10 Facts About Kasper Asgreen

Kasper Asgreen was born in Kolding in the south of Denmark.

Kasper Asgreen competed in dressage up to the age of 14, before joining Kolding Cycling Club.

Kasper Asgreen signed for Danish Continental cycling team Team Waoo in 2016.

Kasper Asgreen signed for World Tour team Quick-Step Floors in April 2018 and began riding with the team in the same month.

Kasper Asgreen was part of the Quick-Step team which won the Team Time Trial event at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships.

In 2019, Kasper Asgreen finished second in the Tour of Flanders on his race debut, the only rider to escape a chasing group behind race leader Alberto Bettiol.

Kasper Asgreen won the second stage of the 2019 Tour of California after accelerating on the final turn from a group containing Tejay Van Garderen and Gianni Moscon, plus a stage at the Deutschland Tour.

Kasper Asgreen retained his title at the Danish National Time Trial Championships, as well as the Road Race, accelerating away from Andreas Kron to take victory by nine seconds.

Kasper Asgreen began his 2021 season with a victory at the E3 Saxo Bank Classic, attacking with five kilometres to go after having participated in a previous breakaway.

Kasper Asgreen won the Danish National Time Trial for the third consecutive year.