Nathan Van Hooydonck
Van Hooydonck in 2023
Personal information
Full nameNathan Van Hooydonck
Born (1995-10-12) October 12, 1995
Gooreind, Wuustwezel, Belgium
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeRouleur, Classics specialist
Amateur team
2015–2017BMC Development Team
Professional teams
2014Bissell Development Team
2017–2020BMC Racing Team[1]
2021–2023Team 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
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — DNF 93
A red jersey Vuelta a España 114 — 82 — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Valter completes CCC Team's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Van Hooydonck signs for Jumbo-Visma". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Hansen, Matt (20 September 2023). "Nathan Van Hooydonck forced to end cycling career due to heart problem". Canadian Cycling Magazine. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Jumbo-Visma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Nathan Van Hooydonck: Jumbo-Visma rider retires because of heart problem". BBC.com. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
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