Kasper Asgreen

Asgreen was born in Kolding in the south of Denmark. He competed in dressage up to the age of 14,^[4][5] before joining Kolding Cycling Club.^[4]

Asgreen signed for Danish Continental cycling team Team Waoo in 2016. In the same year, he finished second in the U23 event at the Danish National Time Trial Championships, as well as finishing second in the senior event.^[6] In 2017, he won the U23 time trial at the Danish National Championships, alongside the U23 event at the European Road Championships.^[6]

Asgreen signed for World Tour team Quick-Step Floors in April 2018 and began riding with the team in the same month.^[5] Following strong performances in his first few races, including at the Scheldeprijs where he helped team-mate Fabio Jakobsen to victory,^[7] he was named on the start list of the 2018 Vuelta a España.^[5] He was also part of the Quick-Step team which won the Team Time Trial event at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships.^[8]

In 2019, Asgreen finished second in the Tour of Flanders on his race debut, the only rider to escape a chasing group behind race leader Alberto Bettiol.^[4] He also won the second stage of the 2019 Tour of California after accelerating on the final turn from a group containing Tejay Van Garderen and Gianni Moscon,^[9] plus a stage at the Deutschland Tour.^[10] Later in the year, he won his first title in the Men's Senior event at the Danish National Time Trial Championships.^[11]

In March 2020, Asgreen won the Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne race by a margin of three seconds from the peloton, after bridging across to an existing breakaway earlier in the race.^[12] He also retained his title at the Danish National Time Trial Championships,^[11] as well as the Road Race, accelerating away from Andreas Kron to take victory by nine seconds.^[13]

Asgreen began his 2021 season with a victory at the E3 Saxo Bank Classic, attacking with five kilometres to go after having participated in a previous breakaway.^[14] A week later, he claimed his first monument win at the 2021 Tour of Flanders, beating race favourite Mathieu van der Poel in a sprint after the pair rode clear together.^[15] He also won the Danish National Time Trial for the third consecutive year.^[11]

After a 2022 season destroyed by injuries, illness and secondary results, Asgreen was back to winning ways at the Danish National Time Trial Championships in 2023, winning it for the fourth time in five years. ^[16]

A month later at the 2023 Tour de France, Asgreen won the 18th stage after a 187 km breakaway. ^[17]Then in the following 19th stage, he placed second, also after a long breakaway, losing toMatej Mohoric by about one inch and thus just barely failing to accomplish the feat of winning two consecutive Tour de France breakaway stages.

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