Moreno Hofland (born 31 August 1991) is a Dutch former professional

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, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2021 for the , , and teams. During his professional career, Hofland took thirteen victories including five at the

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– four stage wins across the

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and

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races, and the general classification victory in 2013. As well as this, Hofland won the bronze medal in the road race at the

2017 European Road Championships The 2017 European Road Cycling Championships was the 23rd running of the European Road Cycling Championships, and took place from 2 August until 6 August 2017 in Herning, Denmark. The event consisted of a total of 6 road races and 6 time trials, r ...

in Denmark, and was the winner of the 2014 Volta Limburg Classic and 2017 Famenne Ardenne Classic one-day races.

Career

In 2014 he took a stage win in

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...

. In May 2015, Hofland gave his team its first victory of the season by winning a bunch sprint on the second stage of the

Tour de Yorkshire The Tour de Yorkshire was a road cycling race in the historic county of Yorkshire, England which first took place in May 2015. It was promoted by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and was rated as a 2.HC event as part of the UCI Europe Tou ...

, taking off some pressure on the organization by media outlets. That season he also won a stage of the

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. He then joined in 2017, staying with the team for two seasons and winning the Famenne Ardenne Classic in his first season with the Belgian squad. Hofland then joined in 2019. After only starting three races in 2021, he announced his retirement from competition in September of that year, disclosing that he had been suffering from intestinal ischemia, which had disrupted his ability to train and race.

Major results

Source: ;2010 : 7th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 ;2011 : 1st Stage 1

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: 1st Stage 3 ( TTT)

Vuelta Ciclista a León Vuelta Ciclista a León, also known as La Vuelta León, is a former road bicycle race held annually in the province of Province of León, León in Spain. From 2005 until 2013 it was organised as a 2.2 event on the professional UCI Europe Tour. The ...

: 2nd Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 2nd

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: 8th Grand Prix de la Somme ;2012 : 1st MaillotHolanda

Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 : 2nd

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: 4th

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: 5th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites ::1st Stage 4 : 6th

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: 7th

Grand Prix Pino Cerami Grand Prix Pino Cerami is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Hainaut, Belgium. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before being cancelled from 2019 to 2022. Upon its return in 2 ...

: 10th

Val d'Ille Classic The Val d'Ille U Classic 35 was a road bicycle race held annually in France. It was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour from 2010 until 2012, and as a 1.1 for its final edition in 2013. The event was last held in 2013. It was part of U ...

;2013 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 6 & 8 : 8th

: 10th

Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem The GP Impanis-Van Petegem (also known as the Super 8 Classic) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually since 1982 in the region of Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The race was originally organized as a tribute to Raymond Impanis in and aroun ...

;2014 : 1st

Volta Limburg Classic The Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Euro ...

: 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 4

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

: 1st Stage 1

: Tour of Utah ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 2nd

Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Be ...

: 6th

;2015 : 1st Stage 2

: 3rd Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 9th RideLondon–Surrey Classic ;2016 : 3rd

Nationale Sluitingsprijs Nationale Sluitingprijs is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. From 2005 to 2017, the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...

;2017 : 1st Famenne Ardenne Classic : 3rd Bronze medal europe

Road race,

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: 3rd

Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic The Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic (known as Veenendaal–Veenendaal from 1985 until 2006 and The Dutch Food Valley Classic from 2007 until 2013) is a List of important cycling events, semi classic professional road bicycle racing, road cycling race ...

: 4th Tacx Pro Classic ;2018 : 8th

Great War Remembrance Race The Great War Remembrance Race was a European single-day cycle race to be held annually from 2018 which passed through the Belgian province of West Flanders, organized by Flanders Classics and the organizers of Gent–Wevelgem as a 1.1 event o ...

: 9th Handzame Classic ;2019 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hofland, Moreno Dutch male cyclists 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Roosendaal UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists from North Brabant 21st-century Dutch sportsmen