Nils Eekhoff
 Eekhoff in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nils Eekhoff |
| Born | 23 January 1998 Rijsenhout, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2016 | Wilton |
| Professional teams | |
| 2017–2019 | Development Team Sunweb |
| 2018 | Team Sunweb (stagiaire) |
| 2019 | Team 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
- 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
- 1st
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
126 | 119 | 138 | DNF |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ Long, Jonny (20 October 2019). "Nils Eekhoff to challenge Yorkshire Worlds disqualification at CAS tribunal". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ "Nils Eekhoff victorious in ZLM Tour prologue". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
External links
- Nils Eekhoff at UCI
- Nils Eekhoff at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Nils Eekhoff at ProCyclingStats
