Career
He is the most successful Danish bicycle racer ever, with 53 victories over 17 seasons. He is currently working as a cycling commentator and agent. Born in Helsinge in Denmark, Sørensen moved to Italy at the age of 17, where he has lived since.
He was a client of Francesco Conconi and Luigi Cecchini.
He goes under the name Il Biondo due to his blonde hair. He has led the UCI Road World Cup on several occasions, finishing third in 1989 and 1991 and second in 1997 after a broken foot kept him from scoring points in the last two World Cup races of the season.
He kept it until he broke his collar bone in a fall four days later. Rolf Sørensen participated in the Tour seven times, the last in 2001.
Foreign many years Sørensen denied that he used performance enhancing drugs, but more than a decade after the end of his career as a professional cyclist he admitted using EPO, and to some extent, Cortisone.
He broke the news to Danish TV2 on March 18, 2013.