Odd Christian Eiking
 Eiking at the 2018 Deutschland Tour | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Odd Christian Eiking |
| Nickname | Odd christian viking |
| Born | 28 December 1994 Stord, Norway |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
|
| Amateur team | |
| 2010–2013 | Bergen CK |
| Professional teams | |
| 2014–2015 | Team Joker[1] |
| 2016–2017 | FDJ[2] |
| 2018–2020 | Wanty–Groupe Gobert[3][4] |
| 2021– | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux |
Odd Christian Eiking (born 28 December 1994) is a Norwegian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux.[5]
He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.[6]
In August 2017, Eiking signed a contract with Wanty–Groupe Gobert and joined them ahead of the 2018 season.[7] In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.[8]
In the 2021 Vuelta a España, he took the red leader's jersey (maillot rojo) after Stage 10. He was involved in a large breakaway that finished better than ten minutes ahead of the main field. Eiking took the lead by about a minute over Guillaume Martin, who was the only other highly placed rider in the break. He would go on to hold the race lead for seven stages.[9] Despite losing the lead Eiking rode hard for the remainder of the race staying with or near the GC riders on most occasions. He finished the race in 11th place overall.
Major results[]
- 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
- 1st
- 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 d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 8th Overall Tour of Oman
- 8th Paris–Chauny
- 2019
- Arctic Race of Norway
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 3rd Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 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
- Held
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | 111 | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
77 | DNF | — | — | — | 11 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References[]
- ^ "Odd Christian Eiking » Team Joker". Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ^ "FDJ: Odd Christian Eiking arrive en 2016" [FDJ: Odd Christian Eiking arrives in 2016]. L'Équipe (in French). 30 June 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ Almeida, Giampaolo (6 January 2019). "Wanty-Groupe Gobert, il rinnovo di Backaert completa il roster 2019" [Wanty-Groupe Gobert, the renewal of Backaert completes the 2019 roster]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Circus - Wanty Gobert". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Eiking klar for belgisk lag – får kapteinsrolle".
- ^ "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Odd Christian Eiking I'm Not Giving Away the Vuelta a España Lead For Free". Cycling News by Alisdair Fotheringham. 31 August 2021.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Odd Christian Eiking. |
- Odd Christian Eiking at Cycling Archives
- Odd Christian Eiking at CQ Ranking
- Odd Christian Eiking at ProCyclingStats
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Norwegian male cyclists
- People from Stord