Bernhard Eisel


Bernhard Eisel is an Austrian professional road bicycling racer, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam.

Career

Born in Voitsberg, Eisel won his first race when he was 11 years old, since then he has won many races. When he was 17, he moved to Italy to race for the team Rinascita Ormelle, based in Treviso. After that he moved to Gli Amici Piave, the team of Moreno Argentin. In 2001 he joined the team and became a professional cyclist, from 2003 on he joined.
In 2007, Eisel changed to. Eisel enjoyed a successful first season with his main victory coming on Stage 2 of the Volta ao Algarve. Eisel established himself as the right-hand man of sprinter and team mate Mark Cavendish, protecting him throughout the flats and mountain stages and forming part of the HTC lead out train that saw Cavendish take many notable victories in the Tour de France and other races. Eisel also had opportunities to ride for himself, mainly in the classics. He won Paris–Bourges in 2008 and Gent–Wevelgem in 2010, and in 2011, Eisel recorded his best placing in a monument by finishing seventh in Paris–Roubaix. Eisel was appointed as a member of the inaugural UCI Athletes' Commission in 2011.
Following the announcement that would fold at the end of 2011, Eisel joined Mark Cavendish in moving to. After Cavendish announced he would cut his three-year deal with the team short to move to, Eisel announced he would stay with until the end of the 2015 season.
On 28 September 2015, Sky announced that Eisel would be among the riders leaving the team at the end of the year, following four seasons with the team. The following day it was announced that he had joined Cavendish in signing for – to be renamed as.
On 14th January 2020 he announced his retirement from professional racing.

Major results

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
Giro d'Italia63 — — — — — — — —152 —138153 — —
Tour de France —131143107121144150155160146 —126 —171145
Vuelta a España —DNFDNF — — — —DNF — — — — — — —

DNF – Did not finish