Michael Mørkøv

Michael Mørkøv Christensen (born 30 April 1985) is a Danish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam. He is the brother of racing cyclists Jacob and Jesper Mørkøv.

Career
Born in Kokkedal, Mørkøv started as a track cyclist, becoming national champion in the points race in 2004. In the 2008 Olympic games, he won the silver medal in the team pursuit.

As a road cyclist, Mørkøv became national time trial champion in 2005. Mørkøv rode the 2010 and 2011 Giro d'Italia, finishing both. Mørkøv rode his first Tour de France in 2012, drawing attention by featuring in the most important escapes of the first three stages, where he gained enough points to lead the mountains classification. He held polka-dot jersey until stage 7, where stage winner Chris Froome took it.

In 2013, he won Stage 6 in the Vuelta a España.

In August 2015, it was announced that Mørkøv would join for the 2016 season, at the request of Alexander Kristoff, with a view to working for Kristoff as part of his sprint train and as a domestique in the classics.

Mørkøv joined the Belgian Quick Step team in 2018 and since then has acted as a successful lead-out man for Sam Bennett and then, as a late replacement for Bennett as the team's sprinter for the 2021 Tour de France, Mark Cavendish. Mørkøv has been highly praised; Cavendish said “It’s a known fact Michael is the best leadout man in the world" and retired sprinter Marcel Kittel said "Many sprinters would win with him as the last man on the sprint train".

In 2021 when the Madison track race was reinstated into the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020, Mørkøv won the gold medal (partnered with Lasse Norman Hansen)

Road

 * 2004
 * 3rd Speditørløbet


 * 2005
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Team time trial, National Championships


 * 2006
 * 1st Post Cuppen Skive
 * 2nd Team time trial, National Championships
 * 4th Rund um den Elm


 * 2007
 * 2nd Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften


 * 2008
 * 1st Midt Data Løbet
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Team time trial, National Championships
 * 1st Stage 2 Giro del Capo
 * 2nd Speditørløbet
 * 2nd Duo Normand
 * 9th GP Nordjylland


 * 2009
 * 7th Châteauroux Classic


 * 2010
 * 1st Herlev-løbet
 * 3rd Time trial, National Championships
 * 4th Overall Tour du Limousin


 * 2011
 * 1st Fyen Rundt
 * 3rd Overall Danmark Rundt
 * 8th GP Herning
 * 10th Himmerland Rundt


 * 2012
 * 3rd Time trial, National Championships
 * 4th Overall Post Cuppen
 * 1st Roskilde
 * 1st Ringsted
 * Tour de France
 * Held Jersey polkadot.svg after Stages 1–6
 * Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 3 & 13


 * 2013 (2 pro wins)
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Road race, National Championships
 * 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a España
 * 2nd Paris–Tours
 * 4th Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole


 * 2014
 * 3rd Road race, National Championships
 * 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
 * 5th Overall Tour of Qatar


 * 2015 (1)
 * 1st Stage 6 Danmark Rundt


 * 2016
 * 10th Gent–Wevelgem


 * 2018 (1)
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Road race, National Championships
 * 2nd Fyen Rundt


 * 2019 (1)
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Road race, National Championships
 * 3rd London–Surrey Classic
 * 5th Road race, UEC European Championships
 * 7th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race


 * 2020
 * 3rd Road race, National Championships
 * 5th Race Torquay


 * 2021
 * 5th Elfstedenronde
 * 8th Classic Brugge–De Panne


 * 2022
 * 7th Milano–Torino


 * 2023
 * 9th Elfstedenronde

Track

 * 2001
 * 3rd Team pursuit, National Junior Championships


 * 2002
 * National Junior Championships
 * 2nd Individual pursuit
 * 2nd Team pursuit


 * 2003
 * National Junior Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Points race
 * 2nd Team pursuit
 * 2nd Team pursuit, National Championships


 * 2004
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Points race
 * 2nd Team pursuit
 * 3rd UIV Cup München


 * 2005
 * 1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Madison, UEC European Under-23 Championships (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 1st Overall UIV Cup
 * 1st Stuttgart
 * 1st Berlin
 * 1st Amsterdam
 * 2nd Copenhagen
 * 3rd Bremen
 * 2nd Madison, UCI World Cup, Sydney (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 2nd Madison, National Championships (with Marc Hester)


 * 2006
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Madison (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Points race
 * 3rd Team pursuit
 * 3rd Scratch
 * UCI World Cup
 * 1st Madison, Sydney (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 1st Team pursuit, Sydney
 * 2nd Madison, Sydney (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 2nd Team pursuit, Sydney
 * 3rd Madison, Moscow (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 1st Omnium, Danmarksturneringen i Banecykling
 * 2nd Six Days of Grenoble (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Points race, UEC European Under-23 Championships


 * 2007
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Madison (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 2nd Points race
 * 3rd Team pursuit
 * UCI World Cup
 * 1st Madison, Los Angeles (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 2nd Team pursuit Los Angeles
 * 3rd Madison, Sydney (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
 * 3rd Six Days of Zürich (with Danny Stam)


 * 2008
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Madison (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Team pursuit
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Scratch
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Points race
 * UCI World Cup
 * 1st Madison, Copenhagen (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 2nd Madison, Los Angeles (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 2nd Team pursuit, Copenhagen
 * 2nd Team pursuit, Los Angeles
 * 2nd Silver medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games
 * 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Madison, UCI World Championships (with Alex Rasmussen)


 * 2009
 * 1st Rainbow Jersey Track.svg Madison, UCI World Championships (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Madison, National Championships (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 2nd Six Days of Munich (with Alex Rasmussen)


 * 2010
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Madison, National Championships (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 1st Six Days of Berlin (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Alex Rasmussen)


 * 2011
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Madison (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Omnium
 * 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
 * 3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Alex Rasmussen)


 * 2012
 * 1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Pim Ligthart)
 * 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Alex Rasmussen)


 * 2013
 * 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Lasse Norman Hansen)


 * 2014
 * 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Alex Rasmussen)


 * 2015
 * 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Iljo Keisse)
 * 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Alex Rasmussen)
 * 2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Alex Rasmussen)


 * 2017
 * 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Lasse Norman Hansen)
 * 2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Lasse Norman Hansen)


 * 2018
 * 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Kenny De Ketele)


 * 2019
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Madison, UEC European Championships (with Lasse Norman Hansen)


 * 2020
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Madison, UCI World Championships (with Lasse Norman Hansen)


 * 2021
 * 1st Gold medal olympic.svg Madison, Olympic Games (with Lasse Norman Hansen)
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Madison, UCI World Championships (with Lasse Norman Hansen)


 * 2024
 * 3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Madison, UEC European Championships (with Theodor Storm)