Nils Eekhoff

Nils Eekhoff
Eekhoff in 2023
Personal information
Full nameNils Eekhoff
Born (1998-01-23) 23 January 1998 (age 26)
Rijsenhout, Netherlands
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam DSM–Firmenich PostNL
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2016Wilton
Professional teams
2017–2019Development Team Sunweb
2018Team Sunweb (stagiaire)
2019Team Sunweb (stagiaire)
2020–Team Sunweb[1]

Nils Eekhoff (born 23 January 1998) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL.[2]

Career

Eekhoff joined Development Team Sunweb in 2017, notably winning Paris–Roubaix Espoirs. In August 2019, Eekhoff joined UCI WorldTeam Team Sunweb as a stagiaire for the second half of the season,[3] before joining the team permanently in 2020.

At the under 23 road race of the 2019 UCI Road World Championships, Eekhoff initially won the race, but was later disqualified for illegal drafting behind a team car.[4]

He took his first professional win on the prologue of the 2023 ZLM Tour.[5]

Major results

Paris-Roubaix 2023 - Secteur pavé de Quiévy à Saint-Python - N° 95 Nils Eekhoff.
2016
1st Stage 4 Peace Race Juniors
2nd Paris–Roubaix Juniors
2nd Overall Ronde des Vallées
1st Stage 2
2017
1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
6th Grand Prix Criquielion
8th Poreč Trophy
2018
1st Prologue Istrian Spring Trophy
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Paris–Tours Espoirs
9th Paris–Bourges
2019
1st Ronde van Overijssel
1st Prologue Grand Prix Priessnitz spa
National Under-23 Road Championships
2nd Road race
4th Time trial
3rd Overall Tour de Bretagne
1st Stage 7
5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
6th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
7th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
8th Paris–Bourges
2020
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Dwars door het Hageland
7th Bretagne Classic
2021
6th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
1st Young rider classification
8th Ronde van Drenthe
2023 (1 pro win)
3rd Overall ZLM Tour
1st Prologue
3rd Tro-Bro Léon
4th Münsterland Giro
2024
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Danmark Rundt
5th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
8th Münsterland Giro
9th Elfstedenrace

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2021 2022 2023 2024
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France 126 119 138 DNF
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  4. ^ Long, Jonny (20 October 2019). "Nils Eekhoff to challenge Yorkshire Worlds disqualification at CAS tribunal". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Nils Eekhoff victorious in ZLM Tour prologue". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.


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