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Tom Boonen

Belgian road bicycle racer

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Born: 1980-10-15

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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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Born: 15 October 1980

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Instance of: human
Given name: Tom
Gender: male
Citizenship: Belgium
Place of birth: Mol
Occupation: sport cyclist
Award: Flandrien of the Year
Participant in: 2008 UCI ProTour
Sport: road bicycle racing
Position played: cycling sprinter

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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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