Michael Mørkøv

Michael Mørkøv is a Danish former road and track cyclist, born on 30 April 1985 in Kokkedal, who raced as a professional from 2005 to 2024. He started on the track, winning the Danish points race title in 2004 and the silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2008 Olympic Games. On the road he rode his first Tour de France in 2012, where he featured in the early escapes and led the mountains classification, wearing the polka-dot jersey until stage 7. From 2018 he rode for the Belgian Quick Step team and became one of the most respected lead-out men in the peloton, working for Sam Bennett and then Mark Cavendish. He won the Olympic gold medal in the Madison at the Tokyo Games in 2021 with Lasse Norman Hansen, added a bronze in the same event at the 2024 Paris Games with Niklas Larsen, and after retiring became the national coach of Denmark.