{"id":3116,"date":"2022-07-20T10:13:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T08:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/?p=3116"},"modified":"2022-07-21T10:14:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T08:14:03","slug":"hugo-houle-i-had-one-dream-to-win-a-tour-stage-for-my-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/2022\/07\/20\/hugo-houle-i-had-one-dream-to-win-a-tour-stage-for-my-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugo Houle: \u2018I had one dream, to win a Tour stage for my brother\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Israel-Premier Tech rider won his first-ever professional road race, becoming the first Canadian to win a Tour stage in 34 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>During his first year as a professional cyclist, Hugo Houle lost his younger brother Pierrik in a hit-and-run incident. The tragedy affected him enormously and the only cycling aim he had was to win a Tour stage for Pierrik one day. He did so in a stunning fashion, soloing to victory on stage 16 from 39 km out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you are in trouble, there might be people who come and get you, and he was one of them, and now I don\u2019t have him,&#8221; Houle explained. &#8220;I made it, and it means a lot to me. That one is for him. Today, this is for him. I worked for 10 to 12 years and today I got my win for him, so it&#8217;s incredible, I don&#8217;t know what to say, I&#8217;m so happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With 1 km to go, I knew I had about a minute, and it was done,&#8221; he said in his post-stage press conference. &#8220;I tried to enjoy it as much as possible. I\u2019ve never won before, and to win today was a dream. My brother died ten years ago today, and I wanted to win in his honour. I had time to taste it, and I\u2019m so happy. If I had to write down a dream way to win a stage, it [would be] like this. I\u2019m still struggling to understand it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a day ! Thanks everyone for your message \ud83d\ude00 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X3FydY7sph\">https:\/\/t.co\/X3FydY7sph<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hugo Houle (@HugoHoule) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HugoHoule\/status\/1549461811954700290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>It was the first Tour stage win for Canada since 1988 and the second ever after Steve Bauer won the opening stage that year. To put a cherry on top, Bauer was there to support Houle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s quite crazy,&#8221; Houle said. We have more Canadians on the WorldTour thanks to Premier Tech. I hope what I achieved today can be an inspiration. In one year, I haven\u2019t seen my parents, my family, because I have to be in Europe, I have to race. I\u2019m really happy that I can win for Canada.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had Steve in the car supporting me, he was telling me to enjoy it. I hope there will be more Canadians that can win sooner than 34 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the 31-year-old rider on the win and career-changing achievement. Will he add another one this year? 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