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Emma Norsgaard

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Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Bjerg
Norsgaard at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes.
Personal information
Full nameEmma Cecilie Norsgaard Bjerg
BornEmma Cecilie Norsgaard Jørgensen
(1999-07-26) 26 July 1999 (age 25)
Silkeborg, Denmark
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Team information
Current teamMovistar Team
Discipline
RoleRider
Rider type
Amateur team
2016–2017Team Rytger
Professional teams
2018–2020Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling[2][3]
2021–Movistar Team
Major wins
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 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

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

Major results

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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[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 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 National Gravel Championships
1st Stage 6 Tour de France
2nd Overall Baloise Ladies Tour
2nd Costa De Almería
4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2024
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
UCI Gravel World Series
1st Blaavands Huk
2nd La Picto–Charentaise
5th Omloop van het Hageland
7th Classic Brugge–De Panne
7th Nokere Koerse

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Bigla Pro Cycling Team". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Bigla - Katusha". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Movistar Team Women". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Emma Norsgaard completes self-reinvention with Tour de France Femmes stage win". Cyclingnews.com. 29 July 2023.
  6. ^ EMMA NORSGAARD: "IF YOU HAVE A HAPPY HEAD, YOU HAVE FAST LEGS"
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