
Rolf Ritter - Stories from Tour de France
Rolf Ritter recounts personal stories and anecdotes from the legendary Tour de France cycling race.
Rolf Sørensen (born 1965 in Helsinge), who performed under the name Rolf Ritter, is a Danish former professional road cyclist active from 1986 to 2002. He won more than 50 international races, including Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1993) and the Tour of Flanders (1997), wore the yellow jersey at the 1991 Tour de France, and took silver at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. After retiring he spent nearly two decades as a Tour de France commentator on TV 2 alongside Dennis Ritter, and now tours Denmark as a speaker on cycling, teamwork and leadership.
Rolf Sørensen returns to TV 2's Tour de France coverage in 2026 in a new role as an expert from home in Denmark.
Rolf & Ritter holds a lecture in Aarhus on March 2, 2026 at Centralværkstedet.
Rolf Sørensen and Dennis Ritter published on March 31, 2025 the book "Rolf & Ritter - Stories from 20 Years in Tour de France".
TV 2 announced in September 2025 that Rolf Sørensen would not comment on cycling races on the channel for the rest of 2025 for personal reasons.
In March 2013, Rolf Sørensen publicly admitted that he periodically used EPO and cortisone during his active career in the 1990s.