Nils Eekhoff Explained
| Nils Eekhoff |
| Fullname: | Nils Eekhoff |
| Birth Date: | 23 January 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Rijsenhout, Netherlands |
| Height: | 1.92 m |
| Weight: | 75 kg |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Amateuryears1: | 2016 |
| Amateurteam1: | Wilton |
| Proyears1: | 2017–2019 |
| Proyears2: | 2018 |
| Proteam2: | (stagiaire) |
| Proyears3: | 2019 |
| Proteam3: | (stagiaire) |
| Proyears4: | 2020– |
| Proteam4: | [1] |
Nils Eekhoff (born 23 January 1998) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[2]
Career
Eekhoff joined in 2017, notably winning Paris–Roubaix Espoirs. In August 2019, Eekhoff joined UCI WorldTeam 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
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 ElfstedenraceGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish | |
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Notes and References
- Web site: Team Sunweb. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 3 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200103143329/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13995/1000596/260. 3 January 2020.
- Web site: Team DSM. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210102003957/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15245/1000596/279. 2 January 2021.
- Web site: Team Sunweb. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 3 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190803143033/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/10966/1000596/245. 3 August 2019.
- News: Long . Jonny . Nils Eekhoff to challenge Yorkshire Worlds disqualification at CAS tribunal . 27 January 2020 . . 20 October 2019.
- Web site: Nils Eekhoff victorious in ZLM Tour prologue. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 7 June 2023. 10 June 2023.
