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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]
.jpg) Van Hooydonck in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nathan Van Hooydonck |
| Born | October 12, 1995 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] |
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]
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- 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
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Olympia's Tour
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 8th Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 2016
- 2nd Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren
- 3rd Overall Ronde de l'Oise
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France |
— | — | — | DNF | 93 |
 Vuelta a España |
114 | — | 82 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
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