Harm Vanhoucke

Harm Vanhoucke (born 17 June 1997 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Dstny.[4][5] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[6]

Harm Vanhoucke
Vanhoucke in 2021
Personal information
Full nameHarm Vanhoucke
Born (1997-06-17) 17 June 1997
Kortrijk, Belgium
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current teamLotto–Dstny
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2016–2018Lotto–Soudal U23
Professional teams
2018–2022Lotto–Soudal[1][2][3]
2023Team DSM
2023–Lotto–Dstny

On 21 March 2020, Vanhoucke was assaulted by a car driver during a training ride. He claims to have been punched several times by an aggressive heavily built man.[7] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.[8]

Major results
2015
3rd Overall Oberösterreich Juniorenrundfahrt
8th Grand Prix Bati-Metallo
9th La Philippe Gilbert Juniors
10th Overall GP Général Patton
2016
1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
1st Stage 2 Tour des Pays de Savoie
4th Overall Tour Alsace
9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
2017
1st Flèche Ardennaise
1st Vuelta a Navarra
3rd Overall Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
4th Overall Grand Prix Priessnitz spa
4th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
2018
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
6th Overall Tour du Jura
2020
1st Mountains classification, Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
10th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
2021
2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain
2022
5th Overall Tour of Turkey
2023
1st Stage 3 Okolo jižních Čech
1st Mountains classification, Deutschland Tour
10th Overall UAE Tour

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 60 86 DNF DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 115 — 115 — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. "Lotto-Soudal". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. "Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. "Lotto Soudal". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. "Lotto Dstny". UCI. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  5. "Harm Vanhoucke returns to Lotto Dstny". Lotto–Dstny. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  6. "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  7. "Belgian rider Vanhoucke abused by a motorist during training". Nu.nl. 21 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  8. "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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