Frank Høj Explained
| Frank Høj |
| Full Name: | Frank Høj |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Holte, Denmark |
| Height: | 1.86 m |
| Weight: | 80 kg |
| Currentteam: | Retired |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Amateuryears1: | 1994 |
| Amateurteam1: | Zetelhallen–Vosschemie (stagiaire) |
| Proyears1: | 1995–1997 |
| Proyears2: | 1998 |
| Proyears3: | 1999 |
| Proyears4: | 2000 |
| Proyears5: | 2001–2002 |
| Proteam5: | Team Coast |
| Proyears6: | 2003 |
| Proyears7: | 2004 |
| Proyears8: | 2005–2006 |
| Proyears9: | 2007–2008 |
| Proyears10: | 2009–2010 |
| Majorwins: | Veenendaal–Veenendaal (1998)
Circuit Franco-Belge (1998) |
Frank Høj (born 4 January 1973) is a retired Danish professional road bicycle racer. Høj started as a stagiaire 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 and the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]
Career achievements
Major results
- 1993
1st Stage 1 Milk Race
- 1994
1st Zellik–Galmaarden
1st Omloop van de Westhoek
1st Stage 3 Circuit Franco-Belge
5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 1995
1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stage 3 Tour de Slovénie
2nd Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
5th Overall Danmark Rundt
5th GP Stad Zottegem
- 1996
1st Metas Volantes Competition, Vuelta a Andalucía
3rd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
6th Le Samyn
10th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 1997
1st Omloop van de Westkust
1st Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
2nd GP Aarhus
3rd Grand Prix Herning
5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
6th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 1998
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal
2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues
3rd Brussels–Ingooigem
4th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 1999
4th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 2000
1st Grand Prix Fayt-Le-Franc
2nd Paris–Brussels
6th Road race, Summer Olympics
6th Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
8th Overall Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde
9th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2001
6th Overall Danmark Rundt
1st Combativity competition
8th Overall Sachsen-Tour
10th Overall Ronde van Nederland
10th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2002
2nd Omloop Het Volk
10th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 2003
1st GP S.A.T.S.
2nd Overall Sachsen Tour
5th GP de Fourmies
6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
7th Overall Danmark Rundt
9th Scheldeprijs
- 2004
1st GP S.A.T.S.
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
5th Overall Tour of Qatar
6th Overall Ronde van Nederland
8th Road race, Summer Olympics
8th Tour of Flanders
10th Paris–Roubaix
- 2005
4th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
1st Stage 3
- 2006
4th Overall Sachsen-Tour
7th Paris–Tours
- 2008
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2009
3rd Road race, National Road ChampionshipsGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend| DSQ | Disqualified |
| DNF | Did not finish | |
Notes and References
- Frank Høj Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418024808/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/frank-hoj-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 7 March 2020.
