Bernhard Eisel
Eisel at the 2016 Tour of Britain
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Bernhard Eisel |
| Nickname | Bernie |
| Born |
17 February 1981 Voitsberg, Austria |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Dimension Data |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics specialist Road captain |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| - | Rinascita Ormelle |
| - | Gli Amici Piave |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2001–2002 | Mapei–Quick-Step |
| 2003–2006 | FDJeux.com |
| 2007–2011 | T-Mobile Team |
| 2012–2015 | Team Sky |
| 2016– | Team Dimension Data |
| Major wins | |
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Bernhard Eisel (born 17 February 1981) is an Austrian professional road bicycling racer who currently rides for Team Dimension Data.
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 Mapei–Quick-Step and became a professional cyclist, from 2003 on he joined FDJeux.com.
In 2007, Eisel changed to T-Mobile Team. 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 HTC–Highroad would fold at the end of 2011, Eisel joined Mark Cavendish in moving to Team Sky. After Cavendish announced he would cut his three-year deal with the team short to move to Omega Pharma–Quick-Step, Eisel announced he would stay with Team Sky until the end of the 2015 season.
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