Odd Christian Eiking Explained
Odd Christian Eiking |
Fullname: | Odd Christian Eiking |
Birth Date: | 28 December 1994 |
Birth Place: | Stord, Norway |
Height: | 1.82m (05.97feet) |
Weight: | 75kg (165lb) |
Discipline: | Road |
Role: | Rider |
Ridertype: | Puncheur |
Amateuryears1: | 2010–2013 |
Amateurteam1: | Bergen CK |
Proyears1: | 2014–2015 |
Proteam1: | [1] |
Proyears2: | 2016–2017 |
Proteam2: | [2] |
Proyears3: | 2018–2021 |
Proteam3: | [3] [4] [5] |
Proyears4: | 2022–2023 |
Proteam4: | [6] [7] |
Proyears5: | 2024– |
Odd Christian Eiking (born 28 December 1994) is a Norwegian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .[8]
Career
Born in Stord, Eiking was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.[9]
In August 2017, Eiking signed a contract with and joined them ahead of the 2018 season.[10] In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[11]
At the 2021 Vuelta a España, Eiking was part of a 31-rider breakaway group on the tenth stage,[12] from which he was the highest-placed rider in the general classification, trailing race leader Primož Roglič by just over nine minutes overnight. The group's advantage over the peloton reached over thirteen minutes at its maximum, with Eiking ultimately finishing almost eleven-and-a-half minutes clear of Roglič, to take the race leader's red jersey. He held the race lead until the final week,[13] ceding the jersey on stage 17, when he was dropped on the second of four categorised climbs to be ascented during the stage.[14] He lost 9' 23" by the end of the stage, dropping to eleventh overall, where he would ultimately finish in the general classification.[15] A few days after the race, Eiking signed a contract with the team for the 2022 season.[6]
Major results
Source: [16]
- 2013
10th Overall Tour de Berlin
- 2014
2nd Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
4th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
4th Hadeland GP
5th Ringerike GP
- 2015
1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Young rider classification, Tour of Norway
1st Stage 2 Giro della Valle d'Aosta
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Peace Race U23
3rd Ringerike GP
5th Hadeland GP
6th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 2016
1st Stage 1 (TTT) La Méditerranéenne
4th Overall Tour of Norway
1st Young rider classification
5th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 2017
1st Boucles de l'Aulne
10th Classic Loire-Atlantique
- 2018
1st Stage 3 Tour de Wallonie
2nd Grand Prix La Marseillaise
8th Overall Tour of Oman
8th Paris–Chauny
- 2019
Arctic Race of Norway
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 3
3rd Ardèche Classic
3rd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
6th Overall Tour of Guangxi
8th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2021
2nd Overall Arctic Race of Norway
7th Clásica de San Sebastián
10th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
10th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
Vuelta a España
Held after Stages 10–16
- 2022
2nd Coppa Sabatini
- 2024
8th Grand Prix du MorbihanGrand Tour general classification results timeline
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Odd Christian Eiking » Team Joker . 14 October 2014.
- Web site: FDJ: Odd Christian Eiking arrive en 2016. 30 June 2015 . . fr . FDJ: Odd Christian Eiking arrives in 2016. 19 August 2015.
- News: Wanty-Groupe Gobert, il rinnovo di Backaert completa il roster 2019. Giampaolo. Almeida. it. Wanty-Groupe Gobert, the renewal of Backaert completes the 2019 roster. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net. Gravatar. 6 January 2019. 31 January 2019.
- Web site: Circus - Wanty Gobert. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 6 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200105234804/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14012/1001393/266. 5 January 2020.
- Web site: Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 3 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210103151928/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15230/1001372/279. 3 January 2021.
- News: Eiking signs with EF Education-Nippo. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 September 2021. 7 December 2021.
- Web site: Odd Christian Eiking. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 13 March 2022.
- Web site: Uno-X Mobility. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 14 January 2024.
- Web site: Vuelta a Espana 2016 - Start List. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 19 February 2023.
- Web site: Eiking klar for belgisk lag – får kapteinsrolle.
- Web site: 2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List . 1 July 2019. ProCyclingStats.
- News: Daniel. Ostanek. Vuelta a España: Michael Storer wins stage 10 as Primoz Roglic crashes on final descent. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 24 August 2021. 7 December 2021.
- News: Alasdair. Fotheringham. Alasdair Fotheringham. Odd Christian Eiking: I'm not giving away the Vuelta a España lead for free. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 31 August 2021. 7 December 2021.
- News: Barry. Ryan. Vuelta a España: Roglic storms to victory on Lagos de Covadonga. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 1 September 2021. 7 December 2021.
- News: Patrick. Fletcher. Primoz Roglic wins the Vuelta a España. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 5 September 2021. 7 December 2021.
- Web site: Odd Christian Eiking. FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. 19 February 2023.