Personal information | |
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Born | Tiel, Netherlands | 21 March 1985
Team information | |
Discipline |
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Role | Rider |
Amateur teams | |
2002 | Rabobank |
2003 | Quickstep–Sweet Paradise |
2008 | Line-Lloyd Footwear Cycling Team |
Professional teams | |
2004–2005 | Van Vliet–EBH Advocaten |
2006–2007 | Palmans–Collstrop |
2009–2011 | AA Cycling Team |
Eddy van Ijzendoorn (born 21 March 1985) is a Dutch professional cyclo-cross cyclist. [1]
He competed multiple times at the elite level and won a junior silver medal at the 2003 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. [2] [3]
He is the brother of Rik van IJzendoorn. [4]
Van IJzendoorn is a national and world masters champion. [5] [6]
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