Steele Von Hoff

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Steele Von Hoff
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Von Hoff in 2015
Personal information
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 (150 lb)
Team information
Current team ONE Pro Cycling
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Amateur team(s)
2009–2010 Torq Performance Nutrition
2011 Genesys Wealth Advisers
2012 EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale[template problem]
2012 → Garmin–Sharp
Professional team(s)
2013–2014 Garmin–Sharp
2015 NFTO
2016– ONE Pro Cycling
Major wins
National Criterium Championships (2014, 2015)
Infobox last updated on
7 June 2015

Steele Von Hoff (born 31 December 1987) is an Australian professional road racing cyclist who rides for ONE Pro Cycling. He spent 2012 in the Garmin-Sharp squad's development stable, EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale[template problem].[1]

Career

File:Tru Blu Murray Bridge 2008.jpg
Von Hoff was a key member of Tru Blu racing, a team which set new standards in the Australian HPV Super Series.

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.[2] Von Hoff progressed from third on stage two to second on stage three; Haas won the general classification.[3]

In January 2012, Von Hoff joined the EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale[template problem], an American cycling squad, which competes in the UCI Continental Circuits. On 1 August 2012, while competing with the EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale[template problem], Von Hoff was promoted to stagiaire in UCI ProTeam Garmin–Sharp;[4] he was subsequently reunited with Haas.[5] 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.[6]

Von Hoff joined Garmin–Sharp on a full-time basis for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.[7][8] On 10 January 2014, Von Hoff won the National Criterium Championships.[9][10] In December 2014 Von Hoff was announced as a member of NFTO's roster for the 2015 season.[11] 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. Late in 2015, Von Hoff lost an epic battle of Mario Kart, understandably the most upsetting lose of his career. [12] In the autumn of 2015 ONE Pro Cycling announced that Von Hoff would ride for them in 2016.[13]

File:Steele Von Hoff, Taylor Phinney i Jauhien Hutarowicz (9555146683).jpg
Von Hoff (left) on the podium during stage 3 of the 2013 Tour de Pologne.

Personal life

Born in Mornington, Victoria, Von Hoff currently resides in Moorooduc, Victoria, Australia.[1]

Palmarès

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2011
7th New Zealand Cycle Classic
7th Overall, Tour of Wellington
1st Goulburn to Sydney Classic [16]
2012
Tour de Guadeloupe
1st, Stages 2 & 9
1st Stage 6, Olympia's Tour
2nd Kattekoers
3rd National Criterium Championships
5th People's Choice Classic
6th National Road Race Championships
6th Overall, World Ports Classic
10th Japan Cup
2013
2nd National Criterium Championships
3rd National Road Race Championships
7th People's Choice Classic
2014
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG National Criterium Championships
8th National Road Race Championships
2015
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG National Criterium Championships
1st Stage 4, Tour Down Under
1st, Rutland-Melton Classic
1st Jock Wadley Memorial Road Race
9th National Road Race Championships

References

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  6. ↑ Norsk etapesejr og gul trøje i Vejle, Danmarks Cykle Union, 2012-08-24. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
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  12. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-23/von-hoff-wins-tour-down-under-stage-four/6043232
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External links

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