Bernhard Eisel

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Bernhard Eisel
Eisel during 2007 Tour de France
Eisel during 2007 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name Bernhard Eisel
Date of birth February 17, 1981 (1981-02-17) (age 27)
Country Flag of Austria Austria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 76 kg (170 lb)
Team information
Current team Team High Road
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Amateur team(s)
Rinascita Ormelle
Gli Amici Piave
Professional team(s)
2000–2001
2003–2006
2007
2008–
Mapei
Française des Jeux
T-Mobile
Team High Road
Infobox last updated on:
December 24, 2007

Bernhard Eisel (born 17 February 1981 in Voitsberg) is an Austrian professional road bicycling racer. He 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 and became a professional cyclist, from 2003 on he joined fdjeux.com, a team which is now called Française des Jeux. Eisel has signed a contract to ride for T-Mobile in 2007.

[edit] Important Victories

2002
Solar - Radclassic - Gleisdorf
2003
Stage 2, GP Erik Breukink
Stage 4, Tour du Limousin
2004
Stage 3, Criterium des Espoirs
2005
Stages 1 and 4, Volta ao Algarve
Stage 1, Tour de Suisse
Stage 4, Gran Prémio Internacional da Costa Azul
2006
Stage 4, Tour of Qatar
Stage 2, Volta ao Algarve
Stage 2a, KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde
2007
Stage 2, Volta ao Algarve
1st overall, Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling
1st, Lancaster Classic
1st, Reading Classic
3rd, Philadelphia International Championship
2008
1st, Stage 5, Volta ao Algarve
2nd, Reading Classic

[edit] Tour de France

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Persondata
NAME Eisel, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH 1981-02-17
PLACE OF BIRTH Voitsberg, Austria
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH