Biography
In 1971 Van den Hoek won silver at the 1971 UCI Road World Championships, in the team time trial, with team mates Fedor den Hertog, Adri Duyker and Frits Schür.
In 1972 he finished third in the 100 km team time trial at the Munich Olympics. 25 Kilometers in the race, the Dutch had a lead of six seconds. After 40 km, a spoke snapped in Van den Hoek's back wheel, and Hennie Kuiper, Cees Priem and Fedor den Hertog went on without him. At the finish line they were only a minute and ten seconds behind. [1] After the race Van den Hoek tested positive for Coramine, a drug allowed by the Union Cycliste Internationale but not the IOC. [2] [3] The whole Dutch team was disqualified. [4] [5]
Van den Hoek rode nine seasons for team TI-Raleigh, which was famous for its success in team time trials. Together with the team he won four TTTs in the Tour de Frances of 1976, 1978 and 1981 (twice). He ended those Tours in 87th and last, 57th and 115th place. In 1977 he was one of a group of 30 riders that were sent home after finishing beyond the time limit in the toughest mountain stage Chamonix - Alpe d'Huez. Among those riders were points classification second Rik van Linden, stage winners Klaus-Peter Thaler and Patrick Sercu, and his team mates Piet van Katwijk and Bill Nickson. [6]
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