TOM BOONEN RUMORS & GOSSIP
Tom Boonen to skip Tour de France
Tom Boonen, the season's top one-day racer, has decided to skip the Tour de France to focus on Olympic gold in London.
The winner of Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders says the Olympic road race is tougher than it looks. He thinks he'll have a good chance along with sprinters like British rival Mark Cavendish.
The Tour de France finishes only six days before the July...
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14 days ago
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Boonen skips Tour de France to focus on Olympics
Tom Boonen, the season's top one-day racer, has decided to skip the Tour de France to focus on Olympic gold in London.
The winner of Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders says the Olympic road race is tougher than it looks. He thinks he'll have a good chance along with sprinters like British rival Mark Cavendish.
The Tour de France finishes only six days before the July...
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14 days ago
Boonen to miss cycling's Amstel Gold Race
WorldTour leader Tom Boonen has withdrawn from the Amstel Gold Race on Sunday because of a foot infection.
The Belgian won four major cycling races in the past month to take a big lead in the overall standings. But he was considered a longshot for the race in the southern Netherlands, which is geared more toward climbers.
Boonen complained of aches and pains over much of his body...
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April 11, 2012
Tom Boonen to Scheldeprijs, But Focused on Sunday
Special Moment for 'Picture of the Ronde' Fan
Tom Boonen's press conference about his Ronde van Vlaanderen victory on Sunday, as well as his thoughts about Paris-Roubaix next weekend, began with a special moment.
The team invited 11-year-old fan Tjorven to the press conference. Tjorven was the young fan, caught by TV cameras in an Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team...
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April 03, 2012
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April 03, 2012
Tommeke Terrific Again, Claims Third Career Ronde – 96th Ronde van Vlaanderen
Record Three Wins, Top UCI World Tour Rider
Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team put themselves in good position for every key move of the day in the 255.2km Ronde van Vlaanderen on Sunday, and the result was Belgian rider Tom Boonen winning the race in a three man sprint, jumping with about 250 meters to go. Alessandro Ballan (BMC Pro Team) and Filippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini) were...
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April 01, 2012
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April 01, 2012
Tornado Tom Touches Down In Gent-Wevelgem
Boonen wins third Gent-Wevelgem of his career, while team gets 26th victory of the 2012 season
Tom Boonen made a legendary addition to his palmarès on Sunday. After a leg wrecking team effort by Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team to get themselves to the front of the race, then placing Boonen in perfect position for a sprint victory, he took off up the middle of the road in...
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March 25, 2012
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March 25, 2012
Tom Boonen wins Gent-Wevelgem classic
Tom Boonen won the Gent Wevelgem classic for the second year in a row, beating Peter Sagan and Matti Breschel in a mass sprint finish on Sunday.
At the end of the 146-mile race through the flat fields of northern Flanders, the Belgian bided his time before unleashing a powerful sprint that no one could match. Behind Sagan of Slovakia and Breschel of Denmark, Oscar Freire of Spain...
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March 25, 2012
Omega Pharma – Quick Step earns first World Tour victory at Paris – Nice
Tom Boonen finished off a fantastic team effort on Monday at the 185.5km stage 2 of Paris-Nice – from Mantes-la-Jolie to Orleans – winning in a sprint amongst a 20-plus rider echelon
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March 05, 2012
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March 05, 2012
Tommeke Wins Record Fourth Tour of Qatar, Demare The Finale – 2012 Tour of Qatar, Stage 6
Tom Boonen won his fourth career Tour of Qatar on Friday, playing it safe on a scrappy bunch sprint where world champion Mark Cavendish (Team Sky) crashed after touching wheels with another rider just meters before the finish. All Boonen had to do was cross the line with the group to take home the gold leader's jersey for Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team.
Arnaud Demare...
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February 10, 2012
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February 10, 2012
Boonen looking to reinvigorate career in 2012
Belgian sprinter Tom Boonen has said that the London Olympics will give him the chance to prove that at 31 he can still produce the goods in the saddle.
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January 16, 2012
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January 16, 2012
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