Hugo Houle

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Hugo Houle
File:Hugo Houle, 2023 Paris-Nice.jpg
Houle at the 2023 Paris–Nice
Personal information
Full nameHugo Houle
Born (1990-09-27) September 27, 1990 (age 35)
Sainte-Perpétue, Canada
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamNSN Cycling Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur team
2010Canadian National Team
Professional teams
2011–2012SpiderTech–C10
2013–2017Ag2r–La Mondiale
2018–2021Astana[2][3][4][5]
2022–Israel–Premier Tech[6]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2022)

One-Day Races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2015, 2021)
Medal record
Representing File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Men's road bicycle racing
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Time trial

Hugo Houle (born September 27, 1990) is a Canadian professional cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam NSN Cycling Team.[7]

Career

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Born in Sainte-Perpétue, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Houle began racing triathlons, aged 10, alongside his brother, before focussing on cycling at the age of 16.[8] He became acquainted with former professional cyclist Louis Garneau, who provided him with a team and equipment. Between 2008 and 2010, Houle combined cycling with completing a college degree in Québec. After graduating, he signed his first professional contract with Canadian team SpiderTech–C10.[9] Whilst at SpiderTech–C10, Houle won the general classification of the Tour de Québec as well as a stage.[10] He also finished third in the Canadian National Time Trial Championships in 2012, as well as finishing fourth at the under-23 road race at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships.[11]

AG2R La Mondiale (2013–17)

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SpiderTech–C10 disbanded at the end of the 2012 season, and Houle moved to French professional team Ag2r–La Mondiale. During this time, he competed in the Giro d'Italia twice and the Vuelta a España once. He also won the time trial at the Pan American Games and the Canadian National Time Trial Championships in 2015.[11][12] In 2016, he was officially named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[13]

Astana (2018–21)

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In 2018, Houle signed for Astana, becoming the first Canadian to sign for the team.[14] He rode his first Tour de France in 2019.[15] In September 2019, he extended his contract with Astana through 2022.[16] He represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5][17]

Israel–Premier Tech

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Despite holding a contract for the 2022 season with the Astana Qazaqstan Team,[16] Houle left the team, and joined Israel–Premier Tech on a three-year contract.[18]

Having featured in the breakaway on the ninth stage of the Tour de France without success, Houle was involved in a successful breakaway four stages later with Mads Pedersen and Fred Wright; Houle led out the sprint in Saint-Étienne, but was beaten to the line by both Pedersen and Wright.[19] Following the final rest day, Houle made his third breakaway of the race on stage 16. With 39 kilometres (24 miles) remaining,[20] Houle opened a gap on the rest of the breakaway and soloed away to win the stage by more than a minute ahead of Valentin Madouas and teammate Michael Woods.[21] This made him only the second Canadian rider to win an individual stage in the Tour de France, after his Israel–Premier Tech directeur sportif Steve Bauer, who won the first stage in 1988.[22] He then followed this up with second place overall, behind Andreas Leknessund, at the Arctic Race of Norway.[23]

Personal life

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Houle's brother, Pierrick, was killed by a drunk driver in 2012 while out running. Since then, Houle has contributed to Opération Nez Rouge (English: Operation Red Nose), a charity which aims to stop drunk-driving on the roads.[24] Houle dedicated his win in Stage 16 of the 2022 Tour de France to his brother.[21]

Major results

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2010
1st File:Jersey of Canada.svg Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2011
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st File:Jersey of Canada.svg Road race
1st File:Jersey of Canada.svg Time trial
3rd Overall Tour de Québec
2012
National Road Championships
1st File:Jersey of Canada.svg Under-23 time trial
3rd Time trial
1st File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Québec
1st Stage 3
1st Mountains classification, Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
2nd Overall Tour de Beauce
1st File:Jersey red.svg Young rider classification
4th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
2014
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2015 (2 pro wins)
1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Time trial, Pan American Games
1st File:Jersey of Canada.svg Time trial, National Road Championships
2016
2nd Overall Tour de Beauce
2017
5th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
2018
4th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
8th Overall Danmark Rundt
2019
5th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
2021 (1)
1st File:Jersey of Canada.svg Time trial, National Road Championships
File:Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 10 Tour de France
2022 (1)
Tour de France
1st Stage 16
File:Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 16
2nd Overall Arctic Race of Norway
2023
3rd Maryland Cycling Classic
8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
2025
2nd Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 113 72 — — — — — — — — 62
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — 91 47 66 24 38 50 —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — 115 — — — — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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