Nolan Hoffman (born 23 April 1985) is a South African road and

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

, who currently rides for South African team Enza. He was suspended for eighteen months after he tested positive for the use of

testosterone Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone and androgen in Male, males. In humans, testosterone plays a key role in the development of Male reproductive system, male reproductive tissues such as testicles and prostate, as well as promoting se ...

on 18 October 2009. He competed in the scratch event at the

UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

and

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

, winning the silver medal in

Major results

;2005 : 1st Stage 3 ( TTT) Tour d'Egypte ;2007 : 5th Road race,

African Road Championships The African Continental Cycling Championships are a series of cycling races held annually in Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square& ...

;2008 : 1st Powerade Dome 2 Dome Cycling Spectacular : 4th Overall

Tour de Korea The Tour de Korea is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in South Korea since 2000 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It was rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race between 2005 and 2013, then promot ...

::1st Stage 9 ;2009 : 1st Stage 1

: 3rd

Giro del Capo The Giro del Capo was a road cycling stage race held in the vicinity of Cape Town, South Africa. The 2009 edition was held in the form of four challenges. The last edition, held in 2010, was ranked as 2.2 by the UCI and was part of the UCI Afri ...

IV ;2011 :

All-Africa Games The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa and the ...

::1st

Road race ::1st Gold medal blank

Team time trial (with

Jay Thomson Jay Robert Thomson (born 12 April 1986) is a South African former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2020, for the , , , and teams. In 2013 he won the South African National Road Race Championships. He rode i ...

, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg and Darren Lill) ;2012 : 2nd Silver medal blank

Scratch,

;2014 : 1st

Cape Town Cycle Tour The Cape Town Cycle Tour, formerly known as the Cape Argus Cycle Tour, is an annual cycle race hosted in Cape Town, South Africa, usually long. It is the first event outside Europe to be included in the Union Cycliste Internationale's Golden ...

: 1st Points classification Mzansi Tour ;2015 : 1st

: KZN Autumn Series ::8th Mayday Classic ::10th PMB Road Classic ;2018 : 1st 100 Cycle Challenge : 1st

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2019 : Tour of Good Hope ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd 100 Cycle Challenge ;2021 : 1st

References

External links

* 1985 births Living people South African track cyclists South African male cyclists People from Stellenbosch Local Municipality Doping cases in cycling African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games gold medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2011 All-Africa Games 21st-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-cycling-bio-stub