Poached from Lidl-Trek to be the freight engine of Kooij's new sprint train, Hoole announced himself in 2025 by beating Josh Tarling in the rain-soaked Giro time trial in Pisa — the first Dutch Giro TT winner since Tom Dumoulin. At the Tour he is the man drilling the front of the peloton in the final ten kilometres, and a threat himself whenever a lone rider is sent against the clock.
Palmarès
- Giro d'Italia stage 10 ITT winner, Pisa (2025)
- Dutch national time trial champion (2024, 2025)
- U23 European ITT bronze medal (2021)
- Olympic Games time trial rider (2024)
Cut-out factAt 1.98 m he is one of the tallest riders in the entire peloton — the Giro's own website christened him 'the Dutch Tower'.
The squad
Riding the 2026 Tour with Olav Kooij, Tiesj Benoot, Paul Seixas, Matthew Riccitello, Nicolas Prodhomme, Aurélien Paret-Peintre, Cees Bol — see the full Decathlon CMA CGM team page.
Portrait: AI paper-collage render (gpt-image-2).
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