René Jørgensen is a road bicycle racer from Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. He rode for the Danish professional cycling team

Cycling team

A cycling team is a group of cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle races whether recreational or professional - and the supporting personnel...

, Team Home - Jack & Jones (now Team CSC

Team CSC

Team Saxo Bank-SunGard is a professional cycling team from Denmark. It competes in the UCI ProTour. The team is owned and managed by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis, under the management of his company Riis Cycling. The sponsor is a Danish investment bank.Founded for 1998 Team home – Jack...

), 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

Team Fakta

Team Fakta was a Danish professional road bicycle racing team, which was active in the seasons 1999 to 2003. The main sponsor FDB is a consumer owned grocery chain, whose discount outlets are called Fakta....

, and he rode for the team until it closed in 2003. He went to the Italian

Italy

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 team Alessio-Bianchi

Alessio-Bianchi

Alessio-Bianchi was an Italian professional cycling team which excisted from 1998 to 2004. It was created in 1998 as Ballan. In 1999 Italian wheels manufacturer Alessio came in as co-sponsor, and in 2000 as main sponsor...

, which, however, also closed, at the end of the 2004 season. In 2005, he signed with the South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n team, Team Barloworld, which he represented for a single season, before he returned to Denmark to ride for the UCI Continental team, Team Designa Køkken - his current team.

External links

• Trap-Friis profile (source)
• Photo: http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/photos/1998/aug/renej.jpg