Kim Andersen (cyclist)

Kim Andersen
Personal information
Full name	Kim Andersen
Born	2 October 1958 (age 66); Malling, Denmark
Team information
Current team	Lidl–Trek
Discipline	Road
Role	Directeur sportif
Professional teams
1980–1984	Coop
1985–1986	La Vie Claire
1987–1987	Toshiba
1988–1992	Z Team
Managerial teams
1998–1999	Team Chicky World
2000–2003	Team Fakta
2004–2010	Team CSC
2011–	Leopard Trek

Kim Andersen (born 10 February 1958) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer and current cycling team directeur sportif. From 2004 to 2010, he was a directeur sportif for Danish ProTour Team Saxo Bank. From 2011, he holds the same position at the Leopard Trek team.

Rider

In 1983 he became the first Dane to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, and later won stages in that race. He has also sported stage wins in Vuelta a España, Four Days of Dunkirk, Ronde van Nederland, Midi Libre and Tour de Suisse, as well as numerous individual wins, 31 during his career. In 1984 he won the semi-classic Flèche Wallonne.

Doping

Kim Andersen was tested positive for doping in 1987, and was banned for life, a sentence that was later changed to a one-year quarantine. In 1992 he was tested positive again, and fired from his team.^[1]^[2] He rode as an individual for the rest of the year, before finally retiring.

Major results

1980: Stage 3, Ronde van Nederland
1981: Stage 10, Vuelta a España:; GP Cannes
1982: Stage 3, Ronde van Nederland; Stage 4, Four Days of Dunkirk; Stage 3, Midi Libre; Stage 3, Tour de l'Aude
1983: Danmark Rundt; Trophée des Grimpeurs; GP Monaco; Stage 12, Tour de France
1984: La Flèche Wallonne; Grand Prix d'Isbergues; Danmark Rundt; Stage 1A and overall, Tour du Limousin; Stage 4, Four Days of Dunkirk
1985: Stage 2, Danmark Rundt; Stage 5A, Étoile des Espoirs
1986: Paris–Camembert; Stage 3A, Tour of Ireland
1987 (tested positive for doping usage): Denmark National Champion; Scandinavian Champion; Paris–Bourges; Danmark Rundt; Stage 4, Tour de Limousin; Stage 3, Étoile de Bessèges; Stage 1 and 2, Tour de Bouges
1990: GP de Cholet-Pays-de-Loire; Stage 10, Tour de Suisse
1991: GP de Rennes; Tour de Poitou-Charentes et de la Vienne

Sports director

Andersen was hired as sports director of newly started Danish team Team Chicky World from 1998 until the closing of the team in 1999, after which he went to Team Fakta. After Team Fakta closed in 2003 he switched to Danish Team CSC (later Team Saxo Bank). He left in June 2010 to become founding directeur sportif of Leopard Trek, which became a licensed ProTour team for the 2011 season.

References

^ "UCI to ban dopers from teams' staff". Yahoo! Eurosport. Reuters. 17 Jun 2011. Kim Andersen, who tested positive three times, ...
^ De dømte og de mistænkte (in Danish)

External links

[1] "UCI to ban dopers from teams' staff". Yahoo! Eurosport. Reuters. 17 Jun 2011. Kim Andersen, who tested positive three times, ...

[2] De dømte og de mistænkte (in Danish)

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