Rudi van Houts

Rudi van Houts
	Rudi van Houts in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Rudi van Houts
Born	16 January 1984 (age 40); Luyksgestel, the Netherlands
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Mountain bike; Road;
Role	Rider
Rider type	Cross-country (MTB)
Professional teams
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2009–2014	Multivan–Merida Team
2015–2016	Tempo Hoppenbrouwers Veldhoven

Rudi van Houts (born 16 January 1984, in Luyksgestel) is a Dutch former professional road cyclist and mountain biker.^[1]

Van Houts finished 10th overall at the Giro del Capo in Cape Town in 2007, finishing 3:54 behind the winner.^[1] He finished 12th in the 2008 UCI World Mountain Bike Championships held in Val di Sole. Later that year he also qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished in 34th.^[1]^[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics he finished in 17th.^[2]