Moreno Hofland

Moreno Hofland
Hofland at the 2011 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
Personal information
Full nameMoreno Hofland
Born (1991-08-31) 31 August 1991 (age 33)
Roosendaal, Netherlands
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Professional teams
2010–2012Rabobank Continental Team
2013–2016Blanco Pro Cycling
2017–2018Lotto–Soudal
2019–2021EF Education First[1][2]
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Men's road bicycle racing
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Herning Road race

Moreno Hofland (born 31 August 1991) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2021 for the Rabobank Continental Team, LottoNL–Jumbo, Lotto–Soudal and EF Education–Nippo teams.[3]

Career

In 2014 he took a stage win in Paris–Nice.[3] In May 2015, Hofland gave his LottoNL–Jumbo team its first victory of the season by winning a bunch sprint on the second stage of the Tour de Yorkshire, taking off some pressure on the organization by media outlets.[4] That season he also won a stage of the Ster ZLM Toer. He then joined Lotto–Soudal in 2017, staying with the team for two seasons and winning the Famenne Ardenne Classic in his first season with the Belgian squad. Hofland then joined EF Education First in 2019.[5] After only starting three races in 2021, he announced his retirement from competition in September of that year, disclosing that he had been suffering from intestinal ischemia, which had disrupted his ability to train and race.[3]

Major results

2010
7th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
2011
1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Vuelta Ciclista a León
2nd Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
1st Stages 2 & 4
2nd Dorpenomloop Rucphen
8th Grand Prix de la Somme
2012
1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
2nd Ster van Zwolle
4th Münsterland Giro
5th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
1st Stage 4
6th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
10th Val d'Ille Classic
2013
1st Overall Tour of Hainan
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1, 6 & 8
8th Münsterland Giro
10th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem
2014
1st Volta Limburg Classic
1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice
1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stage 1 Tour of Hainan
Tour of Utah
1st Stages 1 & 3
2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
6th Münsterland Giro
2015
1st Stage 2 Tour de Yorkshire
3rd Overall Ster ZLM Toer
1st Stage 3
9th RideLondon–Surrey Classic
2016
3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
2017
1st Famenne Ardenne Classic
3rd Road race, UEC European Road Championships
3rd Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic
4th Tacx Pro Classic
2018
8th Great War Remembrance Race
9th Handzame Classic
2019
2nd Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016 2017
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 136 DNF 139
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España DNF — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ Bacon, Ellis (1 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ^ "EF Education - Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Hofland to retire due to stomach problems". cyclingnews.com. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  4. ^ Emil Axelgaard (2 May 2015). "Hofland opens the LottoNL account in Yorkshire sprint". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  5. ^ "EF Education First Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.