Bernhard Eisel
Bernhard Eisel (2018) | |
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Date of birth | 17th February 1981 (age 39) |
nation | Austria |
discipline | Street |
height | 183 cm |
Racing weight | 74 kg |
End of career | 2020 |
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2001–2002 2003–2006 2007–2011 2012–2015 2016–2019 |
Mapei-Quick Step FDJeux.com T-Mobile / High Road / Columbia / HTC Sky ProCycling Team Dimension Data |
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Last updated: January 14, 2020 |
Bernhard Eisel (born February 17, 1981 in Voitsberg ) is a former Austrian cyclist .
Career
Bernhard Eisel became a professional with the Mapei cycling team in 2001 . In 2006, he finished fourth in the Paris-Roubaix cobblestone race , a monument to cycling .
After the native of Styria in 2007 the UCI ProTeam T-Mobile joined, he became one of the most important helpers in the sprint train of Mark Cavendish , with which he jumped in the following years in different teams. He achieved his greatest individual success at the classic Gent-Wevelgem , which he won in 2010 in a sprint of a six-person leading group.
Outside of active cycling, Eisel is involved in the professional cycling association Cyclistes Professionnels Associés .
In September 2017, the electoral candidate was elected to the UCI Athletes Commission.
In April 2018, Bernhard Eisel had to undergo surgery because of a brain hemorrhage. It was suspected that it was a long-term consequence of a serious fall in the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race in mid-March. However, he returned to cycling just a few months later and took part in the Tour of Poland.
In January 2020 Eisel announced his retirement as a racing cyclist.
Bernhard Eisel lives with his wife Tanja Eisel in Carinthia and is a father of three.
Awards
In 2006, 2010 and 2011 Eisel was voted “ Cyclist of the Year ” in Austria .
successes
- 1997
- European Youth Olympic Festival - road races, individual time trials
- 2003
- one stage Tour du Limousin
- one stage Grand Prix Erik Breukink
- 2005
- two stages Algarve tour
- one stage Tour de Suisse
- 2006
- one stage tour of Qatar
- one stage Algarve tour
- a stage three days from De Panne
- 2007
- one stage Algarve tour
- Lancaster Classic
- Reading Classic
- 2008
- one stage Algarve tour
- Paris – Bourges
- 2010
- Gent – Wevelgem
- 2017
- Mountain classification Arctic Race of Norway
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Giro d'Italia | DNF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 152 | - | 138 | 143 | - | - | - | - |
Tour de France | - | 131 | 143 | 108 | 121 | 143 | 150 | 156 | 161 | 146 | - | 126 | - | 171 | 153 | - | - |
Vuelta a España | - | - | DNF | DNF | - | - | - | DNF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Web links
- Bernhard Eisel in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Bernhard Eisel in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Bernhard Eisel in the Tour de France database(French / English )
- Bernhard Eisel in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernie Eisel: 'The gang is back together with Mark Cavendish'. cyclingweekly.co.uk, January 28, 2016, accessed May 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Eisel calls for rider unity in cases of extreme weather. cyclingsnews.com, March 31, 2015, accessed May 8, 2016 .
- ^ Vos and Eisel elected onto the UCI Athletes' Commission. In: uci.ch. September 24, 2017, accessed October 1, 2017 .
- ^ Cycling professional Bernhard Eisel operated on for cerebral haemorrhage. Retrieved April 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Tour of Poland overall classification. Retrieved August 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Eisel is retiring. In: radsport-news.com. January 14, 2020, accessed January 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Eisel voted Austria's cyclist of the year radsport-news.com, January 25, 2011.
- ↑ Eisel once again Austria's cyclist of the year radsport-news.com, January 20, 2012.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Eisel, Bernhard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 17th February 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Voitsberg |