Gijs Van Hoecke

Gijs Van Hoecke
2015 UEC Track Elite European Championships 145.JPG
Van Hoecke in 2015.
Personal information
Full nameGijs Van Hoecke
Born (1991-11-12) 12 November 1991 (age 30)
Ghent, Belgium
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current teamAG2R Citroën Team
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2010Beveren 2000
2011Omega Pharma–Lotto Davo
Professional teams
2012–2016Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
2017–2018LottoNL–Jumbo
2019–2020CCC Team
2021–AG2R Citroën Team

Gijs Van Hoecke (born 12 November 1991) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam AG2R Citroën Team.

Career

In 2011, when he was 19 years old, he was selected to participate at the Track Cycling World Championships, where he won the bronze medal in the Men's omnium. One year later, at the World Championships in Melbourne, he finished ninth in the same event and became Madison World Champion.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's team pursuit for the Belgian national team.

Van Hoecke won the bronze medal at the Madison in the 2013 European Track Championships. During that year, he also won his first six-day race in Amsterdam.

In 2014, Van Hoecke won the Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig road race. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.

In August 2018 he announced that he would join the CCC Team for 2019, working as a domestique for his training partner, Greg Van Avermaet. Van Hoecke remained with the team into the 2020 season; that August, it was announced that Van Hoecke would join the AG2R Citroën Team on a two-year contract, from the start of the 2021 season.

Major results

Track

2008
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Madison, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
National Junior Track Championships
2nd Omnium
2nd Team pursuit
2nd Kilo
2nd Individual pursuit
2009
1st MaillotBélgica.svg Omnium, National Junior Track Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Madison, UCI Juniors Track World Championships (with Jochen Deweer)
2010
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Omnium, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Scratch, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Cali
2011
1st Gold medal blank.svg Scratch, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Astana
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Omnium, UCI Track World Championships
2012
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Madison, UCI Track World Championships (with Kenny De Ketele)
UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Madison (with Jasper De Buyst)
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Kenny De Ketele)
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Glasgow
2013
1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Kenny De Ketele)
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Madison, UEC European Track Championships (with Kenny De Ketele)
3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Kenny De Ketele)
2015
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Kenny De Ketele)
3rd Six Days of London (with Iljo Keisse)

Road

Source:

2009
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Giro della Toscana Juniors
5th Overall Münsterland Tour
2011
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Ronde van de Provincie Antwerpen
2nd Paris–Tours Espoirs
2012
3rd Ronde van Zeeland Seaports
2013
2nd Grand Prix Criquielion
2014
1st Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig
2015
1st Jersey green.svg Combativity classification Eneco Tour
8th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig
10th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
10th Ronde van Limburg
2016
6th Overall Danmark Rundt
8th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
2019
6th Overall Okolo Slovenska
2021
9th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 122
A yellow jersey Tour de France
A red jersey Vuelta a España
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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