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Tom Boonen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɔm ˈboːnə(n)]; born 15 October 1980) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 world road race championship. He is a member of the Etixx–Quick-Step team,[1] and is a single-day road specialist with a strong finishing sprint. He won the cycling monuments Paris–Roubaix 4 times and the Tour of Flanders 3 times, among many other prestigious victories, such as prevailing 5 times in the E3 Harelbeke, winning 6 stages of the Tour de France and winning the Overall title of the Tour of Qatar 4 times.[2]
Career
Early years
At the start of 2002 Boonen rode for U.S. Postal Service, finishing third in Paris–Roubaix after an early breakaway. Fellow Belgian Johan Museeuw had escaped to a solo victory. Team captain George Hincapie crashed in a slippery section of the course leaving Boonen to ride for himself. Boonen's performance led Museeuw – his childhood hero – to declare Boonen his successor.[3]
Boonen said US Postal did not give him enough chances to ride for himself. Towards the end of the year he said he would leave, despite being under contract, and joined Quick-Step–Davitamon at the start of 2003.[4] The 2003 season, however, did not go well, with lacklustre performance due to fatigue and knee injury. Museeuw was team leader for the spring classics.
During the 2004 season Boonen won the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, Gent–Wevelgem and the Scheldeprijs. He also won two stages of the Tour de France including the final stage in Paris, as Museeuw did in 1990.
2005: Winning Ronde, Roubaix and Worlds
In 2005 Boonen won the Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix and the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, and came second in the Omloop "Het Volk" behind teammate Nick Nuyens. He was first to win the Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix, and the World Cycling Championship in the same season.
In the Tour of Flanders Boonen appeared to be the strongest sprinter in the final group. However, he attacked a few kilometers from the finish to the surprise of others and stayed away. Erik Dekker said: "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".[5] In Paris–Roubaix, Boonen entered the velodrome in the leading trio, and waited until the last moment before outsprinting George Hincapie and the Spaniard, Juan Antonio Flecha.
In the Tour de France, Boonen won the second and third stages, taking the lead in the points classification. He retired after stage 11 due to injuries sustained in crashes. On 25 September Boonen became the 21st Belgian road world champion. He won the race in Madrid, after the leading six riders were caught. He outsprinted Alejandro Valverde to become the first Belgian since Museeuw, in 1996, to wear the rainbow jersey. He came second in the 2005 UCI ProTour rankings.
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
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In 2006, Boonen won the Tour of Flanders and came second in Paris–Roubaix the following week. Leif Hoste, Peter Van Petegem and Vladimir Gusev placed second to fourth at Roubaix but were disqualified for riding through a closed level-crossing before a train passed. This promoted Boonen to second, behind Fabian Cancellara.
Boonen won the second and the third stages of the Tour of Belgium. Before the Tour de France he claimed himself to be the strongest and smartest sprinter. However, he did not win a stage in the first week, beaten by Robbie McEwen and Óscar Freire. However he wore the yellow jersey for the first time, losing it in the first time trial to Sergei Honchar. Boonen abandoned the Tour 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.
Boonen won three stages of the Eneco Tour of Benelux but could not keep his title at the world championship, held on a circuit that was hillier than in Madrid 2005. Paolo Bettini won and Boonen came ninth.
2007
In his 2007, Boonen won five stages of the Tour of Qatar and came second in the general classification behind teammate Wilfried Cretskens. He won Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne and E3 Prijs Vlaanderen but he didn't win one of the five cycling monuments. His best placing was third in Milan–San Remo.
Boonen won stages 6 and 12 of the Tour de France in the absence of Alessandro Petacchi and Robbie McEwen. He won the points classification in the Tour de France, the first Belgian since Eddy Planckaert in 1988 to do so.
2008
Boonen began 2008 by winning four stages and the overall and points classifications in the Tour of Qatar. In the Tour of Flanders, he took on a defensive role when his teammate Stijn Devolder escaped and won. A week later, he outsprinted Fabian Cancellara and Alessandro Ballan in the final 500m to win the Paris–Roubaix. On 10 June 2008, reports said Boonen was negotiating a team place for him and other riders Bouygues Télécom at Bouyges, a French team. Its sporting director, Jean-René Bernaudeau, confirmed the report. Wilfried Cretskens and Kevin Hulsmans were named as the others involved.[6]
Negotiations ended when Boonen tested positive for cocaine. Cocaine was not a performance-enhancing drug and Boonen faced no sanctions by the UCI or WADA. He apologized to his Quick Step manager, Patrick Lefévère at a press conference next day. Lefévère said Quick Step kept its confidence in him. But Boonen was barred from the Tour of Switzerland and the Tour de France.[7][8] In February 2009 a Belgian court found him guilty of cocaine use but decided against sanctions, saying he has "been punished enough".[9][10]
2009
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Boonen began 2009 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 the Tour of Flanders he had to take on a defensive role when his teammate Stijn Devolder escaped and won for the second time. The following week Boonen won Paris–Roubaix for the third time in his career.
