In 2009 Hoogerland won the
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, taking stage 1 along the way. He finished in 12th place in both the
Tour of Flanders and the
GC of the
Vuelta. He was the highest placed Dutchman in the men's road race at the
2009 World Championships, finishing in 14th place overall. At the
2011 Tour de France Hoogerland won the
Mountain jersey in the 6th stage. After losing it in the 8th stage, Hoogerland managed to recapture it in the 9th stage. In that same stage, he was then involved in a dramatic crash after a fellow breakaway rider, 's
Juan Antonio Flecha, was sideswiped by a
France Télévisions car, causing Hoogerland to crash into a barbed wire fence. Despite deep cuts to his legs, requiring 33 stitches, Hoogerland finished the stage, losing nearly 17 minutes as a result of the crash. Flecha and Hoogerland were jointly awarded the
Combativity award for the day. In November 2014 Hoogerland announced that he had reached a compensation agreement with insurance company
AIG over the incident. In early February 2013, Hoogerland collided with a car while he was training in Spain, preparing for the
Tour Méditerranéen. On 23 June 2013 he unexpectedly won the National Championship of the Netherlands. Hoogerland joined for the 2014 season, after his previous team – – folded at the end of the 2013 season. ==Major results==