Emma Norsgaard

Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Bjerg née Jørgensen (born 26 July 1999) is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.^[1][4] Her major victories include winning stage six of the 2021 Giro Rosa (now called the Giro Donne) and stage six of the 2023 Tour de France Femmes.^[5]

Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Bjerg

Norsgaard at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes.
Personal information
Full name	Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Bjerg
Born	Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Jørgensen (1999-07-26) 26 July 1999 (age 25) Silkeborg, Denmark
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Team information
Current team	Movistar Team
Discipline	Road Gravel
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter[1] Time trialist[1]
Amateur team
2016–2017	Team Rytger
Professional teams
2018–2020	Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling[2][3]
2021–	Movistar Team
Major wins
Major Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (2023) Giro Donne 1 individual stage (2021) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2016, 2020) National Time Trial Championships (2021, 2023, 2024)

Personal life

Her brother Mathias Norsgaard is also a professional cyclist, with the Movistar Team. Norsgaard married cyclist Mikkel Bjerg in 2021.^[6]

Major results

2015

3rd Overall Rás na mBan

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 2

2016

1st Road race, National Road Championships

6th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships

2017

1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

2nd Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships

UEC European Junior Road Championships

2nd Road race

3rd Time trial

3rd Overall Energiewacht Tour Juniors

2018

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

2020

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st Stage 1 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana^[1]

3rd Omloop van het Hageland^[1]

2021

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

1st Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs

1st Points classification

1st Young rider classification

1st Stages 1 & 2

1st Stage 6 Giro Rosa

2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

2nd Le Samyn

2nd Scheldeprijs

3rd Overall Healthy Ageing Tour

1st Young rider classification

3rd Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 1

6th Paris–Roubaix

8th Nokere Koerse

9th Gent–Wevelgem

2022

1st Le Samyn

2nd Omloop van het Hageland

5th Gent–Wevelgem

6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

6th Classic Brugge–De Panne

2023

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

1st National Gravel Championships

1st Stage 6 Tour de France

2nd Overall Baloise Ladies Tour

2nd Costa De Almería

4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

2024

National Road Championships

1st Time trial

3rd Road race

UCI Gravel World Series

1st Blaavands Huk

2nd La Picto–Charentaise

5th Omloop van het Hageland

7th Classic Brugge–De Panne

7th Nokere Koerse

References

1. "Emma Norsgaard signs with Movistar for next two seasons". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
2. "Bigla Pro Cycling Team". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
3. "Bigla - Katusha". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
4. "Movistar Team Women". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
5. "Emma Norsgaard completes self-reinvention with Tour de France Femmes stage win". Cyclingnews.com. 29 July 2023.
6. EMMA NORSGAARD: "IF YOU HAVE A HAPPY HEAD, YOU HAVE FAST LEGS"

External links

• Emma Norsgaard Bjerg at UCI
• Emma Norsgaard Bjerg at Cycling Archives
• Emma Norsgaard Bjerg at ProCyclingStats
• Emma Norsgaard Bjerg at CycleBase
• Emma Norsgaard Bjerg at Olympedia