He was always there in the Classics and always prepared to win and when he goes away… it’s sadness.”Quick-Step has many other winners, which makes the team so effective in races. For sure, though, they will find a new guy to support. All the best were with Merckx’s team and some with Herman Frison’s team, he thought, so why not race with the team from Kortrijk?Former professional and 1998 Paris-Roubaix victor Dirk Demol, from Kortrijk, had already made trip north to Mol’s Balen suburb to visit Boonen.Tom Boonen riding for Belgium in the 2001 under-23 men’s World Championships road race“When I was there, I saw this tall guy and polite guy, and I loved the way he pedalled,” Demol says. The first year of the Classics weren’t too easy for him, but then he started winning big races. In the sun-soaked velodrome, one and a half laps of smooth French cement at the end of cycling’s roughest one-day race Now, as fit as ever, the 36-year-old Belgian of team Quick-Step Floors is waving goodbye.

The others trailed behind. Boonen walked to his to begin one of his last races.

Meriter Redigera It was up and down, but we always had a good time together.”Tom Boonen crashes during the 2013 Tour of Flanders. Boonen won, remained loyal and charmed everyone from fellow riders to press.“He has a special charisma, he’s charming, but on the bike, he’s a fighter. He retained Paris Roubaix in 2009, The years 2010 and 2011 saw strong results but This was to be the last of the peak Boonen era as only Kuurne Brussels Kuurne was won afterwards. “He was doing five to six hours every day and just getting better. That makes him special, always good for a laugh and never too serious about the whole thing.

Like how he reacted to Mat Hayman when he lost Paris-Roubaix last year – that was so classy. At first his lead was no more than two or three seconds as Van Petegem desperately chased. One would win Flanders one year, one would win it the next, developing into this generation’s biggest rivalry.Italian Filippo Pozzato (Wilier-Selle Italia) grew from the Mapei development team with Cancellara and teamed with Boonen early on in team Quick-Step.

Many people forget that he won early and went through it all. Before Philippe Gilbert’s World championship triumph on the hills of Limburg yesterday, the previous Belgian to have worn the rainbow jersey was Tom Boonen.

He always placed well in races but never quite managed to win. He did it in a manner befitting legendary status. He was a funny character. He retired in 2017 as a modern legend of the cobbled classics.2012 saw Tom Boonen win Paris Roubaix for the 4th time, equalling the all-time record set by De Vlaeminck.

Then 15 days later in Flanders, I pulled around 40 kilometres for him in the final and he went on to win.

?’“I always try to remember that. Finally, the rubber band snapped and Boonen was unleashed.

Photo: Yuzuru Sunada“He is really sensitive how everything people think. He kept crossing paths with him in the Classics and in the Boonen took after his father André, who raced as a professional in the 1970s. People forget what he went through, and for me, that is more impressive.”Cancellara also won three Flanders titles, but won Paris-Roubaix ‘only’ three times. He is a human being that cares a lot about other people. He knew when had to be on top of his game. A normal rider would be dead.”Demol pulled Boonen aside.

He won the Tour of Flanders for the first time, and completed the double the following week by winning Paris-Roubaix.

Tour De France 2005 5e Etappe Spring Classics Palmares Monuments. lokakuuta 1980 Mol) on belgialainen kilpapyöräilijä. Behind, Pozzato crashed into Devolder and Boonen found himself with 30 seconds advantage.

He won two stages of the Tour de France in 2004. He crashed hard and had some tough moments.

Paris Roubaix 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012 He remained with Quick-Step for 15 years.In comparison, Fabian Cancellara rode for five teams. Of course, he doesn’t like to lose but the way he is to the outer-world shows the true gentleman he is.Tom Boonen (left) second behind Mathew Hayman in the 2016 Paris-Roubaix. In 2006 Boonen retained the Tour of Flanders and the following year he won the Green Jersey at the Tour de France.He won Paris Roubaix again in 2008 but was barred from the Tour de France after using cocaine.

In 2006 Boonen retained the Tour of Flanders and held the yellow jersey in the 2006 Tour de France during stage 3–6, and Filippo Pozzato won 2006 Milan – San Remo . Boonen was the first to have none of it. You look at his resume, it’s insane and yet he’s a pretty normal guy, he’s still friendly and treats everyone in the peloton with respect.”“He has a lot of respect for all the riders whether you’re his prime competitor or a guy on a smaller team, he’ll treat you the same,” says Sky’s Luke Rowe.“He’s just inspirational, he’s the king of Belgium. Similar to He blasted through the mud in an early 2002 Paris-Roubaix escape and once joined by Johan Museeuw and US Postal team-mate George Hincapie, he pushed ahead. It can rely on Philippe Gilbert, Niki Terpstra, Zdenek Stybar and Yves Lampaert in the Classics. He won the Tour of Flanders, Paris Roubaix and became the World Champion.

Tom Boonen (born 1980-10-15) is a road racing cyclist from Belgium and was active between 1998 and 2017.

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