Born & bred in Ireland; Saxo-Tinkoff rider Chris Juul Jensen's Tour of Flanders race data

Chris Juul Jensen was born in Co Wicklow and lived there until he was aged 15 years, before moving back to his parents' homeland of Denmark. He became one of that country's best riders and is now competing with Tinkoff-Saxo; seen here in the white rain jacket.

He finished Paris Roubaix at the back end of the field last year; but he finished.

And he's put in some very strong showings in recent seasons and is generally emerging as a really physically strong and mentally tough as nails rider with a massive future ahead of him.

His team has released his data for the Tour of Flanders yesterday, which we've published below. He was 84th, some 9:49 down on winner Fabian Cancellara.

Most people on the Irish racing scene will know Juul Jensen well. But if you're newer to the sport then file his name in your head and look out for him in the future; he's now a Danish international but he's as near to a Paddy as you can get.

We interviewed him a couple of year's ago not long after we began the site so have a read of the piece, which outlines his very interesting story.