Yannick Eijssen (born 26 June 1989) is a retired Belgian cyclist, born in

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. Eijssen last rode for

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team . Being considered a great talent in the youth categories, Eijssen started his professional career at

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. However, on the pro level, Eijssen never lived up to the expectations, and in May 2016, age 26, he announced his retirement at the end of the season.

Career achievements

Major results

;2008 :4th Grote Prijs Stad Waregem :6th Overall

Ronde de l'Isard The Ronde de l'Isard is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It is organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union C ...

;2009 :3rd Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie ;2010 :1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 3 :1st

Beverbeek Classic Beverbeek Classic is a single-day bicycle road race held annually in Hamont-Achel, in the Belgian region of Limburg. From 1998 to 2003, it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Conti ...

:1st Stage 4

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents ...

:2nd Road race, National Under−23 Road Championships :3rd Overall

Tour des Pyrénées The Tour des Pyrénées was a road bicycle race held annually in France and Spain. It was organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 b ...

:6th

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;2012 :1st Stage 1 (TTT)

Giro del Trentino The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

;2014 :1st Stage 1 (TTT)

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eijssen, Yannick 1989 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Sportspeople from Leuven Cyclists from Flemish Brabant