Tom Boonen

Tom Boonen
Personal information
Full name	Tom Boonen
Nickname	Tommeke; Tornado Tom
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Team information
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Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics Specialist/Sprinter
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France Points classification (2007) 6 Stages Vuelta a España ; 2 Stages Stage Races Tour of Belgium ; General Classification (2005) Tour of Qatar ; General Classification (2006, 2008, 2009) Points Classification(2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) Tour de Picardie General Classification (2004) ; Points Classification (2004) Single-Day Races and Classics Paris–Roubaix (2005, 2008, 2009) ; Ronde van Vlaanderen (2005, 2006) ; Gent–Wevelgem (2004) ; E3 Prijs Vlaanderen (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) ; Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (2007, 2009) ; Grote Scheldeprijs (2004, 2006) ; National Road Race Champion (2009) ; World Road Race Champion (2005)
Medal record
Representing Belgium
Road bicycle racing
World Championships

Tom Boonen (born October 15, 1980 in Mol) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Career overview

At the start of 2002 Boonen rode for the US Postal Service team, finishing third in Paris–Roubaix after an early breakaway. Fellow Belgian rider Johan Museeuw had escaped off the front of the race to a solo victory, and team captain George Hincapie crashed in a slippery section of the course leaving Boonen to ride for himself. Boonen's performance in the race compelled Museeuw - his childhood hero - to publicly declare Boonen his natural successor.^[2]

However, Boonen was not completely happy at US Postal, claiming he did not get enough chances to ride for himself. Towards the end of the year he announced he would leave the team, despite being under contract, and joined Quick Step-Davitamon at the start of 2003.^[3] The 2003 season, however, did not go well for Boonen, who saw lacklustre performance due to fatigue and a knee injury. In this season Museeuw was the undisputed team leader for the spring classics campaign.

The 2004 season saw Boonen rise up to the challenge to win the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, the classic race Gent–Wevelgem and the Grote Scheldeprijs. In addition, he also won two stages of the Tour de France including the prestigious final stage in Paris, just as Museeuw did in 1990.

2005 - Winning Ronde, Roubaix and Worlds

2005 was the year in which Boonen firmly established himself as a competitor on the world stage. Winning the Ronde van Vlaanderen, Paris–Roubaix, E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, and finishing second in the Omloop "Het Volk" (behind teammate Nick Nuyens), he stamped his authority on the cobbled Spring Classics. Boonen also became the first cyclist in history to win the Ronde van Vlaanderen, Paris–Roubaix, and the World Cycling Championship in the same season.

In his Ronde van Vlaanderen victory Boonen was considered the strongest sprinter in the final group of riders. However, instead of waiting for the final moment, he attacked a few kilometers from the finish to the surprise of other riders in the group, and stayed away for a solo victory. One of the other riders in the peloton, Erik Dekker, afterwards declared that "I'm happy that I am near the end of my career, since with a cyclist like Boonen the spring classics will be rather boring the coming years".^[4] In his Paris–Roubaix victory, he entered the Roubaix velodrome in the leading trio, and waited until the last moment before launching a sprint that saw him beat American George Hincapie and Spaniard Juan Antonio Flecha.

In the Tour de France, he won the second and the third stage. In this edition, Boonen claimed the green jersey after the second stage. However, he was forced to retire from the race after stage 11, after multiple crashes. The jersey was reliquished to Norwegian Thor Hushovd, who held on for the rest of the tour, becoming the eventual winner. On September 25 he became the twenty-first Belgian World Champion after the World Cycling Championships in Madrid. A six-man breakaway was reeled in in the final straight by the group that he was in, before he powered home ahead of Alejandro Valverde. He is the first Belgian since Museeuw, in 1996, to wear the rainbow jersey. With these victories he secured second place in the overall standings of the 2005 UCI ProTour.

At the end of the year Boonen won several awards: Kristallen Fiets (Crystal Bicycle), Vélo d'Or (Golden Bicycle), Trofee voor Sportverdienste (Trophy For Sporting Merit), Belgian Sportsman of the year and Belgian Sports Personality of the Year.

2006 season

In 2006, Boonen again had an incredible start of the season, highlighted by winning the Ronde van Vlaanderen again.

After the incredible start, Boonen had a disappointing Tour of Belgium. Before the start of the 2006 Tour de France, he claimed that he considered himself the strongest and smartest sprinter. However, he did not win a stage in the first week, as he was beat by his concurrent sprinters Robbie McEwen and Óscar Freire. In spite of this, he was able to claim the yellow jersey for the first time in his career, but lost it in the first time trial to time trial specialist Sergei Honchar.

Boonen signing in at Tarbes during the 2006 Tour de France

Boonen abandoned the Tour de France during the 15th stage - 187 km from Gap to l'Alpe d'Huez - when he was unable to reach the summit of the Col du Lautaret. According to the team manager, Boonen lost a lot of weight during the Tour, and got a much needed rest period where he was able to regain it.

With regained strength, at the Eneco Tour of Benelux he won three stages. However, he was unable to defend his world title at the UCI Road World Championships, held on a circuit that was less flat than in Madrid 2005, and lost his title to Quick Step-Innergetic teammate Paolo Bettini, finishing ninth.

2007 season

In his 2007 season, Boonen went off to a great start again by winning five stages at the Tour of Qatar and finished second overall after teammate Wilfried Cretskens. He later won several Flemish races like Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne and E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, but failed to win any classics. His best effort in that respect was a 3rd place in Milan – San Remo, resulting in an overall slightly disappointing spring season.

Next Boonen took part in the Tour de France. In the absence of main rival Alessandro Petacchi, and after an early injury to Robbie McEwen, he met expectations by winning two stages (stages 6 and 12), and winning the Maillot vert competition. It was the first Belgian green jersey since Eddy Planckaert's in 1988.

2008 season

Boonen began his 2008 season by winning four stages and the overall and points classifications in the Tour of Qatar. In the Ronde van Vlaanderen, his first main goal of the season, he showed good form but took on a defensive role when his teammate Stijn Devolder escaped and subsequently won. The week after, he outsprinted Fabian Cancellara and Alessandro Ballan in the final 500m to win the Paris–Roubaix. On June 10, 2008, several sources claimed that Boonen was negotiating with Bouygues Télécom about a contract, which sporting director Jean-René Bernaudeau confirmed. The move to Bouygues would involve two or three riders going with him, with the names of Wilfried Cretskens and Kevin Hulsmans frequently named ^[5].

On that same day though, it was revealed that Boonen had tested positive for cocaine in a test on May 26. Since this was outside competition, and cocaine is not considered a performance enhancing drug, Boonen did not face sanctions by the UCI or WADA. During a press conference the day after, he offered his apologies and team manager Patrick Lefevere stated that, since these were considered difficulties of a private nature, team Quick Step maintained its confidence in him. Despite the absence of official sanctions, Boonen was immediately barred from the Tour of Switzerland and later from the Tour de France.^[6]^[7] In February 2009 a Belgian court found him guilty of cocaine use but decided not to hand down criminal sanctions against Boonen, saying that he has "been punished enough".^[8]^[9]

2009 season

Boonen began his 2009 season by winning a stage and the overall and points classifications in the Tour of Qatar. He also won Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne for the second time in his career. In the Ronde van Vlaanderen, his first main goal of the season, he showed good form but as in 2008 he had to take on a defensive role when his teammate Stijn Devolder escaped and subsequently won the Ronde for the second time. The following week Boonen won Paris–Roubaix for the third time.

On April 27, Boonen tested positive for cocaine in an out of competition test for the third time (the first occasion, in November 2007, had not previously been made public) and was suspended by his team, Quick Step, on May 9,^[10] and re-entered competition with them in the 2009 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Shortly after, in June, he won his National Championship. After a long legal struggle he was allowed to enter the Tour de France one day before the start on the 3rd of July 2009. Citing illness, he withdrew from the Tour on July 18, 2009, before the fifteenth stage.

Personal life

Boonen has been living in Monaco since late 2005.

