Maxime Hordies (born 13 March 1996) is a former Belgian

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who represented Belgium at the

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and

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Career

Hordies represented Belgium in the men's road time trial H1 event at the

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and won a bronze medal. He won the 2023 Trophy Victor Boin. Hordies competed at the

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and won his third consecutive Road World Championships gold medal in the road race H1 event on 26 September 2024, and then announced his retirement.

References

Living people 1996 births Belgian male cyclists Paralympic cyclists for Belgium Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in cycling Paralympic silver medalists for Belgium Paralympic bronze medalists for Belgium 21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1990s-stub