Harm Vanhoucke

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Harm Vanhoucke
Vanhoucke in 2021
Personal information
Full nameHarm Vanhoucke
Born (1997-06-17) 17 June 1997 (age 26)
Kortrijk, Belgium
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current teamLotto–Dstny
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2016–2018Lotto–Soudal U23
Professional teams
2018–2022Lotto–Soudal[1][2][3]
2023Team DSM
2023–Lotto–Dstny

Harm Vanhoucke (born 17 June 1997 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Dstny.[4][5] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[6]

On 21 March 2020, Vanhoucke was assaulted by a car driver during a training ride. He claims to have been punched several times by an aggressive heavily built man.[7] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.[8]

Major results[edit]

2015
3rd Overall Oberösterreich Juniorenrundfahrt
8th Grand Prix Bati-Metallo
9th La Philippe Gilbert Juniors
10th Overall GP Général Patton
2016
1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
1st Stage 2 Tour des Pays de Savoie
4th Overall Tour Alsace
9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
2017
1st Flèche Ardennaise
1st Vuelta a Navarra
3rd Overall Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
4th Overall Grand Prix Priessnitz spa
4th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
2018
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
6th Overall Tour du Jura
2020
1st Mountains classification, Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
10th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
2021
2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain
2022
5th Overall Tour of Turkey
2023
1st Mountains classification, Deutschland Tour
6th Overall Okolo jižních Čech
1st Stage 3
10th Overall UAE Tour

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 60 86 DNF DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France
A red jersey Vuelta a España 115 115
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lotto-Soudal". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Lotto Soudal". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Lotto Dstny". UCI. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Harm Vanhoucke returns to Lotto Dstny". Lotto–Dstny. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  6. ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Belgian rider Vanhoucke abused by a motorist during training". Nu.nl. 21 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  8. ^ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

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