René Jørgensen

René Jørgensen (born 26 July 1975) is a former road bicycle racer from Denmark.

Career He rode for the Danish professional cycling team, , 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 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 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 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