Søren Wærenskjold

Søren Wærenskjold (born 12 March 2000) is a Norwegian cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . Wærenskjold is a two-time national time trial champion, as well as an under-23 world champion in 2022 and under-23 European champion in 2021. He also won the Tour of Belgium stage race in 2024.

Wærenskjold won stage eleven of the 2026 Tour de France. He launched an early sprint with around 400 meters to go, surprising the peloton. He said of his victory, "It means everything [..] it's my biggest win so far." The stage was the fastest on record, with an average speed of 50.9 kilometers per hour (31.6 miles per hour).

Major results Road

2017 1st Overall Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt 1st Points classification 1st Young rider classification National Junior Championships 2nd Time trial 3rd Road race 4th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland 1st Stage 4 10th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg 1st Young rider classification 10th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan 2018 1st Time trial, National Junior Championships 1st Overall Saarland Trofeo 1st Stage 3a 2nd Gent–Wevelgem Juniors 3rd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan 1st Stage 2a (ITT) 5th Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships 2019 5th Youngster Coast Challenge 6th Ringerike GP 2020 1st Overall International Tour of Rhodes 1st Young rider classification 1st Stages 1 & 3 3rd Time trial, National Championships 2021 Tour de l'Avenir 1st Prologue & Stage 1 1st Prologue Grand Prix Priessnitz spa

2nd Time trial, National Championships 4th Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships 5th Circuit de Wallonie 2022 UCI World Under-23 Championships 1st Time trial

1st Road race, National Under-23 Championships 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir 2nd Time trial, National Championships 2nd Chrono des Nations Under-23 7th Bredene Koksijde Classic 8th Kattekoers 2023 (6 pro wins) 1st Time trial, National Championships 1st Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 1 1st Stage 3 Saudi Tour 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium 1st Stage 3 (ITT) 4th Overall Danmark Rundt 1st Stage 1 7th Dwars door het Hageland 7th Münsterland Giro 2024 (6) 1st Time trial, National Championships 1st Overall Tour of Belgium 1st Stage 1 (ITT) 1st Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 3 (ITT) 1st Stage 2 AlUla Tour 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies 5th Dwars door het Hageland 6th Scheldeprijs 9th Time trial, UEC European Championships 9th Paris–Roubaix 2025 (6) 1st Overall Deutschland Tour 1st Points classification 1st Young rider classification 1st Prologue & Stage 3 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 1st Stage 2 Danmark Rundt 1st Stage 2 Étoile de Bessèges 3rd Time trial, National Championships 5th Chrono des Nations 6th Grand Prix de Fourmies 7th Trofeo Palma 7th Gooikse Pijl 10th Copenhagen Sprint 10th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 2026 (1) 1st Stage 11 Tour de France 2nd Heistse Pijl 3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen 7th Overall Renewi Tour 8th Hamburg Cyclassics

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2023 2024 2025 2026 Giro d'Italia — — — — Tour de France 140 133 DNF 138 Vuelta a España — —

Classics results timeline Monument 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Milan–San Remo — — — 133 — 62 Tour of Flanders — DNF — DNF — DNF Paris–Roubaix — DNF 229 42 DNF Liège–Bastogne–Liège — — — — — — Giro di Lombardia — — — — — — Classic 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad — — — DNF1 65 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne DNF — DNF 105 DNF — Gent–Wevelgem — — 25 — DNF 45 Dwars door Vlaanderen — — 14 — DNF3 Scheldeprijs 21 DNF 556 — — Copenhagen SprintRace did not exist10 14 Hamburg Cyclassics — — — — —8

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish IP Race in Progress

Cyclo-cross 2018–2019 3rd National Championships 2019–2020 1st National Championships