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Frank Høj
Personal information
Full name	Frank Høj
Born	4 January 1973 (age 51); Holte, Denmark
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
1994	Zetelhallen–Vosschemie (stagiaire)
Professional teams
1995–1997	Collstrop–Lystex
1998	Palmans–Ideal
1999	U.S. Postal Service
2000	Française des Jeux
2001–2002	Team Coast
2003	Team Fakta
2004	Team CSC
2005–2006	Gerolsteiner
2007–2008	Cofidis
2009–2010	Team Saxo Bank
Major wins
	Veenendaal–Veenendaal (1998); Circuit Franco-Belge (1998)

Frank Høj (born 4 January 1973) is a retired Danish professional road bicycle racer. Høj started as a stagiaire for the Zetelhallen–Vosschemie team in 1994, and became professional in 1995 for Collstrop–Lystex. His first win as a professional came the year after. In a live interview with Danish media station TV2 during the coverage of Tour de France 2015, Høj admitted to have used EPO in the early periods of his career, namely 1995–1998. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Career achievements

Major results

1993

1st Stage 1 Milk Race

1994

1st Zellik–Galmaarden

1st Omloop van de Westhoek

1st Stage 3 Circuit Franco-Belge

5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1995

1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir

1st Stage 3 Tour de Slovénie

2nd Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

5th Overall Danmark Rundt

5th GP Stad Zottegem

1996

1st Metas Volantes Competition, Vuelta a Andalucía

3rd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

6th Le Samyn

10th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1997

1st Omloop van de Westkust

1st Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem

2nd GP Aarhus

3rd Grand Prix Herning

5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

6th Druivenkoers Overijse

1998

1st

Road race, National Road Championships

1st

Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal

2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues

3rd Brussels–Ingooigem

4th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1999

4th Overall Danmark Rundt

2000

1st Grand Prix Fayt-Le-Franc

2nd Paris–Brussels

6th Road race, Summer Olympics

6th Ronde van Midden-Zeeland

8th Overall Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde

9th Grand Prix de Wallonie

2001

6th Overall Danmark Rundt

1st Combativity competition

8th Overall Sachsen-Tour

10th Overall Ronde van Nederland

10th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

2002

2nd Omloop Het Volk

10th Overall Danmark Rundt

2003

1st GP S.A.T.S.

2nd Overall Sachsen Tour

5th GP de Fourmies

6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

7th Overall Danmark Rundt

9th Scheldeprijs

2004

1st GP S.A.T.S.

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

5th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

5th Overall Tour of Qatar

6th Overall Ronde van Nederland

8th Road race, Summer Olympics

8th Tour of Flanders

10th Paris–Roubaix

2005

4th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

1st Stage 3

2006: 4th Overall Sachsen-Tour; 7th Paris–Tours
2008: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2009: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	107	DNF	—	152
Tour de France	—	100	—	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	97	—	128	—	—	112	—

Legend
DSQ	Disqualified
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank Høj Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.

External links

Frank Høj at trap-friis.dk

[SportsRef-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank Høj Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.

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