Edwig Van Hooydonck

Edwig Van Hooydonck (born 4 August 1966 in Ekeren) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Belgium. He won the prestigious Tour of Flanders twice and Brabantse Pijl four times. He retired from professional cycling because he felt he could no longer compete with other cyclists, who were at the time starting to dope themselves, without himself cheating too. At this time Erythropoietin (EPO) was becoming a widely used doping agent in the sport.[1][2]

Edwig Van Hooydonck
Personal information
Full nameEdwig Van Hooydonck
Born (1966-08-04) 4 August 1966
Ekeren, Belgium
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClassics specialist
Professional teams
1986Kwantum Hallen-Yoko
19871989Superconfex-Yoko
19901992Buckler
19931994Wordperfect
1995Novell
1996Rabobank
Major wins
Tour of Flanders (1989, 1991)
Vuelta a España, 1 stage
Brabantse Pijl (1987, 1991, 1993, 1995)

One minor innovation in cycling credited to Van Hooydonk are three quarter length bibshorts. After he had aggravated a knee problem during the 1989 Tour of Flanders, he had cycling shorts made that stretched below the knee, as an alternative to bandaging the knee.[3][4]

Major results

References

  1. inrng.com
  2. Velominati › Awesome Belgian Guys: Edwig Van Hooydonk 3 Sep 2012
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) cycling 3/4 Bib Shorts | Rapha
  4. The Bosberg SATURDAY, 2 APRIL 2011 inrng.com


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