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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Boonen is the 212th most popular cyclist (up from 255th in 2019), the 668th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 733rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Tom Boonen ranks 212 out of 1,613. Before him are Franco Bitossi, Giuseppe Enrici, Dietrich Thurau, Emilio Rodríguez, Paul Chocque, and Pierfranco Vianelli. After him are Georges Passerieu, Jean Graczyk, Maurice Perrin, Giovanni Valetti, Leandro Faggin, and Giuseppe Saronni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Tom Boonen ranks 98. Before him are Atsushi Yamaguchi, Kim So-yeon, Gong Hyo-jin, Luke Hemsworth, Gustaf Skarsgård, and Gotye. After him are Joe Kennedy III, David Garrett, Tiziano Ferro, Yossi Benayoun, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, and Kim Nam-gil.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Tom Boonen ranks 668 out of 1,190. Before him are Frank Odberg (1879), Paul van Ostaijen (1896), Jean Thissen (1946), Frank De Bleeckere (1966), Eric van de Poele (1961), and Eddy Wally (1932). After him are Alexandre Czerniatynski (1960), Johan Devrindt (1945), Georges Berger (1918), Karel Lismont (1949), Michy Batshuayi (1993), and Wilfried Puis (1943).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Tom Boonen ranks 36. Before him are Michel Pollentier (1951), Claude Criquielion (1957), Maurice Peeters (1882), Johan Museeuw (1965), Jef Planckaert (1934), and Willy Planckaert (1944). After him are Mathieu van der Poel (1995), Frans Verbeeck (1941), Jean Brankart (1930), Roger Swerts (1942), Walter Planckaert (1948), and Johan De Muynck (1948).

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