Kurt Hovelijnck

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Kurt Hovelijnck Road cycling
Kurt Hovelijnck (2008)
Kurt Hovelijnck (2008)
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Date of birth June 2nd 1981
nation BelgiumBelgium Belgium
End of career 2013
Last updated: December 6, 2018

Kurt Hovelijnck (born June 2, 1981 in Eeklo ) is a former Belgian cyclist .

Kurt Hovelijnck began his career in 2004 with the Belgian cycling team Jong Vlaanderen in 2016 and rode for the Professional Continental Team Chocolade Jacques from 2005 to 2008 . In his second season there he was second at the Grand Prix Wanzele and third in the first section of the Circuit de Lorraine . He also made it into the top ten of a stage twice in the Algarve Tour and the Tour de l'Avenir .

In 2009, Hovelijnck switched to ProTeam Quick Step . On March 17, 2009, he had a serious fall during a training ride with Wouter Weylandt after the rear wheel of his bike came loose and he rolled over. He fractured the base of his skull . He was in a coma for three weeks and then suffered from depression, and it was eleven months before he could race again.

For the 2011 season, Hovelijnck moved to the Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly team . After Weylandt died on May 9, 2011 of the consequences of a skull base fracture and he also had to mourn the deaths of his friends and colleagues Frederiek Nolf and Dimitri De Fauw , Hovelijnck planned to end his career immediately. Shortly afterwards, however, he rejected this plan again. However, after no new sponsor for his then Crelan-Euphony team was found for the 2014 season and the team was dissolved, he announced the end of his career.

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Web links

Commons : Kurt Hovelijnck  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ radsport-news.com - Hovelijnck is making his comeback after eleven months. In: radsport-news.com. February 3, 2010, accessed May 28, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Kurt Hovelijnck loops schedelbreuk op bij val. (No longer available online.) In: hln.be. March 17, 2009, archived from the original on May 28, 2016 ; accessed on May 28, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hln.be
  3. ↑ Kurt Hovelijnck (32) hangts fiets aan de haak. In: WielerFlits. September 27, 2013, accessed May 28, 2016 (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Hovelijnck, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH June 2nd 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Eeklo