Steele Von Hoff
Steele Von Hoff (born 31 December 1987) is an Australian road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for Australian amateur team InForm TMX MAKE.[2] In 2018, Von Hoff won the gold medal in the road race at the Commonwealth Games.
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Full name | Steele Von Hoff | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Stainless | ||||||||||||||
Born | Mornington, Victoria, Australia | 31 December 1987||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Torq Performance Nutrition | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Genesys Wealth Advisers | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Chipotle–First Solar Development Team | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Garmin–Sharp (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Team Relentless | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | InForm TM Insight MAKE[1] | ||||||||||||||
Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Garmin–Sharp | ||||||||||||||
2015 | NFTO | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | ONE Pro Cycling | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||
Major wins | |||||||||||||||
National Criterium Championships (2014, 2015) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
In 2011, Von Hoff and Genesys Wealth Advisers teammate Nathan Haas dominated Australia's domestic National Road Series. The two riders entered the 2011 Herald Sun Tour, a race featuring numerous UCI ProTeams.[3] Von Hoff progressed from third on stage two to second on stage three; Haas won the general classification.[4]
In January 2012, Von Hoff joined the Chipotle–First Solar Development Team,[5] an American cycling squad, which competes in the UCI Continental Circuits. On 1 August 2012, while competing with the Chipotle–First Solar Development Team, Von Hoff was promoted to stagiaire in UCI ProTeam Garmin–Sharp;[6] he was subsequently reunited with Haas.[7] On 24 August 2012, Von Hoff finished third on the third stage of the Danmark Rundt, a 2.HC event forming part of the UCI Europe Tour.[8]
Von Hoff joined Garmin–Sharp on a full-time basis for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.[9][10] On 10 January 2014, Von Hoff won the National Criterium Championships.[11][12] In December 2014 Von Hoff was announced as a member of NFTO's roster for the 2015 season.[13] At the 2015 Tour Down Under, Von Hoff competed as part of the UniSA-Australia team. During the fourth stage of the 2015 Tour Down Under, Von Hoff won the stage.[14] In the autumn of 2015 ONE Pro Cycling announced that Von Hoff would ride for them in 2016.[15]
He won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games road race.[16]
Personal life
Born in Mornington, Victoria, Von Hoff currently resides in Moorooduc, Victoria, Australia.[5]
Major results
- 2011
- 3rd Road race, Oceania Road Cycling Championships
- 7th Overall Tour of Wellington
- 2012
- Tour de Guadeloupe
- 1st Stages 2 & 9
- 1st Stage 5 Tour du Loir-et-Cher
- 1st Stage 6 Olympia's Tour
- 2nd Kattekoers
- 3rd Criterium, National Road Championships
- 5th Down Under Classic
- 6th Overall World Ports Classic
- 10th Japan Cup
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 7th Down Under Classic
- 2014
- 1st Criterium, National Road Championships
- 2015
- 1st Criterium, National Road Championships
- 1st Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic
- 1st Jock Wadley Memorial Road Race
- 1st Stage 4 Tour Down Under
- 3rd London Nocturne
- 5th Overall Bay Classic Series
- 2016
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Norway
- 1st Stage 1 Sibiu Cycling Tour
- 5th Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
- 8th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 9th London–Surrey Classic
- 10th Rund um Köln
- 2017
- 2nd Overall Ronde van Midden-Nederland
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 8th Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic
- 2018
- 1st Road race, Commonwealth Games
- 1st Points classification Herald Sun Tour
- 7th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
References
- Bacon, Ellis (12 January 2020). "Cameron Meyer wins elite men's road race title at Australian Road Championships". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- "2021 Federation University Road National Championships Elite Men Road Race Startlist". MyTimedResult.com. AusCycling. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- Alex Hinds (27 October 2011). "Haas to Garmin-Cervélo, Von Hoff to Chipotle in 2012". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- "Jayco Herald-Sun Tour". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. 12–16 October 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- "Steele Von Hoff at Garmin-Sharp". Garmin–Sharp. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- "Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda Unveils 2013 Roster". Garmin–Sharp. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. 28 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- Norsk etapesejr og gul trøje i Vejle, Danmarks Cykle Union, 2012-08-24. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
- "Von Hoff signs for Garmin-Sharp". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- Ed Hood (25 December 2012). "Steele Von Hoff Interview: Garmin-Sharp's new signing gunning to show his speed". VeloNation. Chevy Chase, Maryland: VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- Reece Homfray (10 January 2014). "Gold in national criterium for Steele Von Hoff after bronze and silver in previous two years". News Corp Australia. Surry Hills, New South Wales: News Corp. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- "Von Hoff Wins Australian Crit Championship". Garmin–Sharp. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- Bull, Nick (11 December 2014). "Garmin-Sharp's Steele Von Hoff joins NFTO for 2015". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "Von Hoff wins Tour Down Under stage four". ABC News. 23 January 2015.
- "Von Hoff signs for ONE Pro Cycling". cyclingnews.com. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- "2018 Commonwealth Games 2018: Elite Men Road Race Results". 14 April 2018.
- "Steele Von Hoff at Cycling Archives". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- "Steele Von Hoff at Cycling Base". Cycling Base. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
External links
- Official website
- Garmin-Sharp: Steele Von Hoff
- Steele Von Hoff at UCI
- Steele Von Hoff at Cycling Archives
- Steele Von Hoff at ProCyclingStats
- Steele Von Hoff at Cycling Quotient
- Steele Von Hoff at CycleBase
- Steele Von Hoff at UCI