Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Bjerg née Jørgensen (born 26 July 1999) is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl-Trek. Her major victories include winning stage six of the

2021 Giro Rosa The 2021 Giro d'Italia Donne (commonly known as the Giro Rosa) was the 32nd edition of the Giro d'Italia Femminile women's road cycling stage race. The race started on 2 July and finished on 9 July and, as the longest and one of the most prestigi ...

(now called the

Giro Donne The is an annual women's cycle stage race around Italy. First held in 1988, the race is currently part of the UCI Women's World Tour, and is currently organised by RCS Sport, the organisers of the men's Giro d'Italia. The race was previously b ...

) and stage six of the

2023 Tour de France Femmes The 2023 Tour de France Femmes (officially 2023 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift) was the second edition of the Tour de France Femmes. The race took place from 23 to 30 July 2023, and was the 21st race in the 2023 UCI Women's World Tour calendar ...

Personal life

Her brother

Mathias Norsgaard Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard (born Norsgaard Jørgensen, 5 May 1997 in Silkeborg) is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . His sister, Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen, is also a professional cyclist, riding for the women's . Major res ...

is also a professional cyclist, with the . Norsgaard married cyclist

Mikkel Bjerg Mikkel Bjerg (born 3 November 1998) is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Bjerg won the under-23 individual time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019 – becoming the first rider to win multiple ...

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Major results

;2015 : 3rd Overall

Rás na mBan Rás na mBan is an international stage cycle road race for women in Ireland. It was first run in 2006 and has run annually since. The event began as a two-day race based in Dublin and became a three-day event in 2008 when it moved to a new base ...

::1st

Young rider classification ::1st Stage 2 ;2016 : 1st MaillotDinamarca

Road race, National Road Championships : 6th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2017 : 1st MaillotDinamarca

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

, National Junior Road Championships : 2nd Silver medal uci

Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships : UEC European Junior Road Championships ::2nd Silver medal europe

Road race ::3rd Bronze medal europe

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 The Setmana Ciclista Valenciana is an annual professional road bicycle race Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing ...

: 3rd

Omloop van het Hageland The Omloop van het Hageland is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in the Hageland area of Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland ...

;2021 : 1st

, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Festival Elsy Jacobs The Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs formerly known as the Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs is an international women's road bicycle race held in Garnich, Luxembourg. The race was first held in 2008 as a one-day race. Between 200 ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st Stage 6

Giro Rosa The is an annual women's Road bicycle racing, cycle stage race around Italy. First held in 1988, the race is currently part of the UCI Women's WorldTour, UCI Women's World Tour, and is currently organised by RCS Sport, the organisers of the men' ...

: 2nd

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad , previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and holds significant pre ...

: 2nd

Le Samyn Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In ...

: 2nd

Scheldeprijs The Scheldeprijs is a road bicycle racing, cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a UCI race cla ...

: 3rd Overall Healthy Ageing Tour ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification : 3rd Overall

Thüringen Ladies Tour The Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour, formerly known as the Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen (Women's Tour of Thuringia) was a stage race for women road bicycle racing, road cycle racers held every July in the German states of Germany, state of Thurin ...

::1st

Young rider classification ::1st Stage 1 : 6th

Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...

: 8th

Nokere Koerse Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. The Nokere Koerse was created in 1944, initially as the ''Grand Prix Jules Lowie'' in honour of 1938 Paris–Nice winner Jules Lowie who ...

: 9th

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

;2022 : 1st

: 2nd

: 5th

: 6th

: 6th Classic Brugge–De Panne ;2023 : 1st MaillotDinamarca

, National Road Championships : 1st MaillotDinamarca

National Gravel Championships : 1st Stage 6

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

: 2nd Overall

Baloise Ladies Tour The Baloise Ladies Tour (formerly the BeNe Ladies Tour) is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in Belgium and the Netherlands and is currently rated by the UCI UCI most commonly refers to: * University of California, Irvine, a public un ...

: 2nd Costa De Almería : 4th

;2024 : National Road Championships ::1st

::3rd Road race : UCI Gravel World Series ::1st Blaavands Huk : 2nd La Picto–Charentaise : 5th

: 7th Classic Brugge–De Panne : 7th

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* 1999 births Living people Danish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Danish female cyclists Cyclists from Silkeborg Olympic cyclists for Denmark Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Danish sportswomen Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Danish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland {{Denmark-cycling-bio-stub