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Place of Birth: Ekeren, Flemish Region, Belgium
About Edwig Van Hooydonck
- Edwig Van Hooydonck (born 4 August 1966 in Ekeren) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Belgium.
- He won the prestigious Tour of Flanders twice and Brabantse Pijl four times.
- He retired from professional cycling because he felt he could no longer compete with other cyclists, who were at the time starting to dope themselves, without himself cheating too.
- At this time Erythropoietin (EPO) was becoming a widely used doping agent in the sport.One minor innovation in cycling credited to Van Hooydonk are three quarter length bibshorts.
- After he had aggravated a knee problem during the 1989 Tour of Flanders, he had cycling shorts made that stretched below the knee, as an alternative to bandaging the knee.
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