On 27 April, Boonen tested positive for cocaine for the third time (the first, in November 2007, had not previously been made public). He was suspended by his team, Quick-Step, on 9 May.[11] He began racing again in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. In June, he won the national championship. After initiating legal proceedings he was allowed to compete in the Tour de France, just one day before the start on 3 July 2009. He pulled out, due to illness on 18 July, before the 15th stage.
He returned to racing in the Eneco Tour where he won the third stage by beating Tyler Farrar in the sprint. After that he entered the Vuelta a España to prepare for the final part of the season. There, he finished second in the prologue behind Cancellara. He crashed in the seventh stage, a 30 km time trial, losing by 1m 03s and ended the day second overall behind Cancellara. He withdrew during the 13th stage, due to the lasting effects of his crash in the seventh stage.
He finished his season with a second place in Paris–Tours, beaten in a sprint of three by fellow countryman and defending champion Philippe Gilbert.
2010
Boonen became third in the Tour of Qatar, winning two stages, then won stage five of the Tour of Oman. He won the second stage of Tirreno-Adriatico, before finishing second to Óscar Freire in Milan–San Remo. Boonen came second to Fabian Cancellara in the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke,[12] a result replicated at the Tour of Flanders. He came fifth in Paris–Roubaix the following week.
Boonen missed most of the rest of the season – including the Tour de France, the Belgian and the world championships – due to tendinitis in his left knee caused by crashes at the Tour of California and the Tour de Suisse. He returned to racing in October at the Circuit Franco-Belge and Paris–Tours.
2011
Boonen began the season by winning the opening stage of the 2011 Tour of Qatar. He won Gent–Wevelgem, came fourth in the Tour of Flanders and dropped out of Paris–Roubaix after crashing. Boonen also crashed on stage five of the Tour de France. His injuries forced him to abandon on stage seven. Boonen fell again in the Vuelta a España, which made him miss the world championship.
2012
Boonen began 2012 season by winning stage seven of his first race, the Tour de San Luis. In February, he won the Tour of Qatar, winning two stages and the points classification, and finished second to Sep Vanmarcke in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
Boonen won the second stage of Paris–Nice. He won the E3 Harelbeke and Gent–Wevelgem two days later. He was favourite for the Tour of Flanders, which he won in a sprint against Filippo Pozzato and Alessandro Ballan. His third victory equalled those of Achiel Buysse, Fiorenzo Magni, Eric Leman and Johan Museeuw. His fourth win in Paris–Roubaix equalled Roger De Vlaeminck. Boonen was first to win the Tour of Flanders and Paris Roubaix double twice. He is also the first to win E3 Harelbeke, Gent–Wevelgem, Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix in the same year.
Boonen returned to racing at the Tour of California. He won the national championship title in June, taking the tricolor jersey from Philippe Gilbert.[13]
Boonen skipped the Tour de France to prepare for the Olympic road race, riding the shorter Tour of Poland instead. He crashed in the first stage and withdrew on the fifth[14] with a broken rib,.[15] He recovered in time for the Olympics, and came 28th.[16]
Boonen won the first edition of the two-day stage race World Ports Classic, winning the first stage in a sprint. He won the points classification and the overall lead after coming third on the second stage.[17] One week later Boonen won Paris–Brussels.
2013
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In January, Boonen spent a week in hospital with a serious infection after suffering a wound on his elbow.[18] He returned to action in February in the Tour of Oman but could finish only 83rd in the General Classification.[19] In March, he retired from both Gent–Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders following crashes.[20][21] He did not take the start of Paris–Roubaix when a fractured rib was diagnosed.[22] Boonen won his first race of the year at the Heiste Pijl, an event not classified by the UCI,[23] then was the victor of the second stage of the Tour de Wallonie in July.[24]
2014
The season started well for Boonen as he took the second place overall behind his teammate Niki Terpstra and the points classification jersey in the mostly flat Tour of Qatar.[25] His next feat came at Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, where he was part of a breakaway of 10 containing 4 of his teammates and 3 Belkin Pro Cycling riders. The breakaway made it home and Boonen had the better of Moreno Hofland in the sprint by a slim margin.[26] He placed well in Paris–Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders, coming in tenth and seventh position, respectively.
