Hugo Houle

Hugo Houle
Personal information
Full name Hugo Houle
Born (1990-09-27) 27 September 1990
Sainte-Perpétue, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Team information
Current team AG2R La Mondiale
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2010 Canadian National Team
Professional team(s)
2011–2012 SpiderTech–C10
2013– Ag2r–La Mondiale

Hugo Houle (born 27 September 1990) is a Canadian professional cyclist riding with AG2R La Mondiale. In 2012, Houle won the general classification of the Tour de Québec as well as a stage while he was riding for SpiderTech–C10.[1] Houle acts mainly as a domestique for the French outfit. In 2015, he participated to his first Grand Tour, the Giro d'Italia. He won the 2015 Canadian Time Trial Championship over Ryan Roth and Christian Meier.[2]

In 2016, he was officially named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[3]

Career achievements

Major results

2010
1st Under-23 Canadian National Time Trial Championships
2011
1st Under-23 Canadian National Road Race Championships
1st Under-23 Canadian National Time Trial Championships
3rd Overall Tour de Québec
2012
1st Overall Tour de Québec
1st Stage 3
1st Under-23 Canadian National Time Trial Championships
2nd Overall Tour de Beauce
2014
2nd National Championship ITT, Elite
2015
1st Canadian National Time Trial Championships
1st 2015 Pan-American Games, ITT
2016
2nd Overall Tour de Beauce
3rd Stage 2 - Mont-Mégantic › Mont-Mégantic
3rd Stage 3a (ITT) - Saint-Prosper › Saint-Prosper
2nd Stage 5 - St-Georges › St-Georges

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2015 2016
Pink jersey Giro 113 72
Yellow jersey Tour - -
red jersey Vuelta - -

WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress

References

  1. Piel Côté (29 July 2012). "Hugo Houle l'emporte". Agence QMI (in French). TVA Interactif. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  2. Jones, Robert (25 June 2015). "Houle crowned Canadian time trial champion". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  3. Tozer, Jamie (29 June 2016). "Returning Olympians highlight Canada's cycling team". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
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