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Tom Boonen (born on October 15, 1980 in Mol) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Ch

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$Omega Pharma - Quick Step cycling team Belgian national champion Tom Boonen speaks during a press conference two days ahead of the Tour of Flanders\' (Ronde van Vlaanderen - Tour des Flandres) cycling race, on March 29, 2013 in Nazareth.$

$US Lance Armstrong (US Postal/USA) rides during the 20th and last stage of the 91st Tour de France cycling race between Montereau-Fault-Yonne and the Champs-Elysees in Paris, 25 July 2004. Belgian Tom Boonen (Quick Step/Bel) won the stage. US Lance Armstrong (US Postal/USA) won a record-setting sixth Tour de France leaving him as the race\'s biggest champion in it\'s 101-year history.$

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BRUGGE, BELGIUM - MARCH 31: Tom Boonen of Omega Pharma-Quick Step and Belgium lies on the ground injured after crashing during the 97th edition of the Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen) on March 31, 2013 in Brugge, Belgium. Boonen abandoned the race.

BRUGGE, BELGIUM - MARCH 31: Tom Boonen of Omega Pharma-Quick Step and Belgium lies on the ground injured after crashing during the 97th edition of the Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen) on March 31, 2013 in Brugge, Belgium. Boonen abandoned the race.

Omega Pharma - Quick Step cycling team Belgian national champion Tom Boonen speaks during a press conference two days ahead of the Tour of Flanders' (Ronde van Vlaanderen - Tour des Flandres) cycling race, on March 29, 2013 in Nazareth.

Belgian Tom Boonen of team Omega Pharma - Quick Step and British Mark Cavendish of team Omega Pharma - Quick Step celebrate after Cavendish won the second stage of the Driedaagse De Panne - Koksijde cycling race, 209,8 km from Oudenaarde to Koksijde, on March 27, 2013.

(L-R) Norwegian cyclist Edvald Boasson Hagen of Team Sky, Swiss Fabian Cancellara of team RadioShack-Leopard and Belgian national champion Tom Boonen of team Omega Pharma - Quick Step compete during the 56th edition of cycling race E3 Prijs Vlaanderen Harelbeke, a 203km race from Harelbeke to Harelbeke, on March 21, 2013.

Belgian national champion Tom Boonen of team Omega Pharma - Quick Step rides during the 68th edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad cycling race oN February 23, 2013 in Gent.

US Lance Armstrong (US Postal/USA) rides during the 20th and last stage of the 91st Tour de France cycling race between Montereau-Fault-Yonne and the Champs-Elysees in Paris, 25 July 2004. Belgian Tom Boonen (Quick Step/Bel) won the stage. US Lance Armstrong (US Postal/USA) won a record-setting sixth Tour de France leaving him as the race's biggest champion in it's 101-year history.

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