Full name Torkil Veyhe Weight 80 kg (180 lb) Role Rider Current team Team ColoQuick–Cult | Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) Discipline Road race 2007–2012 Tórshavnar Súkklufelag | |
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Born 9 January 1990 (age 27) ( 1990-01-09 ) | ||
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Torkil Veyhe (born 9 January 1990) is a Faroese road bicycle racer riding for the Danish UCI Continental team Team ColoQuick–Cult. He has also been riding for the national cycling team of the Faroe Islands at the Island Games and in 2016 he rode for the Danish national team at the Danmark Rundt. Earlier he was cycling for the DCU team Team WeBike—CK Aarhus, the Danish club Odder Cykel Klub and the Faroese club Tórshavnar Súkklufelag. In 2016 he won his first A-race in Denmark and his first UCI points. He has won gold, silver and bronze at the Island Games for the Faroe Islands.
Contents
- Torkil veyhe f r handa silvur einkultstarti bermuda
- Torkil veyhe kemur m l landavegss kklingini og vinnur bronsu
- Background and education
- Career as a cyclist
- PostNord Danmark Rundt
- National Championships Denmark
- UCI category 12
- DCU A races in Denmark
- Island Games 2015
- 2013 Island Games
- 2009 Island Games
- Winner of Tour of Faroe Islands
- Island Games 2007
- References
Torkil veyhe kemur m l landavegss kklingini og vinnur bronsu
Background and education
Torkil Veyhe comes from the Faroe Islands, from the capital Tórshavn. He started as a cyclist there and soon became a multiple Faroese Champion as well as multiple winner of Tour of Faroe Islands (Kring Føroyar) road race. After finishing the Higher Commercial Examination Programme (HHX) in Tórshavn in 2010, Veyhe moved to Aarhus in Denmark to study for Engineer and to compete in Danish cycling competitions. First he took one year of preparation for the education he wanted to study, and the following year he started the education. He took the Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Structural Engineering from the Aarhus University School of Engineering in 2014. The same year he continued to study for the Master of Science in Engineering degree which he finished in 2016. Veyhe defended his MS final thesis on the day after competing at the Danish Championships time trial, where he was number 9, and two days after the exam he competed at the Danish Championships road race, hitting an early break out together with three other cyclists Chris Anker Sørensen, Michael Reihs, and Mark Sehested Pedersen. After the Danish Championships he was elected for the Danish national team.
Career as a cyclist
He has won competitions like Island Games in 2015 and Kring Føroyar in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2015. He is Faroese champion in time trial and in road race 2009. Torkil Veyhe moved to live in Denmark to study and at the same time he continued to cycle on a high level. The first years in Denmark, he competed in lower class, but soon he won a 124-km race in Hjørring for license cyclists in the B class. After competing in five races in Denmark in 2013 he was promoted to the A class. In June 2015 he took bronze in the Nishiki Løbet 2015 (Nishiki Race 2015) in Randers.
On 15 October 2015 Veyhe got a two year agreement with Tryggingarfelagið Føroyar (a Faroese insurance company), which will support him financially until October 2017.
After joining Team We-Bike CK Aarhus in November 2015 he sat two goals for 2016, he would win an A-race and he would win his first UCI points. In April and May 2016 both goals were achieved, he won his first 3 UCI points when finishing as number eight at the Himmerland Rundt UCI category 1.2 on 29 April 2016 and two weeks later he won the A-race JE.DK in Herning. After the Danish Championships in June 2016 he was elected to ride for the Danish national team at the Danmark Rundt, along with team mate Niklas Pedersen. At the third stage he won the combativity award.
PostNord Danmark Rundt
National Championships Denmark
UCI category 1.2
DCU-A races in Denmark
Island Games 2015
Torkil Veyhe won the first Faroese gold medal at the 2015 Island Games, when he took gold in the men's individual time trial on 28 June 2015. He also won bronze in the men's road race at the 2015 Island Games.
2013 Island Games
Torkil Veyhe competed at the 2013 Island Games in Bermuda where he took two silver medals.
2009 Island Games
Winner of Tour of Faroe Islands
Torkil Veyhe has won the main Faroese cycling event, the annual Tour of Faroe Islands (Kring Føroyar) five times: 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2015. Kring Føroyar is for sponsor reasons called Volvo Kring Føroyar since 2014, before that it was called Effo Kring Føroyar and Statoil Kring Føroyar respectively.
Island Games 2007
Torkil Veyhe competed at several events at the 2007 Island Games in Rhodes. His best result was silver in the Men's Team Road Race. He was number 8 in the Men's Individual Time Trial.