Gijs Van Hoecke (born 12 November 1991) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for

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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, and the men's omnium. 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

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. In 2014, Van Hoecke won the

Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig The Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig was a professional cycling race held annually in Belgium between 1985 and 2019. It was first held in 1985 under the name Grand Prix Jerry Blondel. In 1987 it was renamed Trophée Cycliste Internati ...

road race. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the

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. In August 2018 he announced that he would join the for 2019, working as a

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for his training partner,

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. Van Hoecke remained with the team into the 2020 season; that August, it was announced that Van Hoecke would join the on a two-year contract, from the start of the 2021 season.

Major results

Track

;2008 : 2nd Silver medal blank

Madison, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships : National Junior Track Championships ::2nd Omnium ::2nd Team pursuit ::2nd Kilo ::2nd Individual pursuit ;2009 : 1st MaillotBélgica

Omnium, National Junior Track Championships : 2nd Silver medal blank

Madison,

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(with Jochen Deweer) ;2010 : 2nd Silver medal europe

Omnium, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships : 2nd Silver medal blank

Scratch, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Cali ;2011 : 1st Gold medal blank

Scratch, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Astana : 3rd Bronze medal blank

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;2012 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Madison,

(with Kenny De Ketele) : UEC European Under-23 Track Championships ::2nd Silver medal europe

Madison (with

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) ::3rd

Team pursuit : 2nd

Six Days of Ghent The Six Days of Ghent ( nl, Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent) is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium. It takes place in the Kuipke velodrome in Ghent's ''Citadelpark''. The 2006 event from 21 November to 26 November was marred ...

(with Kenny De Ketele) : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Team pursuit, 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Glasgow ;2013 : 1st

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(with Kenny De Ketele) : 3rd Bronze medal europe

Madison, UEC European Track Championships (with Kenny De Ketele) : 3rd

(with Kenny De Ketele) ;2015 : 2nd

(with Kenny De Ketele) : 3rd Six Days of London (with Iljo Keisse)

Road

Source: ;2009 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Giro della Toscana Juniors : 5th Overall Münsterland Tour ;2011 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Ronde van de Provincie Antwerpen : 2nd

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;2012 : 3rd Ronde van Zeeland Seaports ;2013 : 2nd

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;2014 : 1st

;2015 : 1st Jersey green

Combativity classification

Eneco Tour The Benelux Tour (previously known as the Eneco Tour and the BinckBank Tour) is a road bicycle racing stage-race that is part of the UCI World Tour. The race was established in 2005 and was originally known as the Eneco Tour, named after the orig ...

: 8th

: 10th Overall

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: 10th Ronde van Limburg ;2016 : 6th 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 Po ...

: 8th Overall

;2019 : 6th Overall Okolo Slovenska ;2021 : 9th

Grand Prix of Aargau Canton Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (german: Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau) is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town o ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Hoecke, Gijs 1991 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Belgium Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ghent Cyclists from East Flanders UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Belgian track cyclists