Kristoffer Halvorsen Explained

Kristoffer Halvorsen
Fullname:Kristoffer Halvorsen
Nickname:Doffen
Birth Date:13 April 1996
Birth Place:Kristiansand, Norway
Height:1.79 m
Weight:69 kg
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Sprinter
Proyears1:2015
Proteam1: (stagiaire)
Proyears2:2016–2017
Proyears3:2018–2019
Proteam3:[1] [2]
Proyears4:2020
Proteam4:[3]
Proyears5:2021–2023
Proteam5:[4] [5]

Kristoffer Halvorsen (born 13 April 1996) is a Norwegian former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2016 to 2023.

Career

On 13 October 2016, Halvorsen won the Men's under-23 road race in the 2016 UCI Road World Championships.[6]

2018

Halvorsen signed for after two seasons with the Norwegian continental team . Halvorsen was due to make his debut, in the Tour Down Under, leading his new team in the sprints.[7] However, on 14 January, Halvorsen crashed at the People's Choice Classic, fracturing his hand and thereby ruling him out of the Tour Down Under.[8] On 16 March, he came in second at the Handzame Classic.[9]

Major results

2013
  • 1st Stage 1 Trofeo Karlsberg
  • 1st Stage 3 Tour of Istria
  • 10th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
    2016
  • 1st Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
  • 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
  • Olympia's Tour
  • 1st Stages 3b & 4
  • 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir
  • 2nd Nokere Koerse
  • 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 4th Overall ZLM Tour
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
  • 9th Kattekoers
    2017
  • 1st Handzame Classic
  • Tour de l'Avenir
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
  • 5th Omloop Eurometropool
    2018
  • 2nd Handzame Classic
    2019
  • 1st Stage 5 Herald Sun Tour
  • 2nd Overall Tour of Norway
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 1st Stage 6
  • 2nd Bredene Koksijde Classic
  • 6th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
    2021
  • 1st Stage 3 Okolo Slovenska
  • 3rd Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
  • 8th Nokere Koerse
  • 10th Dwars door het Hageland
    2023
  • 3rd Grand Prix Criquielion 9th Bredene Koksijde Classic

    Notes and References

    1. News: Young sprint talent Kristoffer Halvorsen joins Team Sky. . Sky UK. 28 August 2017. 3 January 2018.
    2. Web site: Team Sky. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 5 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190105011120/http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/team-sky/. 5 January 2019.
    3. News: 2020 Team Preview: EF Education First. Ellis. Bacon. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 1 January 2020. 2 January 2020.
    4. Web site: Uno - X Pro Cycling Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 7 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210107202836/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15264/1002132/280. 7 January 2021.
    5. News: Magnus. Krogsæter Aarre. Sindre J.. Olsen. Halvorsen klar for Uno-X - bryter kontrakten med amerikansk lag. Norwegian. Halvorsen ready for Uno-X - breaks contract with American team. TV 2. Egmont Group. 16 October 2020. 16 October 2020.
    6. Web site: Halvorsen tok VM-gull på fellesstarten. TV 2. AS. TV 2.
    7. News: Halvorsen and Bernal lead Team sky team for Tour down under. Cyclingnews.com. 8 January 2018. 8 January 2018.
    8. Web site: Smith. Sophie. Team Sky's Kristoffer Halvorsen fractures hand in People's Choice Classic crash. cyclingweekly.com. 19 February 2018. 14 January 2018.
    9. Web site: Hodeg wins the Handzame Classic. cyclingnews.com. 16 March 2018. 16 March 2018.

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