Johnny Hoogerland

Johnny Hoogerland (born 13 May 1983) is a Dutch former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2016 for the Van Hermet–Eurogifts, , , , and squads.

Due to the prominent bull-tattoo on his arm and his roots from the peninsula of Zuid-Beveland he is nicknamed the "Bull of Beveland". He had a reputation of being an aggressive rider who took part in long breakaways. His most notable victory was the overall classification of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen in 2009, where he also won a stage. He participated in Vietnam's HTV Cup in 2025, riding for amateur team Ho Chi Minh City Vinama.

Career In 2009 Hoogerland won the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, taking stage 1 along the way. He finished in 12th place in both the Tour of Flanders and the GC of the Vuelta. He was the highest placed Dutchman in the men's road race at the 2009 World Championships, finishing in 14th place overall.

At the 2011 Tour de France Hoogerland won the Mountain jersey in the 6th stage. After losing it in the 8th stage, Hoogerland managed to recapture it in the 9th stage. In that same stage, he was then involved in a dramatic crash after a fellow breakaway rider, 's Juan Antonio Flecha, was sideswiped by a France Télévisions car, causing Hoogerland to crash into a barbed wire fence. Despite deep cuts to his legs, requiring 33 stitches, Hoogerland finished the stage, losing nearly 17 minutes as a result of the crash. Flecha and Hoogerland were jointly awarded the Combativity award for the day. In November 2014 Hoogerland announced that he had reached a compensation agreement with insurance company AIG over the incident.

In early February 2013, Hoogerland collided with a car while he was training in Spain, preparing for the Tour Méditerranéen. On 23 June 2013 he unexpectedly won the National Championship of the Netherlands.

Hoogerland joined for the 2014 season, after his previous team – – folded at the end of the 2013 season.

Major results

2001 1st Junior Tour of Flanders 2003 8th Overall Olympia's Tour 2004 1st Stage 2 Ruban Granitier Breton 7th Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 2005 2nd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 3rd Brussels–Ingooigem 7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 8th Overall Olympia's Tour 9th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig 2006 10th Ronde van Drenthe 2007 2nd Druivenkoers Overijse 8th Overall Tour de Slovaquie 1st Stage 2 2008 1st Stage 3 Clasico Ciclistico Banfoandes 3rd Overall Olympia's Tour 3rd Overall Ringerike GP 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse 4th Overall Tour de Bretagne 4th Vlaamse Pijl 4th Hel van het Mergelland 5th Overall Tour de Normandie 6th Overall Tour de Hokkaido 6th Ronde van Drenthe 7th Schaal Sels-Merksem 2009 1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 1st Stage 1 4th Overall Étoile de Bessèges 5th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 5th Giro di Lombardia 8th Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop 2010 Tour de Pologne

2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen 4th Druivenkoers Overijse 5th Overall Tour of Britain

6th Halle–Ingooigem 2011 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges 4th Brabantse Pijl Tour de France

2012 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse 5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 7th Overall Vuelta a Murcia 8th Grand Prix de Wallonie 8th Binche–Tournai–Binche 9th Overall Volta ao Algarve 2013

1st Amstel Curaçao Race 2014 8th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish