|date=17 September 2015 |website=cyclingnews.com | access-date=28 September 2015}} In February 2017, he won stage 3 of the Tour of Oman.{{cite news|title=Surprise winner of Tour of Oman stage three as Ben Hermans retains overall lead|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/racing/surprise-winner-on-tour-of-oman-stage-three-as-ben-hermans-retains-overall-lead-311741|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=Time Inc. UK|date=16 February 2017|accessdate=16 February 2017|first=Henry|last=Robertshaw}} In August, competed in the Vuelta a España.{{cite web | url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Vuelta_a_Espana_2017_Startlist | title=2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist | accessdate=17 August 2017| work= ProCyclingStats}} The following month, he was part of the winning team in the UCI world team time trial championships. He took his first World Tour victory the following June of stage six of the Tour de Suisse.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-suisse-2018/stage-6/results/|title=Tour de Suisse 2018: Stage 6 Results - Cyclingnews.com|website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=17 June 2018}} In July, he entered his first Tour de France.{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2018/startlist |title=2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List |accessdate=5 July 2017 |work=Pro Cycling Stats}} During the race, Kragh Andersen held the lead of the young rider classification for seven days, ceding the lead on stage 10.{{cite news|first=Laura|last=Weislo|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2018/stage-10/results/|title=Tour de France: Alaphilippe wins in Le Grand Bornand|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=17 July 2018|accessdate=10 July 2021}} Towards the end of the season, he won the semi-classic Paris–Tours in a solo fashion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-tours-2018/results/|title=Soren Kragh Andersen wins Paris-Tours|last=Ostanek|first=Daniel|publisher=CyclingNews|date=7 October 2018|access-date=16 April 2019}} At the 2020 Tour de France, Kragh Andersen won stages 14 and 19 of the race, with late-stage solo attacks of {{convert|3.2|km|abbr=off}} and {{convert|16|km|abbr=off}} respectively.{{cite news|first=Richard|last=Windsor|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/tour-de-france/soren-kragh-andersen-makes-late-solo-effort-to-take-tour-de-france-stage-14-glory-467944|title=Søren Kragh Andersen makes late solo effort to take Tour de France stage 14 glory|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=Future plc|date=12 September 2020|accessdate=10 July 2021}}{{cite news|first=Stephen|last=Farrand|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2020/stage-19/results/|title=Tour de France: Soren Kragh Andersen wins stage 19|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=18 September 2020|accessdate=10 July 2021}}

In 2023, Kragh Andersen moved to {{UCI team code|ADC|2023}}, winning Eschborn–Frankfurt in May from an eight man breakaway.{{cite web |last1=Tyson |first1=Jackie |title=Eschborn-Frankfurt: Søren Kragh Andersen wins from breakaway |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/eschborn-frankfurt-2023/elite-men/results/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=1 May 2023 |language=en |date=1 May 2023}}

Major results

;2011

: 1st Stage 4 Trofeo Karlsberg

: 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships

: 2nd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud

::1st Stage 3 & 4

: 2nd Overall GP Denmark

: 6th Overall Rothaus Regio-Tour International

: 6th Overall Liège–La Gleize

: 6th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors

;2012

: 1st Prologue Tour du Pays de Vaud

: 2nd Overall Course de la Paix Juniors

::1st Stage 3

: 2nd Overall Tour of Istria

: 3rd Overall Rothaus Regio-Tour International

::1st Points classification

::1st Stage 1

: 7th Overall Liège–La Gleize

: 10th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships

;2014

: 1st {{cjersey|denmark}} Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

: 3rd Himmerland Rundt

: 3rd La Côte Picarde

: 8th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake

::1st {{cjersey|turquoise}} Young rider classification

;2015 (1 pro win)

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall ZLM Roompot Tour

::1st Stages 1 & 2 (TTT)

