Emma Norsgaard
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Emma Norsgaard

An explosive classics rider with a fast finish, Emma Norsgaard is Movistar’s ‘Danish Dynamite’. Previously considered a sprinter, the 24-year-old's Tour de France Femmes breakaway stage win in 2023 has opened her eyes to attacking the open road ahead. Expect fireworks. 

About Emma Norsgaard

Date of birth
26th July 1999
Nationality
Danish
Hometown
Silkeborg / Girona
  • Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2023
    1st – Stage 6
  • Le Samyn des Dames 2022
    1st
  • Giro Donne 2021
    1st – Stage 6

Racing

Team
Movistar Team
Discipline
Road, Time Trial, Gravel

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“My Tour stage win gives me goosebumps. It’s my proudest win, because I did it all myself. I took a chance.”
Emma Norsgaard


Behind the athlete

Victories are a rarity in pro cycling. As a junior, Emma Norsgaard was a dominant force, winning almost every race she entered. She won the elite Danish national championships at the age of just 16. A strong rider with a fast sprint – winning came easy.
Since turning pro however, as is the case for almost everyone who steps up, it’s much harder to get across the line first in the WorldTour. Norsgaard has an impressive 14 career wins, but it’s not enough for her.
“I have a winner’s mentality, so it’s super difficult for me [to not win more regularly]. My emotions can be super high, or super low, depending on it. It can be really difficult to be in the same room as me during the season because I’m very emotional and can get so disappointed. Last year I had only two wins, the Tour and my national championships. The Tour was amazing, but I still want more.” 
Emma Norsgaard

Channelling emotion

With her time trialing prowess and newfound attacking instincts, wins like the Tour de France Femmes stage win are the way she is hoping to add to her tally. But channelling her emotion into speed is something she has to manage too.
“On race days, I feel everything. Anxiety, hope, happiness, fear. It doesn't matter if it’s a big or small race, quite often in a stage race I’m so emotionally done by the end. Racing is hard for me because I dig so deep into my emotions.”
This emotional energy works both ways for Norsgaard:
“It is my strength, for sure, because I can also really make myself better, but I can also bury myself deep in a big black hole. I can tell myself I’m the world’s best rider, but I can also tell myself the opposite. It can make me better, and also ruin me in so many ways.”
Emma Norsgaard

Speed dreams

Norsgaard might dream of medals like every other rider, but when it comes to her speed dreams, they aren’t just related to performance. To her, speed is still all about that feeling of childlike wonder.
“When I think of speed, I think of training rides I often do by myself around Girona, where I live. Sometimes I start daydreaming that I’m in a race, like I’m in the last kilometre, or attacking. It’s like I’m a child, or playing a Playstation in my head! It’s honestly my favourite thing – I said to my husband that if I ever stop playing like this on my training rides, then I should retire, because the child has become a woman.”
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