Søren Wærenskjold

Søren Wærenskjold
	Wærenskjold at the 2023 Tour of Belgium
Personal information
Full name	Søren Wærenskjold
Nickname	Flodhesten fra Mandal (The Hippo from Mandal)
Born	12 March 2000 (age 24); Mandal, Norway
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Team information
Current team	Uno-X Mobility
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time Trialist; Sprinting;
Professional teams
2019–2020	Joker Fuel of Norway
2021–	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
Major wins
	Stage races Tour of Belgium (2024) One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2023, 2024)
Medal record
Representing Norway
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
European Championships

Søren Wærenskjold (born 12 March 2000) is a Norwegian cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Uno-X Mobility.^[4]^[5]

Major results

Road

2017

1st

Overall Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt

1st

Young rider classification

1st

Points classification

National Junior Championships

2nd Time trial

3rd Road race

4th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland

1st Stage 4

10th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg

1st

Young rider classification

10th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan

2018

1st

Time trial, National Junior Championships

1st

Overall Saarland Trofeo

1st Stage 3a

2nd Gent–Wevelgem Juniors

3rd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan

1st Stage 2a (ITT)

5th Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships

2019

5th Youngster Coast Challenge

6th Ringerike GP

2020

1st

Overall International Tour of Rhodes

1st

Young rider classification

1st Stages 1 & 3

3rd Time trial, National Championships

2021

Tour de l'Avenir

1st Prologue & Stage 1

1st Prologue Grand Prix Priessnitz spa

2nd

Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Championships

2nd Time trial, National Championships

4th Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships

5th Circuit de Wallonie

2022

UCI World Under-23 Championships

1st

Time trial

3rd

Road race

1st

Road race, National Under-23 Championships

1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir

2nd Time trial, National Championships

2nd Chrono des Nations Under-23

7th Bredene Koksijde Classic

8th Kattekoers

2023 (6 pro wins)

1st

Time trial, National Championships

1st

Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine

1st

Young rider classification

1st Stage 1

1st Stage 3 Saudi Tour

2nd Overall Tour of Belgium

1st Stage 3 (ITT)

4th Overall Danmark Rundt

1st Stage 1

7th Dwars door het Hageland

7th Münsterland Giro

2024 (6)

1st

Time trial, National Championships

1st

Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine

1st

Young rider classification

1st Stage 3 (ITT)

1st

Overall Tour of Belgium

1st Stage 1 (ITT)

1st Stage 2 AlUla Tour

3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies

5th Dwars door het Hageland

6th Scheldeprijs

9th Time trial, UEC European Championships

9th Paris–Roubaix

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2023	2024
Giro d'Italia	—	—
Tour de France	140	133
Vuelta a España	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish
IP	Race in Progress

Cyclo-cross

2018–2019: 3rd National Championships
2019–2020: 1st National Championships

References

^ "Uno-X Mobility on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
^ Hansen, Ole Henrik; Aarre, Magnus Krogsæter; Kristoffersen, Erlend Borren. "Stjerneskuddet forklarer dyrisk kallenavn: – Verdens farligste pattedyr" [The comet explains animalistic nickname: – The world's most dangerous mammal] (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 April 2024.
^ "Joker Fuel of Norway". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
^ "Uno - X Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
^ "Beloftevolle Søren Wærenskjold tekent contract bij Uno-X" [Promising Søren Wærenskjold signs contract with Uno-X]. WielerFlits (in Dutch). WielerFlits BV. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.