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Jan van Eijden (born 10 August 1976 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler,
*1994: 1st in UCI Track World Championships - 1 km time trial (juniors)
*1995: 1st in
Rhineland-Palatinate
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) is a German track cyclist
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History
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born in Bad Neuenahr
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. He is a double World Champion
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in sprint and team sprint. He also won one world cup classic and four German national titles.
He retired from active racing in 2006 and worked as a sprint coach for the Great Britain Cycling Team until November 2021.
Major results
*1994: 1st in UCI Track World Championships - 1 km time trial (juniors)
*1995: 1st in UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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- team sprint
*1996: 3rd in UCI Track World Championships - 1 km time trial
*1997: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - sprint
*1997: 2nd in UCI Track World Championships - team sprint
*1999: 1st in German national track cycling championships - team sprint
*1999: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - sprint
*2000: 1st in UCI Track World Championships - sprint
*2000: 1st in German national track cycling championships - sprint
*2000: 1st in German national track cycling championships - team sprint
*2000: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin
*2002: 3rd in German national track cycling championships - keirin
*2003: 2nd in World cup classic Aguascalientes
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- keirin
*2003: 3rd in World cup classic Cape Town - sprint
*2003: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - team sprint
*2003: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - sprint
*2004: 2nd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - keirin
*2004: 3rd in World cup classic Aguascalientes - team sprint
*2004: 3rd in World cup classic Manchester - sprint
*2004: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin
*2004: 1st in German national track cycling championships - sprint
*2005: 1st in World cup classic Moscow - team sprint
*2005: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - keirin
*2005: 2nd in German national track cycling championships - team sprint
*2006: 3rd in World cup classic Sydney - keirin
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