Emma Norsgaard
 Norsgaard at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Bjerg |
| Born | Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Jørgensen 26 July 1999 Silkeborg, Denmark |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Movistar Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | |
| Amateur team | |
| 2016–2017 | Team Rytger |
| Professional teams | |
| 2018–2020 | Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling[2][3] |
| 2021– | Movistar Team |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
One day races
| |
Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Bjerg née Jørgensen (born 26 July 1999) is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.[1][4] Her major victories include winning stage six of the 2021 Giro Rosa (now called the Giro Donne) and stage six of the 2023 Tour de France Femmes.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Her brother Mathias Norsgaard is also a professional cyclist, with the Movistar Team. Norsgaard married cyclist Mikkel Bjerg in 2021.[6]
Major results[edit]
- 2015
- 3rd Overall Rás na mBan
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 2016
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 6th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 2017
- 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 2nd Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- UEC European Junior Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 3rd Overall Energiewacht Tour Juniors
- 2018
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2020
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 1 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana[1]
- 3rd Omloop van het Hageland[1]
- 2021
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 6 Giro Rosa
- 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2nd Le Samyn
- 2nd Scheldeprijs
- 3rd Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 6th Paris–Roubaix
- 8th Nokere Koerse
- 9th Gent–Wevelgem
- 2022
- 1st Le Samyn
- 2nd Omloop van het Hageland
- 5th Gent–Wevelgem
- 6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 6th Classic Brugge–De Panne
- 2023
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de France
- 2nd Women Cycling Pro Costa De Almería
- 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Emma Norsgaard signs with Movistar for next two seasons". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "Bigla Pro Cycling Team". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Bigla - Katusha". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Movistar Team Women". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Emma Norsgaard completes self-reinvention with Tour de France Femmes stage win". Cyclingnews.com. 29 July 2023.
- ^ EMMA NORSGAARD: "IF YOU HAVE A HAPPY HEAD, YOU HAVE FAST LEGS"
External links[edit]
- Emma Norsgaard at ProCyclingStats
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