René Jørgensen (born 26 July 1975) is a former
road bicycle racer
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Career
He rode for the Danish professional
cycling team
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, ', which he joined in 1998. He left the team, which by that time had changed the name twice; 2000 season to ''Memory Card – Jack & Jones'' and from 2001 to ''CSC – Tiscali'' after the 2001 season, where he decided to join another Danish team: ''EDS-Fakta''. The team changed its name to Team Fakta, and he rode for the team until it closed in 2003. He went to the Italy, Italian team , which, however, also closed, at the end of the 2004 season. In 2005, he signed with the South African team, , which he represented for a single season, before he returned to Denmark to ride for the UCI Continental team, , with whom he remained with until the end of 2010.
Major results
;1993
: 2nd Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
;1997
: 2nd Danish National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
;2000
: 9th Overall Tour Down Under
;2001
: 10th Overall Tour de Langkawi
;2002
: 4th Overall Tour de Langkawi
: 4th Grand Prix de Wallonie
: 6th GP Aarhus
;2003
: 2nd Sparkassen Giro Bochum
: 7th Paris–Camembert
;2004
: 8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
;2005
: 3rd GP Aarhus
: 10th Ronde van Drenthe
;2006
: 3rd Grand Prix Cristal Energie
: 3rd Grand Prix Demy-Cars
: 10th Boucle de l'Artois
;2007
: 2nd Boucle de l'Artois
: 2nd Ronde van Drenthe
: 2nd GP Herning
: 5th Grand Prix Cristal Energie
: 6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
: 6th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
;2008
: 4th Danish National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships
: 6th Overall Paris–Corrèze
;2009
: 1st GP Herning
: 6th Grand Prix des Marbriers
;2010
: 2nd Overall Ronde de l'Oise
;2011
: 6th GP Herning
;2012
: 3rd Ronde van Drenthe
External links
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*Photo: http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/photos/1998/aug/renej.jpg
1975 births
Living people
Danish male cyclists
People from Herning Municipality
Cyclists from the Central Denmark Region
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