Steele Von Hoff
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Full name | Steele Von Hoff | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Stainless | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1987-12-31) 31 December 1987 (age 36) Mornington, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Torq Performance Nutrition | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Genesys Wealth Advisers | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Chipotle–First Solar Development Team | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Garmin–Sharp (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Team Relentless | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | InForm TM Insight MAKE[1] | ||||||||||||||
Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Garmin–Sharp | ||||||||||||||
2015 | NFTO | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | ONE Pro Cycling | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||
Major wins | |||||||||||||||
National Criterium Championships (2014, 2015) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Steele Von Hoff (born 31 December 1987) is an Australian road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for Australian amateur team InForm TMX MAKE.[2] In 2018, Von Hoff won the gold medal in the road race at the Commonwealth Games.
Career
In 2011, Von Hoff and Genesys Wealth Advisers teammate Nathan Haas dominated Australia's domestic National Road Series. The two riders entered the 2011 Herald Sun Tour, a race featuring numerous UCI ProTeams.[3] Von Hoff progressed from third on stage two to second on stage three; Haas won the general classification.[4]
In January 2012, Von Hoff joined the Chipotle–First Solar Development Team,[5] an American cycling squad, which competes in the UCI Continental Circuits. On 1 August 2012, while competing with the Chipotle–First Solar Development Team, Von Hoff was promoted to stagiaire in UCI ProTeam Garmin–Sharp;[6] he was subsequently reunited with Haas.[7] On 24 August 2012, Von Hoff finished third on the third stage of the Danmark Rundt, a 2.HC event forming part of the UCI Europe Tour.[8]
Von Hoff joined Garmin–Sharp on a full-time basis for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.[9][10] On 10 January 2014, Von Hoff won the National Criterium Championships.[11][12] In December 2014 Von Hoff was announced as a member of NFTO's roster for the 2015 season.[13] At the 2015 Tour Down Under, Von Hoff competed as part of the UniSA-Australia team. During the fourth stage of the 2015 Tour Down Under, Von Hoff won the stage.[14] In the autumn of 2015 ONE Pro Cycling announced that Von Hoff would ride for them in 2016.[15]
He won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games road race.[16]
Personal life
Born in Mornington, Victoria, Von Hoff currently resides in Moorooduc, Victoria, Australia.[5]
Major results
Sources:[5][17][18]
- 2011
- 3rd
Road race, Oceania Road Cycling Championships
- 7th Overall Tour of Wellington
- 2012
- Tour de Guadeloupe
- 1st Stages 2 & 9
- 1st Stage 5 Tour du Loir-et-Cher
- 1st Stage 6 Olympia's Tour
- 2nd Kattekoers
- 3rd Criterium, National Road Championships
- 5th Down Under Classic
- 6th Overall World Ports Classic
- 10th Japan Cup
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 7th Down Under Classic
- 2014
- 1st
Criterium, National Road Championships
- 2015
- 1st
Criterium, National Road Championships
- 1st Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic
- 1st Jock Wadley Memorial Road Race
- 1st Stage 4 Tour Down Under
- 3rd London Nocturne
- 5th Overall Bay Classic Series
- 2016
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Norway
- 1st Stage 1 Sibiu Cycling Tour
- 5th Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
- 8th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 9th London–Surrey Classic
- 10th Rund um Köln
- 2017
- 2nd Overall Ronde van Midden-Nederland
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 8th Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic
- 2018
- 1st
Road race, Commonwealth Games
- 1st Points classification Herald Sun Tour
- 7th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
References
- ^ Bacon, Ellis (12 January 2020). "Cameron Meyer wins elite men's road race title at Australian Road Championships". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "2021 Federation University Road National Championships Elite Men Road Race Startlist". MyTimedResult.com. AusCycling. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ Alex Hinds (27 October 2011). "Haas to Garmin-Cervélo, Von Hoff to Chipotle in 2012". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Jayco Herald-Sun Tour". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. 12–16 October 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ^ a b c "Steele Von Hoff at Garmin-Sharp". Garmin–Sharp. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ^ "Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda Unveils 2013 Roster". Garmin–Sharp. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. 28 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ^ Norsk etapesejr og gul trøje i Vejle, Danmarks Cykle Union, 2012-08-24. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
- ^ "Von Hoff signs for Garmin-Sharp". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ Ed Hood (25 December 2012). "Steele Von Hoff Interview: Garmin-Sharp's new signing gunning to show his speed". VeloNation. Chevy Chase, Maryland: VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ Reece Homfray (10 January 2014). "Gold in national criterium for Steele Von Hoff after bronze and silver in previous two years". News Corp Australia. Surry Hills, New South Wales: News Corp. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ^ "Von Hoff Wins Australian Crit Championship". Garmin–Sharp. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ^ Bull, Nick (11 December 2014). "Garmin-Sharp's Steele Von Hoff joins NFTO for 2015". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "Von Hoff wins Tour Down Under stage four". ABC News. 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Von Hoff signs for ONE Pro Cycling". cyclingnews.com. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ "2018 Commonwealth Games 2018: Elite Men Road Race Results". 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Steele Von Hoff at Cycling Archives". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ "Steele Von Hoff at Cycling Base". Cycling Base. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
External links
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