Nathan Van Hooydonck Explained

Nathan Van Hooydonck
Fullname:Nathan Van Hooydonck
Birth Date:12 October 1995
Birth Place:Gooreind, Wuustwezel, Belgium
Height:1.92 m
Weight:78 kg
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Rouleur
Classics specialist
Amateuryears1:2015–2017
Proyears1:2014
Proyears2:2017–2020
Proteam2:[1]
Proyears3:2021–2023
Proteam3:[2]

Nathan Van Hooydonck (born 12 October 1995) is a Belgian former road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2017 to 2023 for and .[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 Tour20192020202120222023
    Giro d'Italia—————
    Tour de France———DNF93
    Vuelta a España114—82——
    Legend
    —Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. News: Valter completes CCC Team's 2020 roster. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 November 2019. 1 January 2020.
    2. News: Van Hooydonck signs for Jumbo-Visma. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 21 August 2020. 21 August 2020.
    3. Web site: Hansen . Matt . Nathan Van Hooydonck forced to end cycling career due to heart problem . Canadian Cycling Magazine . 20 September 2023 . en-CA . 20 September 2023.
    4. Web site: Jumbo-Visma. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210102145838/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15243/1000538/279. 2 January 2021.
    5. Web site: 2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España . 23 August 2019 . ProCyclingStats.
    6. Web site: 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. . Andy . McGrath . Velo News by Outside Magazine . 23 July 2022 . 29 July 2022.
    7. Web site: Nathan Van Hooydonck: Jumbo-Visma rider retires because of heart problem . . 20 September 2023 . 20 September 2023.

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