Posts Tagged "Tom Boonen"

Tom Boonen’s emphatic win in Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix – the Queen of the Classics – led even the man himself to label himself “the best ever on cobblestones”.

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Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen won the Paris-Roubaix race for a record-equalling fourth time, successfully breaking away from the pack about 55km from the end of Sunday’s one-day classic.

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GreenEDGE goes into the Pairs-Roubiax without its key cobbled classics man, Sebastiaan Langevelde, who broke his collarbone in a collision with a spectator.

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Tom Boonen displayed sensational form to win the Tour of Flanders this weekend. With a mere week’s break before cycling’s next monument, Paris-Roubaix, he looks the red-hot favourite to repeat the dose and win his fourth Hell of the North.

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In cycling circles the Tour of Flanders, or Ronde van Vlaanderen, is a widely anticipated and respected event. It is Belgium’s “race that stops a nation”.

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Belgian classics specialist Tom Boonen proved he was back to his best with an historic third Ronde van Vlaanderen crown on Sunday.

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Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen won the one day classic Tour of Flanders for a record equalling third time on Sunday.

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As the peloton enters Belgian cycling’s Holy Week, does anyone else have a prayer apart from the in-form Belgian Tom Boonen and his old Swiss foe Fabian Cancellara?

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Quick-Step Cycling’s Tom Boonen has shown his superiority by taking out his third Gent-Wevelgem victory over a very competitive field. In a race where Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) and Matti Breschel (Rabobank) also impressed, Australia’s GreenEDGE continued their strong recent season form.

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Belgium’s Tom Boonen on Monday won the 185-kilometre second stage of the Paris-Nice cycling classic in Orleans but Britain’s Bradley Wiggins moved up from second to take the leader’s yellow jersey.

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Tradition returned to professional road cycling this week as Paris-Nice kicked off on the outskirts of Paris.

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Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen on Monday won the 185km second stage of the Paris-Nice classic in Orleans but Britain’s Bradley Wiggins moved up from second to take the leader’s yellow jersey.

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There was a great scene in the opening Belgian classics race of the season on Saturday when former world champion Tom Boonen refused to concede any space on the road on the decisive climb, forcing one of his rivals to run into a muddy ditch and come crashing down heavily onto the cobbles.

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Over the six stages of last week’s Tour of Qatar, there was not a single climb. It was therefore no surprise that the race was dominated by sprinters.

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Tom Boonen of Belgium won his fourth Tour of Qatar title on Friday, having led the race since he won the opening stage last Sunday.

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Belgium’s Tom Boonen, riding for Omega Pharma-Quick Step, retained the race leader’s gold jersey after Thursday’s fifth and penultimate stage of the Tour of Qatar won by Briton Mark Cavendish.

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Belgium’s Tom Boonen, riding for Omega Pharma-Quick Step, has won the fourth stage of the Tour of Qatar, a 147km ride from Al Thakira to Madinat Al Shamal, as he tightened his grip on the race leadership.

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American team Garmin won Monday’s second stage of the Tour of Qatar, a 11.3km time trial at the Losail MotoGp circuit.

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Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen won the first stage of the Tour of Qatar on Sunday, sprinting home ahead of Britain’s Adam Blythe and Peter Sagan of Slovakia.

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