René Jørgensen

René Jørgensen
Personal information
Full name	René Jørgensen
Born	26 July 1975; Herning, Denmark
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1998–2001	home–Jack & Jones
2002–2003	Team Fakta
2004	Alessio–Bianchi
2005	Barloworld
2006–2010	Team Designa Køkken
2011–2012	Christina Watches–Onfone

René Jørgensen (born 26 July 1975) is a former road bicycle racer from Denmark.

Career

He rode for the Danish professional cycling team, home–Jack & Jones, which he joined in 1998. He left the team, which by that time had changed the name twice; 2000 season to Memory Card – Jack & Jones and from 2001 to CSC – Tiscali after the 2001 season, where he decided to join another Danish team: EDS-Fakta. The team changed its name to Team Fakta, and he rode for the team until it closed in 2003. He went to the Italian team Alessio–Bianchi, which, however, also closed, at the end of the 2004 season. In 2005, he signed with the South African team, Barloworld, which he represented for a single season, before he returned to Denmark to ride for the UCI Continental team, Team Designa Køkken, with whom he remained with until the end of 2010.

Major results

1993: 2nd Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
1997: 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2000: 9th Overall Tour Down Under
2001: 10th Overall Tour de Langkawi
2002: 4th Overall Tour de Langkawi; 4th Grand Prix de Wallonie; 6th GP Aarhus
2003: 2nd Sparkassen Giro Bochum; 7th Paris–Camembert
2004: 8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
2005: 3rd GP Aarhus; 10th Ronde van Drenthe
2006: 3rd Grand Prix Cristal Energie; 3rd Grand Prix Demy-Cars; 10th Boucle de l'Artois
2007: 2nd Boucle de l'Artois; 2nd Ronde van Drenthe; 2nd GP Herning; 5th Grand Prix Cristal Energie; 6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens; 6th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
2008: 4th Road race, National Road Championships; 6th Overall Paris–Corrèze
2009: 1st GP Herning; 6th Grand Prix des Marbriers
2010: 2nd Overall Ronde de l'Oise
2011: 6th GP Herning
2012: 3rd Ronde van Drenthe

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External links

René Jørgensen at ProCyclingStats
René Jørgensen at Cycling Archives
Photo: http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/photos/1998/aug/renej.jpg

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