Odd Christian Eiking

Odd Christian Eiking (born 28 December 1994) is a Norwegian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .

Career Born in Stord Municipality, Eiking was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.

In August 2017, Eiking signed a contract with and joined them ahead of the 2018 season. In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.

At the 2021 Vuelta a España, Eiking was part of a 31-rider breakaway group on the tenth stage, from which he was the highest-placed rider in the general classification, trailing race leader Primož Roglič by just over nine minutes overnight. The group's advantage over the peloton reached over thirteen minutes at its maximum, with Eiking ultimately finishing almost eleven-and-a-half minutes clear of Roglič, to take the race leader's red jersey. He held the race lead until the final week, ceding the jersey on stage 17, when he was dropped on the second of four categorised climbs to be ascented during the stage. He lost 9' 23" by the end of the stage, dropping to eleventh overall, where he would ultimately finish in the general classification. A few days after the race, Eiking signed a contract with the team for the 2022 season.

2013 10th Overall Tour de Berlin 2014 2nd Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 4th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 4th Hadeland GP 5th Ringerike GP 2015

1st Stage 2 Giro della Valle d'Aosta 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Overall Peace Race U23 3rd Ringerike GP 5th Hadeland GP 6th Overall Arctic Race of Norway 2016 1st Stage 1 (TTT) La Méditerranéenne 4th Overall Tour of Norway

5th Overall Arctic Race of Norway 2017 1st Boucles de l'Aulne 10th Classic Loire-Atlantique 2018 1st Stage 3 Tour de Wallonie 2nd Grand Prix La Marseillaise 8th Overall Tour of Oman 8th Paris–Chauny 2019 Arctic Race of Norway 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 3 3rd Ardèche Classic 3rd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan 6th Overall Tour of Guangxi 8th Grand Prix de Wallonie 2021 2nd Overall Arctic Race of Norway 7th Clásica de San Sebastián 10th Overall Étoile de Bessèges 10th Grand Prix La Marseillaise Vuelta a España

2022 2nd Coppa Sabatini 2024 8th Grand Prix du Morbihan 2025 3rd Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour 8th Overall Route d'Occitanie 9th Overall Tour de Hongrie

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish