Hugo Houle

Hugo Houle
Houle at the 2012 Tour de Beauce
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 Astana
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2010 Canadian National Team
Professional team(s)
2011–2012 SpiderTech–C10
2013–2017 Ag2r–La Mondiale
2018– Astana
Major wins

One-Day Races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2015)

Hugo Houle (born 27 September 1990) is a Canadian professional cyclist riding with Astana. 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 Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
2011
National Under–23 Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
3rd Overall Tour de Québec
2012
1st Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
1st Overall Tour de Québec
1st Stage 3
1st Mountains classification Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
2nd Overall Tour de Beauce
1st Young rider classification
4th Road race, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
2014
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2015
1st Time trial, Pan American Games
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2016
2nd Overall Tour de Beauce
8th Overall Danmark Rundt

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 113 72 —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — 115
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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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