Palmares

2002

1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya

1st Stage 2 International Uniqua Classic

1st Wilrijk

3rd Paris–Roubaix

2003

1st Stage 3 Tour of Belgium

2004

1st Gent–Wevelgem

1st Stage 6 Tour de France

1st Stage 20 Tour de France

1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

1st Grote Scheldeprijs

1st

Overall, Tour de Picardie

1st

Points Classification

1st Stage 1

1st Stage 2

1st Stage 2 Deutschland Tour

1st Stage 7 Deutschland Tour

1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía

1st Prologue Ster Elektrotour

1st Stage 1 Ster Elektrotour

1st Stage 3 Circuit Franco-Belge

1st Stage 4 Circuit Franco-Belge

1st Stage 3 Tour of Britain

1st Draai van de Kaai Roosendaal

1st GP Rik Van Steenbergen

1st thirty 3rd Nacht van Peer

1st forty 3rd Mijl van Mares

1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde

3rd Overall, Tour of Qatar

1st

Points Classification

1st Young Rider Classification

1st Stage 2

2005

1st

Road World Championships - Road Race

1st Stage 2 Tour de France

1st Stage 3 Tour de France

1st Stage 1 Paris–Nice

1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice

1st Paris–Roubaix

1st Ronde van Vlaanderen

1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

1st

Overall, Tour of Belgium

1st Stage 1

1st Stage 2

1st Ronde van Made, Criterium

1st Na Tour Broker Criterium

1st Acht van Chaam

1st Criterium Herentals

1st Derny Criterium Antwerpen

4th Overall, Tour of Qatar

1st

Points Classification (Silver Jersey)

1st Stage 1

1st Stage 2

10th Overall, Tour de Picardie

1st Stage 2

2006

1st Ronde van Vlaanderen

1st Stage 1 Paris–Nice

1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice

1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice

1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

1st Doha International GP

1st

Overall, Tour of Qatar

1st

Points Classification

1st Stage 1

1st Stage 2

1st Stage 3

1st Stage 5

1st Stage 5, Vuelta a Andalucía

1st Grote Scheldeprijs

1st Stage 2 Tour of Belgium

1st Stage 3 Tour of Belgium

1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal

1st Stage 1, Tour de Suisse

1st Stage 1 Eneco Tour of Benelux

1st Stage 3 Eneco Tour of Benelux

1st Stage 5 Eneco Tour of Benelux

1st Stage 6, Tour of Britain

2nd Paris–Roubaix

Tour de France

Held

Maillot Jaune in Stage 3-6

2007

1st

Green Jersey Tour de France

1st Stage 6

1st Stage 12

1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Andalucía

1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

1st Dwars door Vlaanderen

1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

2nd Overall, Tour of Qatar

1st

Points Classification

1st Stage 1 (TTT)

1st Stage 2

1st Stage 3

1st Stage 4

1st Stage 6

3rd Omloop "Het Volk"

3rd Milan – San Remo

2008

1st Paris–Roubaix

1st Stage 3 Vuelta a España

1st Stage 16 Vuelta a España

1st

Overall, Tour of Qatar

1st

Points Classification

1st Stage 1 (TTT)

