{{Short description|Dutch cyclist (born 1951)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}} {{family name hatnote|Van den Hoek|Hoek|lang=Dutch}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Aad van den Hoek | image = Proloog Olympias toer in Den Haag start, nr 10 Aad van de Hoek kop, Bestanddeelnr 927-1477.jpg | caption = Aad van den Hoek in 1974 | fullname = Aad van den Hoek | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1951|10|14}} | birth_place = [[Dirksland]], [[Netherlands]] | height = 1.86 m | weight = 77 kg | currentteam = | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | proyears1 = 1974–1982 | proteam1 = [[TI-Raleigh]] | proyears2 = 1983 | proteam2 = Beckers Snacks | majorwins = }}

'''Aad van den Hoek''' (born 14 October 1951) is a former Dutch [[cycle sport|cyclist]]. He was professional between 1974 and 1983 and was good friends with [[Gerrie Knetemann]]. Together they won four Tour de France team time trial stages with their team [[TI-Raleigh]]. In 1976 he finished last in the general classification of the [[1976 Tour de France|Tour de France]] and carried the [[Lanterne rouge]].

==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 [[Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics|100&nbsp;km team time trial at the Munich Olympics]]. 25 Kilometers in the race, the Dutch had a lead of six seconds. After 40&nbsp;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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBNRC01:000031927:mpeg21:p012 |title=Olympische Spelen 1972, Wielercoach Middelink: "De vier bronzen medailles in de tijdrit zijn goud waard" / van het scorebord |work=[[NRC (newspaper)|NRC-Handelsblad]] |via=[[Delpher]].nl |date=1972-08-30 |language=Dutch}} EN: Cycling coach Middelink: "The four bronze medals in the time trial are as good as gold" / (quotes) from the scoreboard</ref> After the race Van den Hoek tested positive for [[Coramine]], a drug allowed by the [[Union Cycliste Internationale]] but not the [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangladeshobserveronline.com/new/2004/08/14/sports.htm |title=Glory one moment, gone in the next... |access-date=2012-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906135751/http://www.bangladeshobserveronline.com/new/2004/08/14/sports.htm |date=2004-08-14 |archive-date=2004-09-06 |url-status=usurped |website=Bangladesh Observer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.times-olympics.co.uk/communities/cycling/cyclinghistory.html |title=Olympic History |access-date=2012-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629111542/http://www.times-olympics.co.uk/communities/cycling/cyclinghistory.html |archive-date=2011-06-29 |website=The Times}}</ref> The whole Dutch team was [[List of stripped Olympic medals|disqualified]].<ref name="dict">{{cite book|author1=Bill Mallon|author2=Jeroen Heijmans|title=Historical Dictionary of Cycling|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nrdfuueq2CcC&pg=PA24+|year=2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7369-8|pages=xxiv, 68}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031908/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/aad-van-den-hoek-1.html Aad van den Hoek]. sports-reference.com</ref>

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 Tour de France|1976]], [[1978 Tour de France|1978]] and [[1981 Tour de France|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]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBNRC01:000026038:mpeg21:p002 |title=Dertig renners naar huis |date=1977-07-20 |work=NRC Handelsblad |via=[[Delpher]].nl |language=Dutch}} EN: Thirty riders send home</ref>

==Major results== {{div col}} ;1971 :2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[1971 UCI Road World Championships]] TTT ;1972 :[[Ronde van Midden-Nederland]] :[[Ronde van Gelderland]] :stage 1 [[Rund um Düren]] :stage 8 [[Tour of Austria]] ;1973 :2 stages (TTT/individually), points classification, 2nd overall [[Olympia's Tour]] :2 stages (TTT/individually) [[Tour of Britain|Milk Race]] ;1974 :[[Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt]] :1 stage, points classification, 3rd overall [[Olympia's Tour]] ;1975 :[[Étoile des Espoirs]] ;1976 :stage 5a TTT [[1976 Tour de France|Tour de France]] with [[TI-Raleigh]] :[[Acht van Chaam]] :2nd [[Dutch National Road Race Championships]] ;1977 :7th stage Part B [[Route du Sol]] ;1978 :stage 4 TTT [[1978 Tour de France|Tour de France]] with TI-Raleigh :1st leg Part B [[Tour of the Netherlands]] ;1979 :stage 1 [[Deutschland Tour]] ;1981 :stages 1b and 4 TTTs [[1981 Tour de France|Tour de France]] with TI-Raleigh :stage 2b [[Volta a Catalunya]] {{div col end}}

==See also== * [[List of Dutch Olympic cyclists]] *[[List of doping cases in cycling]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Cycling Archives cyclist}} * {{ProCyclingStats cyclist}} * {{CycleBase cyclist}} * {{Olympedia}}

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