Moreno Hofland

Moreno Hofland (born 31 August 1991) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2021 for the , , and teams.

During his professional career, Hofland took thirteen victories including five at the Tour of Hainan Ã¢ÂÂ four stage wins across the 2013 and 2014 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 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 ParisÃ¢ÂÂNice. 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, taking off some pressure on the organization by media outlets. That season he also won a stage of the Ster ZLM Toer. 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.