Nils Eekhoff: I can’t live in the past

Nils Eekhoff wins the U23 road race
(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Nils Eekhoff is looking to channel his devastating experience at the World Championships in Yorkshire into something more positive ahead of his debut season in the WorldTour with Team Sunweb.

The Dutchman crossed the finish line first in the Under 23 road race in September but was then disqualified from the race when a jury was asked to look back at video footage after the Dutch rider crashed with just under 130km to go and then used the slipstream of a team car to come back to the peloton.

Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.