1st Stage 2

1st Stage 3

1st Stage 6

1st Stage 2 Tour of California

1st Stage 5 Tour of Belgium

1st Stage 4 Ster Elektrotoer

1st Stage 7 Österreich Rundfahrt

1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie

1st Stage 1 Eneco Tour

1st Stage 4 Eneco Tour

1st Stage 1 Circuit Franco-Belge

2nd Grote Scheldeprijs

2009

1st

Belgian National Road Race Championship

1st Paris–Roubaix

1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

1st Stage 3, Eneco Tour

1st

Overall, Tour of Qatar

1st Stage 3

1st Stage 3 Circuit Franco-Belge

2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

2nd Paris–Tours

3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen

2010

1st Stage 5 Tour of Oman

1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico

2nd Milan – San Remo

2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen

3rd Overall Tour of Qatar

1st Stage 3

1st Stage 5

5th Paris–Roubaix

References

^ http://www.sportitalia.com/ShortNews.aspx?id=4366 In Italian
^ "News for April 16, 2002 - Boonen "the next Museeuw"". cyclingnews.com. April 16, 2002. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
^ "News for January 26, 2003 - Boomin' Boonen comes to Adelaide". cyclingnews.com. January 26, 2003. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
^ "Parijs-Roubaix: Boonen, amper 24 jaar, nu al ontzagwekkend". volkskrant.nl (Dutch). April 11, 2005. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
^ "Boonen is negotiating with French team Bouygues" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2008-06-10.
^ "Boonen participation in Tour de France to be decided: Ouick Step". afp.google.com. 2008-06-11.
^ "Former world champion Tom Boonen barred from Tour de France". afp.google.com. 2008-06-11.
^ Prosecutors to decide on trial for Boonen next month ESPN.com, January 6, 2009
^ Belgian Court Scraps Case Against Cyclist Boonen SI.com, February 3, 2009
^ "Boonen suspended after drugs test". BBC. 2009-05-09.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Óscar Freire	UCI Road Race World Champion 2005	Succeeded by Paolo Bettini
Preceded by Magnus Bäckstedt	Winner of Paris–Roubaix 2005	Succeeded by Fabian Cancellara
Preceded by Stuart O'Grady	Winner of Paris–Roubaix 2008, 2009	Succeeded by Fabian Cancellara
Preceded by Steffen Wesemann	Winner of Ronde van Vlaanderen 2005, 2006	Succeeded by Alessandro Ballan
Awards
Preceded by Peter Van Petegem	Crystal Bicycle 2004–2006	Succeeded by Sven Nys
Preceded by Stefan Everts Stefan Everts	Belgian Sportsman of the Year 2005 2007	Succeeded by Stefan Everts Sven Nys
Preceded by Kim Gevaert	Belgian Sports Personality of the Year 2005	Succeeded by Sven Nys
Preceded by Lance Armstrong	Vélo d'Or 2005	Succeeded by Paolo Bettini

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[1] ttp://www.sportitalia.com/ShortNews.aspx?id=4366 In Italian

[2] "News for April 16, 2002 - Boonen "the next Museeuw"". cyclingnews.com. April 16, 2002. Retrieved 2008-01-29.

[3] "News for January 26, 2003 - Boomin' Boonen comes to Adelaide". cyclingnews.com. January 26, 2003. Retrieved 2008-01-29.

[4] "Parijs-Roubaix: Boonen, amper 24 jaar, nu al ontzagwekkend". volkskrant.nl (Dutch). April 11, 2005. Retrieved 2008-06-04.

[5] "Boonen is negotiating with French team Bouygues" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2008-06-10.

[6] "Boonen participation in Tour de France to be decided: Ouick Step". afp.google.com. 2008-06-11.

[7] "Former world champion Tom Boonen barred from Tour de France". afp.google.com. 2008-06-11.

[8] Prosecutors to decide on trial for Boonen next month ESPN.com, January 6, 2009

[9] Belgian Court Scraps Case Against Cyclist Boonen SI.com, February 3, 2009

[10] "Boonen suspended after drugs test". BBC. 2009-05-09.

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1980–1999	1980: Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1981: Freddy Maertens (BEL) 1982: Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) 1983: Greg LeMond (USA) 1984: Claude Criquielion (BEL) 1985: Joop Zoetemelk (NED) 1986: Moreno Argentin (ITA) 1987: Stephen Roche (IRL) 1988: Maurizio Fondriest (ITA) 1989: Greg LeMond (USA) 1990: Rudy Dhaenens (BEL) 1991: Gianni Bugno (ITA) 1992: Gianni Bugno (ITA) 1993: Lance Armstrong (USA) 1994: Luc Leblanc (FRA) 1995: Abraham Olano (ESP) 1996: Johan Museeuw (BEL) 1997: Laurent Brochard (FRA) 1998: Oscar Camenzind (SUI) 1999: Óscar Freire (ESP)
2000–2019	2000: Romāns Vainšteins (LAT) 2001: Óscar Freire (ESP) 2002: Mario Cipollini (ITA) 2003: Igor Astarloa (ESP) 2004: Óscar Freire (ESP) 2005: Tom Boonen (BEL) 2006: Paolo Bettini (ITA) 2007: Paolo Bettini (ITA) 2008: Alessandro Ballan (ITA) 2009: Cadel Evans (AUS) 2010: Thor Hushovd (NOR) 2011: Mark Cavendish (GBR) 2012: Philippe Gilbert (BEL) 2013: Rui Costa (POR) 2014: Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) 2015: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2016: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2017: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2018: Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 2019: Mads Pedersen (DEN)
2020–2039	2020: Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 2021: Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 2022: Remco Evenepoel (BEL) 2023: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2024: Tadej Pogačar (SLO)