Rider Profile

Michael Mørkøv

Soudal-QuickStep

Personal Details:

Nationality Denmark

Date of birth 30/04/1985

Teams history:

2023 - Soudal-QuickStep
2022 - QuickStep-AlphaVinyl
2021 - Deceuninck-QuickStep
2020 - Deceuninck-QuickStep
2019 - Deceuninck-QuickStep
2018 - Quick-Step Floors
2017 - Katusha-Alpecin
2016 - Team Katusha
2015 - Tinkoff-Saxo
2014 - Tinkoff-Saxo
2013 - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
2012 - Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
2011 - Saxo Bank Sungard
2010 - Team Saxo Bank
2009 - Team Saxo Bank
2008 - Team GLS - Pakke Shop
2007 - Team GLS
2006 - Team GLS
2005 - Team GLS

Biography:

Key Results

1st Vuelta a Espana stage 6, 2013

Danish national road race champion 2013
Danish national time trial champion 2005, '08

2nd Paris–Tours 2013

3rd overall Danmark Rundt 2011
3rd overall Tour de Luxembourg 2014

Grid List

Michael Morkov Tour de France 2022 stage 15 Wout Beel/QuickStep-AlphaVinyl

Mørkøv misses Tour de France time limit after 200km solo fight

By Daniel Ostanek last updated 17 July 22

News 'It was indescribably hard' said Dane, who suffered in 40°C heat on the road to Carcassonne

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QuickStep Alpha Vinyl Teams Dutch rider Fabio Jakobsen cycles during the 14th stage of the 109th edition of the Tour de France cycling race 1925 km between SaintEtienne and Mende in central France on July 16 2022 Photo by Marco BERTORELLO AFP Photo by MARCO BERTORELLOAFP via Getty Images

No Tour for fast men – Mørkøv guides Jakobsen in search of another sprint

By Barry Ryan published 17 July 22

News ‘50-50 chance’ of sprint in Carcassonne on stage 15 of the Tour de France, says Dane

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Mørkøv deflated after rare mistake at Tour de France

By Patrick Fletcher published 3 July 22

News 'I'm disappointed in myself' says Dane after losing Jakobsen in home straight

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COPENHAGEN DENMARK JULY 01 Michael Morkov of Denmark and QuickStep Alpha Vinyl Team sprints during the 109th Tour de France 2022 Stage 1 a 132km individual time trial stage from Copenhagen to Copenhagen ITT TDF2022 WorldTour on July 01 2022 in Copenhagen Denmark Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Mørkøv: Tour de France sprints are part of QuickStep's DNA

By Barry Ryan last updated 2 July 22

News Self-made lead-out man on Cavendish, Jakobsen and learning through YouTube

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ETNA PIAZZALE RIFUGIO SAPIENZA ITALY MAY 10 LR Michael Morkov of Denmark and Mark Cavendish of United Kingdom and Team QuickStep Alpha Vinyl compete during the 105th Giro dItalia 2022 Stage 4 a 172km stage from Avola to Etna Piazzale Rifugio Sapienza 1899m Giro WorldTour on May 10 2022 in Etna Piazzale Rifugio Sapienza Italy Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Mark Cavendish loses Giro d'Italia lead-out man Mørkøv to illness

By Daniel Ostanek published 13 May 22

News Dane out of race after developing a fever overnight ahead of stage 7

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DE PANNE BELGIUM MARCH 23 Mark Cavendish of United Kingdom and Team QuickStep Alpha Vinyl competes during the 46th Minerva Classic Brugge De Panne 2022 a 2079km stage from Brugge to De Panne MinervaClassic on March 23 2022 in De Panne Belgium Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images

No joy for Cavendish as QuickStep train derailed in De Panne

By Patrick Fletcher published 23 March 22

News 'It was obviously a bit of a messy sprint' says Mørkøv who managed 12th place

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MILAN ITALY MARCH 16 Mark Cavendish of United Kingdom and Team QuickStep Alpha Vinyl celebrates at finish line as race winner ahead of LR Nacer Bouhanni of France and Team Arka Samsic Peter Sagan of Slovakia and Team Total Energies Andrea Vendrame of Italy and AG2R Citren Team Alexander Kristoff of Norway and Team Intermarch Wanty Gobert Matriaux and Max Kanter of Germany and Movistar Team during the 103rd MilanoTorino 2022 a 197km one day race from Magenta to Rivoli MilanoTorino on March 16 2022 in Milan Italy Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Cavendish: No-one from the team talked to me about racing Milan-San Remo

By Daniel Ostanek published 16 March 22

News Sprinter heaps praise on lead-out man Mørkøv after Milano-Torino victory

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Mørkøv on Cavendish, Viviani and the fine art of the lead out

By Alasdair Fotheringham published 22 January 22

Feature Olympic gold champ discusses Tour de France stage victories, lead-out strategies and more

Feature

2022 team preview: QuickStep-AlphaVinyl

By Daniel Ostanek published 10 December 21

Analysis The peloton's best team is set up to do it all over again next season

Analysis

Lasse Norman Hansen and Michael Mørkøv in action at the 2020 track world championships

Lasse Norman Hansen and Michael Mørkøv show Ghent Six form with win in Ballerup 3-Day

By Cyclingnews last updated 14 November 21

News Madison world champions beat Aaron Gate and Matias Malmberg, Cavendish and Keisse fifth

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