Itamar Einhorn
 Itamar Einhorn (2022) | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 September 1997 Modi'in, Israel |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Israel–Premier Tech |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2016 | Vérandas Willems–Crabbe–CC Chevigny |
| 2017–2018 | Israel Cycling Academy Development |
| Professional teams | |
| 2017 | Israel Cycling Academy (stagiaire) |
| 2018 | Israel Cycling Academy (stagiaire) |
| 2019– | Israel Cycling Academy[1][2][3] |
| Major wins | |
Single-day races and Classics
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Itamar Einhorn (איתמר איינהורן; born 20 September 1997) is an Israeli cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech.[4] Einhorn will represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in cycling in the Men's individual road race at Pont d'Iéna on August 3, 2024.
Early and personal life[edit]
Einhorn was born in Modi'in, Israel.[5] He is 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) tall, and weighs 72 kg (159 lb).[6] He speaks both Hebrew and English.[7]
Cycling career[edit]
Early years[edit]
Einhorn followed his brother, four years older than he is, into cycling.[8] He first rode mountain bikes, and then switched to road riding in 2013.[9] In 2014, he won the junior Israeli national championship in road racing, in Hadera, Israel.[10]
From 2017-19 he rode for Israel Premier Tech Academy.[11] He currently rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech.[12]
In the 2020 edition of Tour Colombia Einhorn finished 3rd on stage 2 becoming the first Israeli to finish on the podium in a UCI sanctioned race.[13][14]
In the 2021 edition of the Okolo Slovenska Einhorn won stage 4 becoming the first Israeli to ever win a UCI Europe Tour stage.[15]
2022-present[edit]
In 2022 and 2023, he won the Israeli National Road Race Championships.[16][17]
On October 9, 2023, two days after the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, Einhorn came in second in the last stage of the 2023 Tour of Hainan.[18] He said: "I’ve never felt like this before. Of course, I wanted to win. But I didn’t feel anything. There was neither the sting of missing the victory nor a trace of satisfaction from finishing second. The utter sense of triviality weighed heavily on me, knowing that while I raced thousands of kilometers away, my homeland was engulfed in a horrific act of terror and slaughter."[19]
In 2024 through May he had four wins in the Tour du Rwanda and the Tour de Taiwan, matching his total for all of 2023, and in his career had won 13 UCI races.[20][21][22]
Einhorn will represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in cycling in the Men's individual road race at Pont d'Iéna on August 3, 2024.[23] The race will consist of a challenging 270-kilometer hilly course, with a very small peloton of approximately 85 riders.[24][25] He said: "For me, representing Israel in the Olympics is a message of a nation aspiring for peace."[26]
Major results[edit]
- 2014
- Israeli National Junior Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 2017
- 2nd Road race, Israeli National Road Championships
- 2020
- 3rd Overall Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques
- 1st Stage 1
- 9th Scheldeprijs
- 2021 (1 pro win)
- 1st GP Polski
- 1st Stage 4 Okolo Slovenska
- 3rd Road race, Israeli National Road Championships
- 2022 (1)
- 1st Road race, Israeli National Road Championships
- 1st Grand Prix Wyszków
- 3rd GP Polski
- 4th Münsterland Giro
- 9th Grand Prix Nasielsk-Serock
- 10th Puchar MON
- 2023 (2)
- 1st Road race, Israeli National Road Championships
- 1st GP Polski
- 1st Memoriał Andrzeja Trochanowskiego
- 1st Stage 1 2023 Czech Tour
- 4th Milano–Torino
- 9th Scheldeprijs
- 9th Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
- 9th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 2024 (4)
- Tour du Rwanda
- 1st Stages 2 & 7
- Tour de Taiwan
- 1st Stages 1 & 5
- 6th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
- 8th Elfstedenronde
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]
| Grand Tour | 2021 |
|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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— |
 Tour de France
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— |
 Vuelta a España
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DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
See also[edit]
- Henry Ohayon, Israeli Olympic individual road race cyclist
- Itzhak Ben David, Israeli Olympic individual road race cyclist
References[edit]
- ^ "Israel Cycling Academy finalises 2019 roster, adds Sorensen as DS". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (11 December 2019). "Israel Cycling Academy become Israel Start-Up Nation as WorldTour beckons". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Israel Start-Up Nation". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Israel–Premier Tech". UCI. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
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- ^ "Israel–Premier Tech". UCI. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Tour Colombia: Juan Molano sprints early, takes stage 2". Velonews. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "ITAMAR EINHORN WRITES ISRAELI HISTORY IN COLOMBIA". Facebook. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ Cyclingnews (19 September 2021). "Peter Sagan wins Tour of Slovakia". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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External links[edit]
- Itamar Einhorn at UCI
- Itamar Einhorn at Cycling Archives
- Itamar Einhorn at ProCyclingStats
- Itamar Einhorn at Cycling Quotient
- Itamar Einhorn at CycleBase
- Instagram page
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