Emma Norsgaard Explained

Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Bjerg
Birth Name:Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Jørgensen
Birth Date:26 July 1999
Birth Place:Silkeborg, Denmark
Height:1.72 m
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2016–2017
Proyears1:2018–2020
Proteam1:[1] [2]
Proyears2:2021–
Majorwins:Major Tours

Tour de France

1 individual stage (2023)

Giro Donne

1 individual stage (2021)One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2016, 2020)

National Time Trial Championships (2021, 2023, 2024)

Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Bjerg née Jørgensen (born 26 July 1999) is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .[3] [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

Her brother Mathias Norsgaard is also a professional cyclist, with the . Norsgaard married cyclist Mikkel Bjerg in 2021.[6]

Major results

2015
  • 3rd Overall Rás na mBan
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 1st Stage 2
    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
  • 3rd Omloop van het Hageland
    2021
  • 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 1st Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 1st Stages 1 & 2
  • 1st Stage 6 Giro Rosa
  • 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
  • 2nd Le Samyn
  • 2nd Scheldeprijs
  • 3rd Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 3rd Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 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 Costa De Almería
  • 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    2024
  • 1st Time trial, National Road Championships

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Bigla Pro Cycling Team. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 4 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190203222643/http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/bigla-pro-cycling-team/. 3 February 2019.
    2. Web site: Bigla - Katusha. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 19 January 2020. https://archive.today/20200119212946/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14190/1000993/258. 19 January 2020.
    3. News: Emma Norsgaard signs with Movistar for next two seasons. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 6 August 2020. 31 August 2020.
    4. Web site: Movistar Team Women. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 12 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210112211102/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15271/1003122/281. 12 January 2021.
    5. Web site: Emma Norsgaard completes self-reinvention with Tour de France Femmes stage win. Cyclingnews.com. 29 July 2023.
    6. https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-rouleur-journal/emma-norsgaard EMMA NORSGAARD: "IF YOU HAVE A HAPPY HEAD, YOU HAVE FAST LEGS"

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