Yannick Eijssen

Yannick Eijssen at the Belgian time trial championship 2008 in Mouscron

Yannick Eijssen (born June 26, 1989 in Leuven ) is a former Belgian road cyclist .

In 2007, Yannick Eijssen won the Trofee van Vlaanderen Reningelst and a stage at the Tour du Valromey in the junior class. He also won a stage each at Liège La Gleize and at Kroz Istru and was thus able to win the overall rankings. In the overall ranking of the Cycling World Cup , he finished second behind Michał Kwiatkowski . At the end of the 2009 season, Eijssen drove as a stagiaire for the Belgian ProTeam Silence-Lotto .

After winning the Beverbeek Classic , a stage of the Tour de l'Avenir and the overall standings as well as a stage of the Ronde de l'Isard in 2010, he received a contract with the BMC Racing Team in 2011 . With this team, Eijssen won the team time trial at the Giro del Trentino 2012 , the Qatar Tour 2013 and 2014 again at the Giro del Trentino . However, at the end of the 2014 season he no longer received a contract and in 2015 moved to Wanty-Groupe Gobert .

In May 2016, Eijssen ended his career with the Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental Team .