Steele Von Hoff

Steele Von Hoff (born 31 December 1987) is an Australian road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for Australian amateur team InForm TMX MAKE. In 2018, Von Hoff won the gold medal in the road race at the Commonwealth Games.

Career

In 2011, Von Hoff and 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. Von Hoff progressed from third on stage two to second on stage three; Haas won the general classification.

In January 2012, Von Hoff joined the , an American cycling squad, which competes in the UCI Continental Circuits. On 1 August 2012, while competing with the , Von Hoff was promoted to stagiaire in UCI ProTeam ; he was subsequently reunited with Haas. 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.

Von Hoff joined on a full-time basis for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. On 10 January 2014, Von Hoff won the National Criterium Championships. In December 2014 Von Hoff was announced as a member of 's roster for the 2015 season. 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. In the autumn of 2015 announced that Von Hoff would ride for them in 2016.

He won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games road race.

Personal life Born in Mornington, Victoria, Von Hoff currently resides in Moorooduc, Victoria, Australia.

2011

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 2nd Criterium 3rd Road race 7th Down Under Classic 2014

2015

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 Points classification Herald Sun Tour 7th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race