2015
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At the 2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Boonen made the decisive break with teammates Niki Terpstra and Stijn Vandenbergh, along with Ian Stannard (Team Sky). With 4.5 km remaining Boonen attacked but was gradually brought back by Stannard. After Terpstra's immediate counter-attack failed Boonen was unable to follow Stannard's own attack, and finished third as Stannard outsprinted Terpsta for victory.[27] On March 9 Boonen crashed out of Paris–Nice, suffering a dislocated shoulder which ruled him out of the rest of the classics season.[28] Boonen returned to racing in late April, at the Tour of Turkey, where his role was to lead-out his teammate Mark Cavendish. He was preparing in Turkey for his first appearance in the Giro d'Italia.[29] He abandoned the Giro after Stage 13 to participate to the Tour of Belgium, where he won the opening stage by outsprinting Arnaud Démare.[30]
Boonen's season was brought to an end by a crash on the second stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour in October, which left him unconscious. He sustained a temporal fracture from the accident. After initially being told by doctors that it would take six months to recover, in a newspaper interview in December Boonen stated that he was training well two months after the crash without any trouble. However the accident had left him with permanent damage to his hearing. He also said that he was "100 per cent certain" that he would compete in motor racing after retiring from competitive cycling, with the aim of competing in the 24 Hours of Zolder.[31]
2016
After enduring a relatively quiet series of performances through most of the cobbled classics,[32] Boonen finished second at Paris–Roubaix, being pipped on the line by Mat Hayman.[33] Despite not clinching the win, Boonen's aggressive performance in the race was acclaimed by former Paris–Roubaix champions Bernard Hinault and Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle, who described him as "a warrior" and "magnificent" respectively.[34] In July he won the London-Surrey Classic in a sprint finish,[35] as well as the Brussels Cycling Classic. He ended the season with third place in the World Championship road race in Qatar, where he was beaten by reigning world champion Peter Sagan and Mark Cavendish.[36]
Personal life
Boonen used to live in Balen, in the Flemish Region of Belgium until moving to Monaco in late 2005. He stayed there a few years until deciding to move back to Belgium in early 2012.[37] In 2015 his longtime girlfriend Lore gave birth to twin girls. He tweeted the news saying: “Our family has been extended with two little princesses. Valentine and Jacqueline both weigh 2.4 kg. The babies and mom are doing fine.”[38]
In 2016, Boonen paid back several million euros to the Belgian tax authorities for failing to declare his income while being a legal resident of Monaco. The investigators argued that Boonen spent most of his time in Belgium and was therefore required to pay taxes in accordance with Belgian tax law.[39]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2000
- 1st Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 2001
- 1st Zellik–Galmaarden
- 1st Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig
- 2002
- 1st Wilrijk
- 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 2 Uniqa Classic
- 3rd Paris–Roubaix
- 2003
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Belgium
- 2004
- 1st
Overall Tour de Picardie
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 6 & 20
- Deutschland Tour
- 1st Stages 2 & 7: Ster Elektrotour
- 1st Prologue & Stage 1
- Circuit Franco-Belge
- 1st Stages 3 & 4
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 1st Scheldeprijs
- 1st GP Rik Van Steenbergen
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Britain
- 3rd Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 2005
- 1st
UCI World Road Race Championships - 1st Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- Paris–Nice
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 4th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- 10th Overall Tour de Picardie
- 1st Stage 2
- 2006
- 1st Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 5
- 1st
- Paris–Nice
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
- Eneco Tour of Benelux
- 1st Stages 1, 3 & 5
- Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 1st Scheldeprijs
- 1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal
- 1st Doha International GP
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Britain
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix
- Tour de France
- Held Maillot Jaune from Stages 3–6
- Held
- 2007
- Tour de France
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 6 & 12
- 1st
- 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2nd Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT), 2, 3, 4 & 6
- 1st
- 3rd Omloop "Het Volk"
- 3rd Milan–San Remo
- 2008
- 1st Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT), 2, 3 & 6
- 1st
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 3 & 16
- Eneco Tour
- 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of California
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stage 4 Ster Elektrotoer
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie
- 1st Stage 1 Circuit Franco-Belge
- 2nd Scheldeprijs
- 2009
- 1st
National Road Race Championships - 1st Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 1st Stage 3 Eneco Tour
- 1st Stage 3 Circuit Franco-Belge
- 2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 2nd Paris–Tours
- 3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2010
- 1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Oman
- 2nd Milan–San Remo
- 2nd Tour of Flanders
- 2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 3rd Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st Stages 3 & 5
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- 2011
