Jos Hoevenaers was a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 cyclist, reputed for his attacking style.
In 1960 he wore the pink jersey of leadership for eight days in the Giro d'Italia

Giro d'Italia

The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...

, but Jacques Anquetil

Jacques Anquetil

Jacques Anquetil was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964...

 won instead. Bad luck, and inadequate time-trialling and sprinting stopped Hoevenaers' becoming the best Belgian Tour rider of his generation.

Major victories

1955

Berliner Rundfahrt (U23)

1956

Berliner Rundfahrt (U23)

Liège-Marche-Liège

Final classification Ster van Ieper

1957

Omloop der drie Proviniciën

Omloop van Midden-België

Tour de Catalonia: Stage 3A

1958

Mandel-Leie-Schelde

Final classification Rome-Napels-Rome

1959

Waalse Pijl

1960

Driedaagse van Antwerpen Stage 1A

Brussel-Sint-Truiden stage 2

1961

Schaal Sels

1962

Omloop van Midden-België

1964

Omloop van Midden-Brabant

Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen

Berner Rundfahrt

Tour de Frances

• 1958
  1958 Tour de France
  The 1958 Tour de France was the 45th Tour de France, taking place June 26 to July 19, 1958. The total race distance was 24 stages over 4,319 km, at an average speed of 36.919 km/h....
  
   - 10th, 1 day in yellow jersey
  Yellow jersey
  The general classification in the Tour de France is the most important classification, the one by which the winner of the Tour de France is determined. Since 1919, the leader of the general classification wears the yellow jersey .-History:...
  
  
• 1959
  1959 Tour de France
  The 1959 Tour de France was the 46th Tour de France, taking place between 25 June and 18 July 1959. The race featured 120 riders, of which 65 finished. The Tour included 22 stages over 4,391 km, and the winner had an average speed of 35.474 km/h....
  
   - 8th, 3 days in yellow jersey
• 1961
  1961 Tour de France
  The 1961 Tour de France was the 48th running of the Tour de France. It meandered through France from 25 June to 16 July 1961. It consisted of 21 stages, a total of , which was ridden at an average speed of . Out of the 132 riders who started the tour, 72 managed to complete the tour's tough course...
  
   - 11th
• 1962
  1962 Tour de France
  The 1962 Tour de France was the 49th Tour de France, taking place June 24 to July 15, 1962. It was composed of 22 stages over 4274 km, ridden at an average speed of 37.306 km/h. After more than 30 years, the Tour was again contested by trade teams...
  
   - 18th
• 1963
  1963 Tour de France
  The 1963 Tour de France was the 50th Tour de France, taking place June 23 to July 14, 1963. The total race distance was 21 stages over 4137 km, with riders averaging 37.092 km/h...
  
  - 23rd

Teams

• 1956 - Faema-Guerra (from 15-09)
• 1957 - Faema-Guerra
• 1958 - Faema-Guerra
• 1959 - Faema-Guerra
• 1960 - Flandria-Wiel's
• 1961 - Ghigi
• 1962 - Philco
• 1963 - Peugeot-BP
• 1964 - Flandria-Romeo
• 1965 - Cynar
• 1966 - Mann-Grundig
• 1967 - Goldor-Gerka