Kasper Asgreen

Kasper Asgreen (born 8 February 1995) is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam. Asgreen won the 2021 Tour of Flanders by defeating Mathieu van der Poel in a sprint finish.

Early life
Asgreen was born in Kolding in the south of Denmark. He competed in dressage up to the age of 14, before joining Kolding Cycling Club.

Career
Asgreen signed for Danish Continental cycling team 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. In 2017, he won the U23 time trial at the Danish National Championships, alongside the U23 event at the European Road Championships.

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

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. 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, plus a stage at the Deutschland Tour. Later in the year, he won his first title in the Men's Senior event at the Danish National Time Trial Championships.

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. He also retained his title at the Danish National Time Trial Championships, as well as the Road Race, accelerating away from Andreas Kron to take victory by nine seconds.

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. 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. He also won the Danish National Time Trial for the third consecutive year. 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.

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

Major results

 * 2014
 * 5th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships


 * 2016
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
 * 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 3rd GP Viborg
 * 3rd Overall Tour de Berlin
 * 5th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships


 * 2017
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
 * 1st GP Viborg
 * 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir
 * 6th Duo Normand (with Niklas Larsen)
 * 7th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships


 * 2018
 * 1st Gold medal uci.svg Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Adriatica Ionica Race
 * 2nd Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 6th Trofeo Laigueglia


 * 2019 (3 pro wins)
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Time trial
 * 2nd Road race
 * 1st Stage 3 Deutschland Tour
 * 2nd Silver medal europe.svg Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
 * 2nd Tour of Flanders
 * 3rd Overall Tour of California
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stage 2


 * 2020 (3)
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Road race
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Time trial
 * 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
 * 6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
 * 9th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne


 * 2021 (4)
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 1st Tour of Flanders
 * 1st E3 Saxo Bank Classic
 * 3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve
 * 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
 * 4th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
 * 4th Druivenkoers Overijse
 * 7th Time trial, Olympic Games
 * 7th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships


 * 2022
 * 3rd Strade Bianche
 * 6th Amstel Gold Race
 * 10th E3 Saxo Bank Classic


 * 2023 (3)
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 1st Stage 18 Tour de France
 * 1st Jersey blue.svg Mountains classification, Volta ao Algarve
 * 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 6th Overall Okolo Slovenska
 * 1st Stage 5
 * 7th Tour of Flanders


 * 2024
 * National Road Championships
 * 2nd Road race
 * 2nd Time trial
 * 6th Overall Tour of Belgium