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Qatar
- 4th Tour of Flanders
- 2012
- 1st UCI World Team Time Trial Championships
- 1st National Road Race Championships
- 1st Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 1st
- 1st
Overall World Ports Classic
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st E3 Harelbeke
- 1st Paris–Brussels
- 1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de San Luis
- 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 4th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 2013
- 1st Heistse Pijl
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie
- 7th E3 Harelbeke
- 2014
- Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2nd Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 1st
- 3rd
UCI World Team Time Trial Championships - 3rd National Road Race Championships
- 5th Gent–Wevelgem
- 7th Tour of Flanders
- 10th Paris–Roubaix
- 2015
- Tour of Belgium
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 1st Rund um Köln
- 1st Münsterland Giro
- 1st Stage 3 Eneco Tour
- 2nd
UCI World Team Time Trial Championships - 2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 3rd Brussels Cycling Classic
- 4th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 6th European Games Road Race
- 8th National Road Race Championships
- 9th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 2016
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie
- 1st London–Surrey Classic
- 1st Brussels Cycling Classic
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix
- 2nd Ronde van Limburg
- 3rd Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 3rd UCI World Road Race Championships
Monuments results timeline
| Monument | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | 78 | 75 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 22 | DNF | — | — | 55 |
| Tour of Flanders | 24 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | DNF | 7 | — | 15 |
| Paris–Roubaix | 3 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | DNF | 1 | — | 10 | — | 2 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
DNF = Did not finish
— = Did not compete
Notes
References
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- ↑ "News for January 26, 2003 – Boomin' Boonen comes to Adelaide". cyclingnews.com. 26 January 2003. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- ↑ "Parijs-Roubaix: Boonen, amper 24 jaar, nu al ontzagwekkend" (in Dutch). volkskrant.nl. 11 April 2005. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- ↑ "Boonen is negotiating with French team Bouygues" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 June 2008.
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- ↑ Brecht Decaluwé (27 March 2010). "Cancellara claims E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ Brecht Decaluwé (24 June 2012). "Boonen returns to tricolor jersey". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ↑ Ben Atkins (14 July 2012). "Tom Boonen abandons Tour of Poland with aftereffects of stage one crash". Velo Nation. Velo Nation LLC. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
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- ↑ "Men's Road Race". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. BT PLC. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
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- ↑ "Cycling – Fixtures – Tour of Oman – General Classification". Yahoo! Sports UK & Ireland. 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
- ↑ "Cycling – Boonen quits Gent-Wevelgem after crash". Yahoo! Sports UK & Ireland. 2013-03-24. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
- ↑ "Cycling – Cancellara claims Tour of Flanders crown". Yahoo! Sports UK & Ireland. 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
- ↑ "Boonen diagnosed with rib fracture from Tour of Flanders crash". Cyclingnews. Future Publishing Limited. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ↑ "Boonen back to winning ways at Heistse Pijl". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ↑ Ben Atkins (21 July 2013). "Tom Boonen takes a UCI-ranked victory at last in 2013 in Tour de Wallonie sprint". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ↑ "Jersey wearers". Amaury Sport Organisation. ASO. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ↑ "Tom Boonen wins Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/omloop-het-nieuwsblad-elite-2015/results
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/boonen-suffers-dislocated-shoulder-in-paris-nice-crash
- ↑ Shane Stokes (15 April 2015). "Tour of Turkey and Giro d'Italia for Boonen as Belgian returns to racing, Cavendish also for Turkey". Cyclingtips. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ↑ "Boonen opens 2015 account at Tour of Belgium". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ↑ "Tom Boonen's hearing permanently damaged by Abu Dhabi crash". cyclingnews.com. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ Brown, Gregor (26 March 2016). "Boonen 'not the same'". VeloNews. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ Decaluwé, Brecht; O'Shea, Sadhbh (11 April 2016). "Hayman wins Paris-Roubaix". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ "Hinault, Moser and Duclos-Lassalle praise 'magnificent' Paris-Roubaix". cyclingnews.com. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ "Boonen wins RideLondon Classic". cyclingnews.com. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ↑ "Worlds: Sagan doubles up in Doha". VeloNews.com. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ "Tom Boonen verhuist definitief van Monaco naar de Kempen". Het Laatse Nieuws (in Dutch). 11 January 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ↑ http://www.thebikecomesfirst.com/tom-boonen-becomes-father-of-twin-girls/
- ↑ "Boonen pays two million Euros in Belgian tax case". Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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