Kristoffer Skjerping (born 4 May 1993) is a Norwegian road racing cyclist, who currently rides for amateur team Kjekkas IF Sykkel. He previously rode professionally between 2012 and 2019 for the Cannondale–Drapac, Joker Icopal (over two spells) and Uno-X Norwegian Development Team teams.[4]
 Skjerping at the 2016 Tour of Alberta | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kristoffer Skjerping | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 May 1993 Bergen, Norway | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Kjekkas IF Sykkel | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Classics specialist | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Glamdal SK | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Kjekkas IF Sykkel[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Joker–Merida | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Cannondale–Garmin[2][3] | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Joker Icopal | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Uno-X Norwegian Development Team | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editBorn on 4 May 1993, in Bergen, Norway, Skjerping spent his adolescence in Sotra, Norway.[5][6] Skjerping resides in Gjerdrum, Norway.[7][8]
Between 2012 and 2014, Skjerping competed with Joker–Merida, a UCI Continental team.[9][10]
Skjerping signed with Cannondale–Garmin,[3] a UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.[11][12]
Major results
edit- 2010
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 5th Overall Niedersachsen Rundfahrt Juniors
- 2011
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 2012
- 2nd Ringerike GP
- 2013
- 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 9th Ringerike GP
- 2014
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir
- 2nd Paris–Troyes
- 2nd Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 3rd
Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships - 3rd Ringerike GP
- 2016
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour
- 2017
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
- 5th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 7th Overall Tour de Bretagne
- 2018
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2019
- 1st Ringerike GP
- 1st Gylne Gutuer
- 7th Himmerland Rundt
- 2023
- 3rd Gylne Gutuer
- 4th Overall Baltic Chain Tour
References
edit- ^ "Kristoffer Skjerping". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Team Cannondale – Garmin (TCG) – USA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Kristoffer Skjerping". Cannondale–Garmin. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ Fredagsvik, Jarle (22 November 2019). "Det har vært veldig skremmende. Jeg ser nå at jeg helt klart burde hatt en plan B" [It's been really scary. I see now that I clearly should have had a plan B]. Procycling.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Sindre Trygsland (16 December 2014). "Kristoffer Skjerping får drømmeuke i april – sykler to klassikere". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ Magnus Wikan (17 November 2014). "Skjerping signerte for Garmin". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ Magnus Wikan (17 November 2014). "Skjerping signerte for Garmin". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ Magnus Wikan (17 November 2014). "Skjerping signerte for Garmin". Framtid i Nord (in Norwegian). Tromsø. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ Sindre Trygsland (8 January 2015). "Intervju med Kristoffer Skjerping". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian) (Daily ed.). pp. 3–4.
- ^ Magnus Wikan (11 November 2014). "Kristoffer Skjerping: 'Min Karriere er Blomstrende'". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian) (Daily ed.). pp. 18–19.
- ^ "Cannondale-Garmin unveils 2015 roster". Sydney: SBS Sport. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Cannondale-Garmin unveil 27-man roster following merger of Garmin-Sharp and Cannondale teams". London: Sky Sports. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Kristoffer Skjerping". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ "Kristoffer Skjerping". Cycling Base. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ "Kristoffer Skjerping". Cycling Quotient. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kristoffer Skjerping.
- Kristoffer Skjerping at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Cycling Base: Kristoffer Skjerping
- Cycling Quotient: Kristoffer Skjerping
- Kristoffer Skjerping at ProCyclingStats
- Cannondale-Garmin: Kristoffer Skjerping
