Niklas Eg

Niklas Eg
Eg in 2016
Personal information
Born (1995-01-06) 6 January 1995 (age 29)
Kibæk, Denmark
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
2016–2017Team TreFor
2018–2021Trek–Segafredo[1][2][3]
2022–2023Uno-X Pro Cycling Team[4]

Niklas Eg (born 6 January 1995) is a Danish former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2016 to 2023.

Career

Eg was born in Kibæk.

Trek–Segafredo (2018–2021)

After signing an initial two-year contract with the team in September 2017,[5] Eg opened the 2018 season in Australia, and was close to the top 10 in the Herald Sun Tour, where he finished 12th overall. Eg finished 7th on the last stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour to Jebel Hafeet, while at the Tour of Croatia, Eg finished 5th overall. He started the Giro d'Italia, his first Grand Tour, finishing 93rd.

In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[6] In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.[7]

Uno-X (2022–2023)

Eg joined UCI ProTeam Uno-X Pro Cycling Team for the 2022 season. He retired at the end of 2023 due to heart issues.[8]

Major results

2017
2nd Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
2nd Overall Grand Prix Priessnitz spa
3rd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
4th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
6th Sundvolden GP
2018
5th Overall Tour of Croatia
2019
5th Overall Tour of Utah
2021
9th Overall Giro di Sicilia
2022
6th Overall Tour de Hongrie

Grand Tour classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 93 — — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 51 — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — 37 59 — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce complete 2020 men's roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Uno - X Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Guardini signs with Bardiani-CSF - News shorts". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Trek-Segafredo announced the signing of 22-year-old Niklas Eg to a two-year contract.
  6. ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  7. ^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  8. ^ "UNO-X'S NIKLAS EG RETIRES AGED 28 DUE TO HEART ISSUES: "AN INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING SITUATION"". cyclinguptodate.com. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
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