Gijs Van Hoecke
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Van Hoecke in 2015.
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Gijs Van Hoecke |
| Born | 12 November 1991 Ghent, Belgium |
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
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| Current team | Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2012– | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator |
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Medal record
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| Infobox last updated on 12 August 2015 |
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Gijs van Hoecke (born 12 November 1991) is a Belgian cyclist, riding for the Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise team.[1]
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.[2] Van Hoecke was sent home from these Olympic Games by the Belgian Olympic Committee because he got drunk after his competition was over.[3]
Gijs 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, Gijs van Hoecke won the Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig road race.
Palmarès
Track
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- 2008
- 2nd World Junior Madison Championships
- National Junior Championships
- 2nd Omnium
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2nd Kilo
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2009
- 1st National Junior Omnium Championships
- 2nd World Junior Madison Championships
- 2010
- 2nd European Under-23 Omnium Championships
- 2011
- 3rd World Omnium Championships
- 2012
- 1st World Madison Championships
- European Under-23 Championships
- 2nd Madison
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent
- 2013
- 1st Six Days of Amsterdam
- 3rd European Madison Championships
- 3rd Six Days of Ghent
Road
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- 2009
- 1st Overall Giro della Toscana Juniors
- 5th Overall Münsterland Tour
- 2011
- 1st Overall Ronde van de Provincie Antwerpen
- 2nd Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 2012
- 3rd Ronde van Zeeland Seaports
- 2013
- 2nd GP Claude Criquielion
- 2014
- 1st Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig
- 2015
- 1st
Combativity classification Eneco Tour
References
External links
- Gijs Van Hoecke at Cycling ArchivesLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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