Jan van Eijden explained
Jan van Eijden (born 10 August 1976 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German track cyclist born in Bad Neuenahr. He is a double World Champion in sprint and team sprint. He also won one world cup classic and four German national titles.
He retired from active racing in 2006 and worked as a sprint coach for the Great Britain Cycling Team until November 2021.[1] [2]
Major results
- 1994: 1st in UCI Track World Championships - 1 km time trial (juniors)
- 1995: 1st in UCI Track Cycling World Championships - team sprint
- 1996: 3rd in UCI Track World Championships - 1 km time trial
- 1997: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - sprint
- 1997: 2nd in UCI Track World Championships - team sprint
- 1999: 1st in German national track cycling championships - team sprint
- 1999: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - sprint
- 2000: 1st in UCI Track World Championships - sprint
- 2000: 1st in German national track cycling championships - sprint
- 2000: 1st in German national track cycling championships - team sprint
- 2000: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin
- 2002: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - keirin
- 2003: 2nd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - keirin
- 2003: 3rd in World cup classic Cape Town - sprint
- 2003: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - team sprint
- 2003: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - sprint
- 2004: 2nd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - keirin
- 2004: 3rd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - team sprint
- 2004: 3rd in World cup classic Manchester - sprint
- 2004: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin
- 2004: 1st in German national track cycling championships - sprint
- 2005: 1st in World cup classic Moscow - team sprint
- 2005: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin
- 2005: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - team sprint
- 2006: 3rd in World cup classic Sydney - keirin
References
- http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/EventReports2006/20060723_JanVanEijden.asp "German Know How Helps British Sprinters"
- Web site: Kaarle McCulloch appointed as Podium Women’s Sprint Coach. 25 February 2022. British Cycling.
