Wim Van Huffel

Wim Van Huffel

To person
Nickname	Snuff
Date of birth	May 28, 1979
nation	Belgium
discipline	Street
Driver type	Mountain riders
To the team
Current team	End of career
function	driver
Most important successes
2003 Hel van het Mergelland
Last updated: November 22, 2015

Wim Van Huffel (born May 28, 1979 in Oudenaarde ) is a former Belgian cyclist .

Athletic career

Van Huffel turned professional in 2002 with the Belgian cycling team Vlaanderen-T Interim . In 2003 he won the Hel van Het Mergelland . In 2004 he was also eighth in the overall ranking of the Tour of Austria . He then received a contract for 2005 with the Belgian ProTour racing team Davitamon-Lotto . Here he showed an excellent performance at the Giro d'Italia . He stayed in the front area in the mountains and finished eleventh in the overall classification. His best stage results were fourth and fifth. He was also twelfth in the Dauphiné Libéré in the same year and third on the fourth stage to Mont Ventoux .

In the spring of 2010, Wim Van Huffel ended his career as an elite racing driver to join the Belgian army.

Palmarès

• 2003
  • Hel van Het Mergelland
• 2007
  • one stage Settimana Internazionale (team time trial)

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour	2005	2006	2007	2008
Giro d'Italia	11	17th	DNF	38
Tour de France	-	-	-	-
Vuelta a España	-	-	26th	- "

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

• 2002-2004 Vlaanderen-T Interim
• 2005-2006 Davitamon Lotto
• 2007 Predictor Lotto
• 2008 Silence Lotto
• 2009 Vorarlberg-Corratec
• 2010 Team Worldofbike.Gr

Web links

• Wim Van Huffel in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Wim Van Huffel in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Le guerrier du Giro à l'armée. In: dhnet.be. Retrieved November 22, 2015 (French).