: 1st Hadeland GP

: Tour de l'Avenir

::1st Prologue & Stage 3

: National Under-23 Road Championships

::2nd Time trial

::3rd Road race

: 2nd Overall Tour des Fjords

::1st Stage 4

: 2nd Ringerike GP

: 4th Overall Tour de Berlin

: 5th Time trial, National Road Championships

: 6th Volta Limburg Classic

: 9th Skive–Løbet

: 10th Overall Paris–Arras Tour

::1st {{cjersey|polkadot}} Mountains classification

;2016

: 4th Overall Ster ZLM Toer

: 6th Overall Tour of Qatar

::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification

;2017 (1)

: 1st 15px Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

: 1st Stage 3 Tour of Oman

: 2nd Paris–Tours

: 4th Time trial, National Road Championships

: 5th Overall Ster ZLM Toer

;2018 (2)

: 1st Paris–Tours

: 1st Stage 6 Tour de Suisse

: 2nd 15px Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

: 7th Overall BinckBank Tour

: 8th Overall Tour des Fjords

: Tour de France

::Held {{cjersey|white}} after Stages 3–9

;2019

: 2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve

;2020 (4)

: Tour de France

::1st Stages 14 & 19

: 2nd Overall BinckBank Tour

::1st Stage 4 (ITT)

: 3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

: 10th Overall Paris–Nice

::1st Stage 4 (ITT)

;2021

: 6th Overall Danmark Rundt

: 9th Milan–San Remo

;2022

: 4th Overall Danmark Rundt

: 5th Gent–Wevelgem

: 7th Milan–San Remo

;2023 (1)

: 1st Eschborn–Frankfurt

: 3rd Binche–Chimay–Binche

: 5th Milan–San Remo

: 5th Paris–Bourges

: 6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

::1st {{cjersey|turquoise}} Points classification

: 6th Le Samyn

: 9th E3 Saxo Classic

: 10th Overall Renewi Tour

;2024

: 4th Overall Danmark Rundt

: 8th Eschborn–Frankfurt

;2025 (1)

: 1st {{cjersey|denmark}} Road race, National Road Championships

=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=

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scope="col" \|Grand Tour ! scope="col" \|2016 ! scope="col" \|2017 ! scope="col" \|2018 ! scope="col" \|2019 ! scope="col" \|2020 ! scope="col" \|2021 ! scope="col" \|2022 ! scope="col" \|2023 ! scope="col" \|2024 ! scope="col" \|2025
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|pink}} Giro d'Italia \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| DNF
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|yellow}} Tour de France \| — \| — \| 52 \| DNF \| 58 \| DNF \| — \| 122 \| DNF \|
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|red}} Vuelta a España \| — \| 106 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \|
colspan=11 align="center"\|Major stage race general classification results
scope="col" \| Race ! scope="col" \| 2016 ! scope="col" \| 2017 ! scope="col" \| 2018 ! scope="col" \| 2019 ! scope="col" \| 2020 ! scope="col" \| 2021 ! scope="col" \| 2022 ! scope="col" \| 2023 ! scope="col" \| 2024 ! scope="col" \| 2025
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|Paris–Nice}} Paris–Nice \| — \| — \| — \| — \| style="background:#ddf;" \|10 \| DNF \| 17 \| 44 \| — \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|azul}} Tirreno–Adriatico \| 78 \| 35 \| DNF \| 35 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|Volta a Catalunya}} Volta a Catalunya \| — \| — \| — \| — \| style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=3\|NH \| — \| — \| — \| — \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|yellow}} Tour of the Basque Country \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| —
style="text-align:center; ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|yellow}} Tour de Romandie \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|Dauphine}} Critérium du Dauphiné \| — \| — \| — \| — \| \| 80 \| — \| — \| — \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|yellow}} Tour de Suisse \| — \| — \| 59 \| 66 \| style="color:#4d4d4d;"\|NH \| 69 \| DNF \| 93 \| 86 \|

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

scope="col" |Grand Tour

! scope="col" |2016

! scope="col" |2017

! scope="col" |2018

! scope="col" |2019

! scope="col" |2020

! scope="col" |2021

! scope="col" |2022

! scope="col" |2023

! scope="col" |2024

! scope="col" |2025

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | {{cjersey|pink}} Giro d'Italia

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Søren Kragh Andersen

Career

Major results

=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=

=Classics results timeline=

References

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