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Tom Boonen is a Belgian male sport cyclist specializing in road bicycle racing. Born in Mol on October 15, 1980, he has competed in major events including the Tour de France, Vuelta a España, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. His professional career includes membership in the Soudal Quick-Step and Discovery Channel teams. Boonen is recognized as a cycling sprinter and has won the 2006 Tour of Qatar.
He has received the Vélo d'Or and Flandrien of the Year awards. Known by the nicknames "Tornado Tom" and "Tommeke," Boonen stands 192 units tall and weighs 82 units. He maintains an official website and has a social media following of 243,553.
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 22
- Total plays
- 85
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Key facts
- 2002
- U.S. Postal Service
- Full name
- Tom Boonen
- Nickname
- Tommeke , Tornado Tom
- Born
- ( 1980-10-15 ) 15 October 1980 (age 45) , Mol , Belgium
- Height
- 1.92 m (6 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)
- Weight
- 82 kg (181 lb; 12 st 13 lb)
- Current team
- Retired
- Discipline
- Road
- Role
- Rider
- Rider type
- Classics specialist, Sprinter
- 2003 2017
- Quick-Step–Davitamon
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tom
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Mol
- Occupation
- sport cyclist
- Participant in
- 2008 UCI ProTour
- Sport
- road bicycle racing
- Position played
- cycling sprinter
- Mass
- 82
- Official website
- www.tomboonen.be
- Image
- Tom Boonen MS 2012 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 192
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- Commons category
- Tom Boonen
- date of birth
- 1980-10-15
- nickname
- Tommeke
- competition won
- 2006 Tour of Qatar
- social media followers
- 226940
- name in native language
- Tom Boonen
- sports discipline competed in
- road bicycle racing
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Encyclopedic overview
Tom Boonen ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɔm ˈboːnə(n)]; born 15 October 1980) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2017 for the U.S. Postal Service and Quick-Step Floors teams and a professional racing driver who currently competes in Belcar, having previously competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. Boonen won the 2005 UCI World Road Race Championships, and was a single-day road specialist with a strong finishing sprint. He won the cycling monuments Paris–Roubaix four times and the Tour of Flanders three times, among many other prestigious victories, such as prevailing five times in the E3 Harelbeke, winning six stages of the Tour de France and winning the overall title of the Tour of Qatar four times.
Career
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