Kasper Asgreen
Kasper Asgreen (born 8 February 1995) is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team.[3] Asgreen won the 2021 edition of the Tour of Flanders by defeating Mathieu van der Poel in a sprint finish.
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| Full name | Kasper Asgreen | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 February 1995 Kolding, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | |||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014 | Odder CK | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2015 | MLP Team Bergstraße | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Team TreFor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Quick-Step Floors[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
Asgreen was born in Kolding in the south of Denmark. He competed in dressage up to the age of 14,[4][5] before joining Kolding Cycling Club.[4]
Career
Asgreen signed for Danish Continental cycling team Team Waoo in 2016. In the same year, he finished second in the U23 event at the Danish National Time Trial Championships, as well as finishing second in the senior event.[6] In 2017, he won the U23 time trial at the Danish National Championships, alongside the U23 event at the European Road Championships.[6]
Asgreen signed for World Tour team Quick-Step Floors in April 2018 and began riding with the team in the same month.[5] Following strong performances in his first few races, including at the Scheldeprijs where he helped team-mate Fabio Jakobsen to victory,[7] he was named on the start list of the 2018 Vuelta a España.[5] He was also part of the Quick-Step team which won the Team Time Trial event at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships.[8]
In 2019, Asgreen finished second in the Tour of Flanders on his race debut, the only rider to escape a chasing group behind race leader Alberto Bettiol.[4] He also won the second stage of the 2019 Tour of California after accelerating on the final turn from a group containing Tejay Van Garderen and Gianni Moscon,[9] plus a stage at the Deutschland Tour.[10] Later in the year, he won his first title in the Men's Senior event at the Danish National Time Trial Championships.[11]
In March 2020, Asgreen won the Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne race by a margin of three seconds from the peloton, after bridging across to an existing breakaway earlier in the race.[12] He also retained his title at the Danish National Time Trial Championships,[11] as well as the Road Race, accelerating away from Andreas Kron to take victory by nine seconds.[13]
Asgreen began his 2021 season with a victory at the E3 Saxo Bank Classic, attacking with five kilometres to go after having participated in a previous breakaway.[14] A week later, he claimed his first monument win at the 2021 Tour of Flanders, beating race favourite Mathieu van der Poel in a sprint after the pair rode clear together.[15] He also won the Danish National Time Trial for the third consecutive year.[11]
Major results
- 2016
- 1st Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd GP Viborg
- 3rd Overall Tour de Berlin
- 5th Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
- 2017
- 1st Time trial, UEC European Under–23 Road Championships
- 1st Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
- 1st GP Viborg
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir
- 6th Duo Normand (with Niklas Larsen)
- 7th Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
- 2018
- 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Adriatica Ionica Race
- 2nd Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
- 1st Stage 1
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 2019
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st Stage 3 Deutschland Tour
- 2nd Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
- 2nd Tour of Flanders
- 3rd Overall Tour of California
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 2020
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 9th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
- 2021
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st E3 Saxo Bank Classic
- 3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 4th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 4th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 7th Time trial, Olympic Games
- 7th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
- 2022
- 3rd Strade Bianche
- 6th Amstel Gold Race
- 10th E3 Saxo Bank Classic
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | 122 | 114 | 64 | DNF |
| Vuelta a España | 134 | — | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline
| Monument | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | 72 | 99 | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | 2 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | 50 | NH | 68 | 44 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | DNF | — | — | — | |
| Classic | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | 35 | 49 | 76 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | 31 | 1 | 34 | 84 |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | DNF | 25 | 3 |
| E3 BinckBank Classic | — | 48 | NH | 1 | 10 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | 11 | — | 32 |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | 143 | NH | 30 | — |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | 27 | Not held | ||
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | 20 | |||
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
References
- ^ a b "Kasper Asgreen, Deceuninck - Quick-Step Cycling team". Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (31 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Deceuninck-QuickStep". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Deceuninck - Quick-Step". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "Kasper Asgreen - The Rider". ProCycling. Future PLC. October 2021. pp. 37–44.
- ^ a b c Ryan, Barry. "Rising star Kasper Asgreen 'not scared' of taking on big name rivals". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Kasper Asgreen". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Robertshaw, Henry. "Fabio Jakobsen sprints to victory at end of chaotic edition of Scheldeprijs". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel. "World Championships: Quick-Step Floors win men's team time trial". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Kasper Asgreen fires up in final moments to seize stage two victory in California". Eurosport. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Asgreen wins stage 3 at Deutschland Tour". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ a b c Marshall-Bell, Chris. "Kasper Asgreen wins Danish time trial crown yet again as Chloe Dygert scoops American title". Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Ballinger, Alex. "Unstoppable Kasper Asgreen scores solo glory in Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne 2020". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Asgreen and Bystrøm take Danish and Norwegian men's road race titles". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Weislo, Laura. "Kasper Asgreen wins E3 Saxo Bank Classic". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Skelton, Jack. "Tour of Flanders: Kasper Asgreen wins men's race, Annemiek van Vleuten takes second women's title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
External links
- Kasper Asgreen at ProCyclingStats