Nathan Van Hooydonck
Van Hooydonck in 2023 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Nathan Van Hooydonck |
Born | (1995-10-12) October 12, 1995 (age 28) Gooreind, Wuustwezel, Belgium |
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Rouleur Classics specialist |
Amateur team | |
2015–2017 | BMC Development Team |
Professional teams | |
2014 | Bissell Development Team |
2017–2020 | BMC Racing Team[1] |
2021–2023 | Team Jumbo–Visma[2] |
Nathan Van Hooydonck (born 12 October 1995) is a Belgian former road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2017 to 2023 for BMC Racing Team and Team Jumbo–Visma.[3][4]
Career
In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[5] In 2021 he entered his second edition of the Vuelta, his first riding for Team Jumbo-Visma. He rode in support of Primož Roglič, who won the race. He was named to the team for the 2022 Tour de France and ended up playing an important role. Between Roglič, Jonas Vingegaard and Wout van Aert fighting for stage wins, jerseys and the Tour de France itself, Van Hooydonck was one of the key domestiques for the team. He had to leave the race just two stages before the end, due to personal matters.[6]
He is the son of former professional cyclist Gino and the nephew of two-time Tour of Flanders winner Edwig Van Hooydonck.
On 12 September 2023, he suffered an initially undescribed medical issue causing him to be involved in a traffic incident. Jonas Vingegaard won the stage of the Vuelta a España that was held that day and dedicated his win to Van Hooydonck. On 20 September, it was announced that an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) had to be placed due to an irregularity of the cardiac wall, placing him at risk for future arrhythmia, and that this would end his professional cycling career.[7]
Major results
- 2012
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 3rd Ronde van Vlaanderen Juniores
- 4th Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
- 6th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 2013
- 1st Overall Keizer der Juniores
- 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix Juniors
- 3rd La Philippe Gilbert
- 3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
- 4th Overall GP Général Patton
- 4th Ronde van Vlaanderen Juniores
- 7th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
- 2015
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Overall Olympia's Tour
- 1st Young rider classification
- 8th Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 2016
- 2nd Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren
- 3rd Overall Ronde de l'Oise
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd Chrono Champenois
- 4th Overall Tour de Berlin
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 4th Circuit de Wallonie
- 5th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Beloften
- 6th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig
- 9th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 2017
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
- 2018
- 4th Overall Dubai Tour
- 2021
- 7th Gent–Wevelgem
- 2023
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Paris–Nice
- 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — |
Tour de France | — | — | — | DNF | 93 |
Vuelta a España | 114 | — | 82 | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ "Valter completes CCC Team's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Van Hooydonck signs for Jumbo-Visma". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ Hansen, Matt (20 September 2023). "Nathan Van Hooydonck forced to end cycling career due to heart problem". Canadian Cycling Magazine. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Jumbo-Visma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ McGrath, Andy (23 July 2022). "Nathan Van Hooydonck abandons Tour de France before stage 20 due to 'family circumstances': Jumbo-Visma domestique's departure leaves team of race leader Jonas Vingegaard down to five riders". Velo News by Outside Magazine. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Nathan Van Hooydonck: Jumbo-Visma rider retires because of heart problem". BBC.com. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
External links
- Nathan Van Hooydonck at UCI
- Nathan Van Hooydonck at Cycling Archives
- Nathan Van Hooydonck at ProCyclingStats
- Nathan Van Hooydonck at Cycling Quotient
- Nathan Van Hooydonck at CycleBase
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- 1992 De Wolf
- 1993 Museeuw
- 1994 Herygers
- 1995–1997 Museeuw
- 1998 Steels
- 1999 Vandenbroucke
- 2000 Tchmil
- 2001 Verbrugghe
- 2002 Museeuw
- 2003 Van Petegem
- 2004–2006 Boonen
- 2007 S. Nys
- 2008–2011 Gilbert
- 2012 Boonen
- 2013 S. Nys
- 2014–2017 Van Avermaet
- 2018 Campenaerts
- 2019 Evenepoel
- 2020–2021 Van Aert
- 2022–2023 Evenepoel
- 1994 Trouvé
- 1995 Hoste
- 1996 D'Hollander
- 1997–1998 S. Nys
- 1999 Hulsmans
- 2000 Van Goolen
- 2001 Boonen
- 2002 De Weert
- 2003 Vansummeren
- 2004–2005 Albert
- 2006 Cornu
- 2007 Albert
- 2008 Bakelants
- 2009 Boeckmans
- 2010 Eijssen
- 2011 Van der Sande
- 2012 Van Hoecke
- 2013 Decraene
- 2014 Teuns
- 2015 De Plus
- 2016–2017 Lambrecht
- 2018 Evenepoel
- 2019 Van Wilder
- 2020–2021 T. Nys
- 2022 Segaert
- 2023 Lecerf
- 2000 Lefevere & Bruyneel
- 2001 Braeckevelt
- 2002–2003 Bruyneel
- 2004 Lefevere
- 2005 De Cauwer
- 2006 Lefevere
- 2007–2009 Bruyneel
- 2010 Sergeant
- 2011 Lelangue
- 2012 Bomans
- 2013 Lefevere
- 2014–2015 Planckaert
- 2016 De Weert
- 2017–2019 Lefevere
- 2020 Peiper
- 2021 C. Roodhooft & P. Roodhooft
- 2022 Vanthourenhout
- 2023 C. Roodhooft & P. Roodhooft
- 2005 Hulsmans
- 2006 Steegmans
- 2007 Vansummeren
- 2008 Aerts
- 2009 Vandenbergh
- 2010 Aerts
- 2011 Vanendert
- 2012 De Weert
- 2013 Vandenbergh
- 2014–2016 Keisse
- 2017 Vermote
- 2018–2021 Declercq
- 2022 Benoot
- 2023 Van Hooydonck
- 2016–2017 D'Hoore
- 2018 Degrendele
- 2019 Cant
- 2020–2023 Kopecky
- 2023 De Wilde