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Itamar Einhorn
Itamar Einhorn (איתמר איינהורן; born 20 September 1997) is an Israeli cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech.[4] In 2022 and 2023, he won the Israeli National Road Race Championships. Einhorn represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in cycling in the Men's individual road race at Pont d'Iéna. Early and personal lifeEinhorn was born in Modi'in, Israel.[5] He is 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) tall, and weighs 72 kg (159 lb).[5] He speaks both Hebrew and English.[6] Asked whether he enjoys cycling despite the demands and difficulties of the sport, he said: "I'm living the dream.... I am fulfilling my childhood dream."[7] Cycling careerEarly yearsEinhorn followed his brother Ben, four years older than he is and himself a fourth-place finisher in the 2013 Israeli National Championships, into cycling.[8][9] He first rode mountain bikes, and then switched to road racing in 2013.[9] In 2014, he won the junior Israeli national championship in road racing, in Hadera, Israel.[10] From 2017 to 2019 he rode for Israel Premier Tech Academy.[11] He currently rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech.[4] 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.[12][13] In the 2021 edition of the Okolo Slovenska in Slovakia, Einhorn won stage 4 becoming the first Israeli to ever win a UCI Europe Tour stage.[14] 2022–23; National championshipsIn August 2022, Einhorn came in 13th out of 141 cyclists in the 2022 European Road Championships – Men's road race in Munich, Germany.[15] In 2022 and 2023, Einhorn won the Israeli National Road Race Championships.[10][16] 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.[17] 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."[17] 2024–present; Olympic GamesIn 2024 through May, Einhorn 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.[18] 2024 Summer OlympicsEinhorn represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in cycling in the Men's individual road race at Pont d'Iéna, and came in 62nd.[19][20] The race consisted of a challenging 270-kilometer hilly course, with a very small peloton of approximately 85 riders.[21] He said: "For me, representing Israel in the Olympics is a message of a nation aspiring for peace."[20] Major results
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
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