# Odd Christian Eiking

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

## Career

Born in Stord, Eiking was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.
In August 2017, Eiking signed a contract with Wanty–Groupe Gobert 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 (Team Jumbo–Visma) 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 EF Education–EasyPost team for the 2022 season.

## Major results

Source:

### 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 Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
    1st Young rider classification, Tour of Norway
    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
       1st Young rider classification
    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
       Held after Stages 10–16

### 2022

    2nd Coppa Sabatini

### 2024

    8th Grand Prix du Morbihan

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | 111 | — | — | — | — | 34 |
| Vuelta a España | 77 | DNF | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |