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Also known as Tommeke, Bom van Balen

Belgian road bicycle racer

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Belgium
Active from
1939-01-06

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Listeners
22
Total plays
85

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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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Mass
82
Official website
www.tomboonen.be
Image
Tom Boonen MS 2012 (cropped).jpg
Height
192
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Tom Boonen
date of birth
1980-10-15
nickname
Tommeke
social media followers
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name in native language
Tom Boonen
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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.

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