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The Danish National Road Race Championships conists of a series of cycling races to decide the national champions for the year to come. The event was first held in 1897.
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The Danish National Road Race Championships conists of a series of cycling races to decide the national champions for the year to come. The event was first held in 1897.
The Denmark women's national football team represents Denmark and Greenland in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU) and competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, the Algarve Cup, and, since 2023, the new UEFA Women's Nations League.
Nicki Sørensen is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer, and was directeur sportif of UCI Professional Continental team Aqua Blue Sport and Israel–Premier Tech. He competed in five consecutive editions of the Tour de France from 2001 to 2005. Riding as an all-round rider who rode well in hilly terrain, Sørensen was a valued support for the team leader without many wins of his own.
Sport in Denmark is diverse. The national sport is running, but club sport is football with the most notable results being qualifying for the European Championships six times in a row (1984–2004) and winning the Championship in 1992. Other significant achievements include winning the Confederations Cup in 1995 and reaching the quarter final of the 1998 World Cup. Other popular sports include handball, esports, cycling, sailing sports, badminton, ice hockey, swimming, and recently also golf. A few youths also play basketball.
The British National Road Race Championships cover different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually.
FDM Jyllands-Ringen is a motor racing circuit in Resenbro, near Silkeborg in Denmark. The circuit was extended from 1.475 km (0.917 mi) to 2.300 km (1.429 mi) in 2003, by linking the track to an adjacent oval circuit.
Denmark competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark sent the nation's second largest delegation to the Games after the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. A total of 113 athletes, 63 men and 50 women, competed in 17 sports, although two additional athletes played as team reserves. Handball was the only team-based sport in which Denmark was represented in at these Olympic games.
Lasse Norman Leth; né Norman Hansen; is a Danish professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for Danish club team Team CO:PLAY–Giant Store. During his track cycling career, he has won five medals at the Summer Olympic Games, ten medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and six medals at the UEC European Track Championships.
Nadia Nadim is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club AC Milan. Born in Afghanistan, she plays for the Denmark national team.
Jesper Hansen is a Danish former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2021 for six different teams.
Michael Valgren Hundahl is a Danish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost. In 2018, Valgren won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Amstel Gold Race.
Uno-X Mobility is a Norwegian UCI ProTeam established in 2016, as a continuation of the earlier Team Ringeriks-Kraft. Uno-X Mobility was initially established as a cooperation between Uno-X, Ringerike Sykkelklubb og Lillehammer Cykleklubb, and had its inaugural season in 2017. The team is sponsored by fuel station chain Uno-X, which is part of the Reitan conglomerate.
Mads Pedersen is a Danish professional racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. He has won stages in all three Grand Tours — the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta a España. He won the men's road race at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire, England, becoming the first Danish cyclist to win the men's World Championship road race title.
Christina Malling Siggaard is a Danish former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2014 and 2021 for the Firefighters Upsala CK, Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling, Team Virtu Cycling and Lotto–Soudal Ladies teams. Siggaard represented Denmark at the 2015 European Games in the women's road race, and also represented Denmark at the UCI Road World Championships and the European Road Championships.
Casper Philip Pedersen is a road and track cyclist from Denmark, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.
Kasper Asgreen is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step. Asgreen won the 2021 Tour of Flanders by defeating Mathieu van der Poel in a sprint finish.
Mikkel Bjerg is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. Bjerg won the under-23 individual time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019 – becoming the first rider to win multiple under-23 time trial world titles. He is the current holder of the Danish hour record. Bjerg married cyclist Emma Norsgaard in 2021.
Clara Tauson is a Danish professional tennis player. In 2016, at age 13, she became the youngest Danish champion in tennis history. Her career-high rankings are world No. 33 in singles and No. 432 in doubles, reached in February 2022. She has won two career titles both on hardcourt indoors.
Mattias Skjelmose Jensen is a Danish professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.
The 2023 F4 Danish Championship season is the seventh season of the F4 Danish Championship. The season began at Padborg Park in April and conclude at Jyllandsringen in October. This was the last season of the championship running under the Formula 4 moniker as it was rebranded to the Nordic 4 Championship.
Events in the year 2023 in Denmark.