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Bernhard Eisel (born 17 February 1981) is an Austrian professional road bicycling racer who currently rides for Team Dimension Data.
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 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.
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 (and Mark Renshaw, their former teammate at HTC) in signing for MTN–Qhubeka – to be renamed as Team Dimension Data.
Career achievements
Major results
- 2002
- 1st Radclassic-Gleisdorf
- 2nd Overall Paris–Corrèze
- 2003
- 1st Stage 4 Tour du Limousin
- 3rd Overall GP Erik Breukink
- 1st Stage 2
- 7th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
- 2004
- 1st Stage 3, Criterium des Espoirs
- 1st Bad Ischl
- 5th Scheldeprijs
- 2005
- Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 1st Points Classification
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 4 Gran Prémio Internacional da Costa Azul
- 2006
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Qatar
- 1st Stage 2 Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Grazer Altstadt Kriterium
- 1st Mayrhofen Europa-Kriterium
- 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1st Stage 2a
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- 7th Gent-Wevelgem
- 2007
- 1st Stage 2 Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Lancaster Classic
- 1st Reading Classic
- 1st Linz criterium
- 3rd Philadelphia International Championship
- 4th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 8th Trofeo Palma
- 2008
- 1st Stage 5 Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Paris–Bourges
- 3rd Reading Classic
- 4th Philadelphia International Championship
- 6th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 2009
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse
- 1st Welser Sparkassen Innenstadt-Kriterium
- 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 3rd National Road Race Championships
- 9th Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen
- 2010
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st Stage 1 TTT Vuelta a España
- 7th Paris–Bourges
- 8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 9th Paris-Tours
- 2011
- 7th Paris–Roubaix
- 7th Gent–Wevelgem
- 8th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 2012
- 3rd E3 Harelbeke
- 2013
- 5th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 7th Gent–Wevelgem
- 10th Milan – San Remo
Grand Tours overall classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 152 | — | 138 | 143 | — |
 Tour | 131 | 143 | 107 | 121 | 144 | 150 | 148 | 155 | 160 | 146 | — | 126 | — | 171 |
 Vuelta | — | WD | WD | — | — | — | — | WD | — | — | — | — | — | — |
WD – Withdrew