Kim Andersen

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. 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) 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.