Nils Eekhoff
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FullnameNils Eekhoff
Born23 January 1998
Rijsenhout, Netherlands
Rijsenhout, Netherlands
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
 Eekhoff in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nils Eekhoff |
| Born | 23 January 1998 Rijsenhout, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Picnic–PostNL |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2016 | Wilton |
| Professional teams | |
| 2017–2019 | Development Team Sunweb |
| 2018 | Team Sunweb (stagiaire) |
| 2019 | Team Sunweb (stagiaire) |
| 2020– | Team Sunweb[1] |
| Major wins | |
| One-day races and Classics | |
Nils Eekhoff (born 23 January 1998) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Picnic–PostNL.[2]
Eekhoff joined Development Team Sunweb in 2017, notably winning Paris–Roubaix Espoirs. In August 2019, Eekhoff joined UCI WorldTeam Team Sunweb as a stagiaire for the second half of the season,[3] before joining the team permanently in 2020.
At the under 23 road race of the 2019 UCI Road World Championships, Eekhoff initially won the race, but was later disqualified for illegal drafting behind a team car.[4]
He took his first professional win on the prologue of the 2023 ZLM Tour.[5]
