Frank Høj (born 4 January 1973) is a retired
Danish
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professional
road bicycle racer
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. Høj started as a
stagiaire
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for the Zetelhallen–Vosschemie team in 1994, and became professional in 1995 for . His first win as a professional came the year after. In a live interview with Danish media station TV2 during the coverage of Tour de France 2015, Høj admitted to have used EPO in the early periods of his career, namely 1995-1998. He also competed at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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and the
2004 Summer Olympics
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.
Career achievements
Major results
;1993
: 1st Stage 1
Milk Race
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The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...
;1994
: 1st
Zellik–Galmaarden
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions ...
: 1st
Omloop van de Westhoek
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: 1st Stage 3
Circuit Franco-Belge
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: 5th
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
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;1995
: 1st Stage 5
Tour de l'Avenir
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: 1st Stage 3
Tour de Slovénie
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Winners
...
: 2nd
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
Dwars door West-Vlaanderen is a road bicycle race through the Belgian province of West Flanders.
History
The race was originally created unter the name Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen (''English'': Tour of the Flemish Ardennes) in 1945 as a one-day ...
: 5th Overall
Danmark Rundt
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: 5th
GP Stad Zottegem
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;1996
: 1st Metas Volantes Competition,
Vuelta a Andalucía
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: 3rd Overall
Circuit Franco-Belge
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: 6th
Le Samyn
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: 10th
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a ...
;1997
: 1st
Omloop van de Westkust
: 1st
Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
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: 2nd
GP Aarhus
Colliers Classic (also known as ''Grand Prix Aarhus'') is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aarhus, Denmark. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of roa ...
: 3rd
Grand Prix Herning
Grand Prix Herning is a one-day road bicycle race, held in ''Midtjylland'', Denmark.
The race is organised by Herning Bicycle Club with both start and goal in Herning.
The race is characterised by its gravel paths, which result in multiple punc ...
: 5th
Grand Prix d'Isbergues
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: 6th
Druivenkoers Overijse
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;1998
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
: 1st Overall
Circuit Franco-Belge
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: 1st
Veenendaal–Veenendaal
: 2nd
Grand Prix d'Isbergues
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: 3rd
Brussels–Ingooigem
: 4th
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a ...
;1999
: 4th Overall
Danmark Rundt
Danmark Rundt is a Danish stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as PostN ...
;2000
: 1st
Grand Prix Fayt-Le-Franc
Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1 ...
: 2nd
Paris–Brussels
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History
Paris–Brussels was first run on 12 August 1893 as an amateur eve ...
: 6th
Road race,
Summer Olympics
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: 6th
Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
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: 8th Overall
Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde
: 9th
Grand Prix de Wallonie
The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia
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;2001
: 6th Overall
Danmark Rundt
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::1st Combativity competition
: 8th Overall
Sachsen-Tour
The Sachsen Tour is a multi-stage road bicycle race held in the region of Saxony, Germany. It was first held in 1985 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicy ...
: 10th Overall
Ronde van Nederland
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: 10th
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
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;2002
: 2nd
Omloop Het Volk
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: 10th Overall
Danmark Rundt
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;2003
: 1st
GP S.A.T.S.
: 2nd Overall
Sachsen Tour
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicyc ...
: 5th
GP de Fourmies
The Grand Prix de Fourmies is a bicycle race held in the Fourmies commune of France. Since 2005 it has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which we ...
: 6th
Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
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: 7th Overall
Danmark Rundt
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: 9th
Scheldeprijs
The Scheldeprijs is a cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a 1.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour, ...
;2004
: 1st
GP S.A.T.S.
: 2nd
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, National Road Championships
: 5th Overall
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
Dwars door West-Vlaanderen is a road bicycle race through the Belgian province of West Flanders.
History
The race was originally created unter the name Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen (''English'': Tour of the Flemish Ardennes) in 1945 as a one-day ...
: 5th Overall
Tour of Qatar
The Tour of Qatar was an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the first ...
: 6th Overall
Ronde van Nederland
The Tour of the Netherlands ''(Dutch: Ronde van Nederland)'' was a road bicycle racing stage-race in the Netherlands, founded in 1948. It's an annual race since 1975. Because of the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005, it was replaced by the Enec ...
: 8th
Road race,
Summer Olympics
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: 8th
Tour of Flanders
The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and organi ...
: 10th
Paris–Roubaix
Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Monuments' or classics of the ...
;2005
: 4th Overall
Circuit Franco-Belge
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::1st Stage 3
;2006
: 4th Overall
Sachsen-Tour
The Sachsen Tour is a multi-stage road bicycle race held in the region of Saxony, Germany. It was first held in 1985 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicy ...
: 7th
Paris–Tours
Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m, ...
;2008
: 2nd
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Road Championships
;2009
: 3rd
Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
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1973 births
Danish male cyclists
Living people
Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Denmark
People from Rudersdal Municipality
Doping cases in cycling
Danish sportspeople in doping cases
Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark