Tom Boonen is a Belgian former road bicycle racer who rode professionally from 2002 to 2017, first for U.S. Postal Service and then for Quick-Step teams. He was a single-day road specialist with a strong finishing sprint and won the 2005 UCI World Road Race Championships. His record includes four victories in Paris-Roubaix, three in the Tour of Flanders and five in E3 Harelbeke, and four overall titles at the Tour of Qatar. At the Tour de France he won six stages, including the final stage in Paris in 2004. In 2005 he became the first rider to win the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and the world road title in the same season. After cycling he also raced cars as a professional driver.
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is a Belgian former road bicycle racer
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born 15 October 1980
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He won the cycling monuments Paris-Roubaix four times and the Tour of Flanders three times
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is a Belgian former road bicycle racer
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is a Belgian former road bicycle racer
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winning six stages of the Tour de France
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