Gijs Van Hoecke

Gijs Van Hoecke
	Gijs Van Hoecke (2015)
To person
Date of birth	November 12, 1991
nation	Belgium
discipline	Road / rail (endurance)
To the team
Current team	CCC team
Most important successes
	UCI track world championships 2012 - two-man team driving
	Last updated: March 13, 2020

Gijs Van Hoecke (born November 12, 1991 in Gent ) is a Belgian cyclist .

Athletic career

In 2007, Gijs Van Hoecke became Belgian champion in two-man team driving for young people, with Moreno De Pauw . In 2008 he won four Belgian junior titles and was vice world champion in two-man team driving in Cape Town with Tosh Van der Sande . In 2009 he was again Belgian junior champion in the Omnium , won the Giro della Toscana and was junior vice world champion in two-man team driving in Moscow , together with Jochen Deweer . In 2010 he took second place in the Omnium at the European Junior Championships in Saint Petersburg .

At the UCI Track World Championships 2011 in Apeldoorn , Van Hoecke won bronze in the Omnium, although he had fallen in the elimination race , a sub-discipline of this all-around competition, and had clearly visible facial injuries. The following year he won the world title in two-man team driving with Kenny De Ketele . In the same year he won two medals at the U23 European Championships: a silver one with Jasper De Buyst in the two-man team and a bronze one in the team pursuit (with Joris Cornet , Jasper De Buyst and Moreno De Pauw ).

In 2013 Gijs Van Hoecke and Kenny De Ketele finished third in the European championship in two-man team driving. In the same year, the two drivers won the six-day race in Amsterdam together .

successes

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Despite a fall, Van Hoecke (right) won bronze in the Omnium at the 2011 World Track Championships, behind Michael Freiberg (center) and Shane Archbold .