Theo Bos

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{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Theo Bos

| image = UCI Track World Championships 2018 074.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Bos in 2018

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|8|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hierden, Netherlands

| height = 1.90 m

| weight = 77 kg

| currentteam = Retired

| disciplines = {{ubl|Road (former)|Track}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Sprinter

| amateuryears1 = 2017

| amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|BRT|2017}}

| proyears1 = 2009

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|RB3|2009}}

| proyears2 = 2010

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|CTT|2010}}

| proyears3 = 2011–2014

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|RAB|2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=MTg&RefDate=03.01.2013&MenuId=MTYzMDE&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTYzMDE%26LangId%3D1|title=Former Rabobank (RAB) – NED|access-date=3 January 2013|work=UCI World Tour|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale}}

| proyears4 = 2015–2016

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|MTN|2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/transfers-mtn-qhubeka-confirms-bos-as-team-sprinter|title=Transfers: MTN-Qhubeka confirms Bos as team sprinter|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=2 September 2014|access-date=2 September 2014|author=Stephen Farrand}}

| proyears5 = 2018–2021

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|BRT|2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/track/teams//TeamDetail/11533/1002976/249|title=BEAT Cycling Club|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=2 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302215625/https://www.uci.org/track/teams//TeamDetail/11533/1002976/249|archive-date=2 March 2020}}

| majorwins =

| medaltemplates =

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Theo Bos (born 22 August 1983) is a Dutch former professional road and track cyclist.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/track/teams/TeamDetail/15227/1002976/270|title=BEAT Cycling|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=31 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210131212115/https://www.uci.org/track/teams/TeamDetail/15227/1002976/270|archivedate=31 January 2021}} An Olympic silver medalist and five-time world champion, he is the brother of Olympic medalist in speed skating Jan Bos.

On 29 November 2021, he announced his retirement from professional cycling and took up the job of coach of the Chinese national track team.{{cite web|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2407539-theo-bos-zet-punt-achter-rijke-wielerloopbaan-en-wordt-bondscoach-van-china |title=Theo Bos announces retirement and takes up China job|language =English |publisher=nos.nl|accessdate=2021-10-26}}

Early life

Bos was born in Hierden, Netherlands. He has an older brother Jan Bos, who is a professional speed skater.

He went to high school in Harderwijk, where he got a havo diploma. Later he also got a vwo diploma.

In 2001, he was Junior World Champion track cycling at 1,000 m. The same year, at the age of 18, he started his professional cycling career as a senior.

Professional career

=Track cycling=

He won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the sprint event.

He won an individual gold in the sprint at the 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. The following year, he won the individual sprint and a silver medal in the team sprint at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

At the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Bos won the keirin and completed a career triple, having been world champion in the sprint, kilo and keirin. He won the keirin after accelerating with two laps to go, winning by a wide margin and able to raise his hands and salute the crowd as he passed the finish line.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/track/2006/apr06/wtc06/index.php?id=results/wtc062|title=www.cyclingnews.com presents the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|website=autobus.cyclingnews.com|access-date=17 June 2017}} His French rival, and bronze medal winner, Arnaud Tournant, said Bos' performance was "the best I've seen in a very long time."

On 16 December 2006, Bos broke the world 200m track record during qualification rounds for the sprint at a World Cup meeting in Moscow. Bos clocked 9.772 seconds (after a computer initially had given him an unlikely 9.086 seconds) and beat the 11-year record held by Canadian Curt Harnett. Bos declared the 200m the "ultimate record" for track cyclists.{{cite web |url=http://www.nos.nl/nosstudiosport/artikelen/2006/12/16/16121425theobosscherpwereldrecordaan.html |title=NOSSTUDIOSPORT - Wereldrecord en WB-goud Theo Bos |access-date=16 December 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070907114700/http://www.nos.nl/nosstudiosport/artikelen/2006/12/16/16121425theobosscherpwereldrecordaan.html |archive-date=7 September 2007 }} Five days later Bos was elected Dutch Sportsman of the year. Bos' record was beaten by Frenchman Kévin Sireau at the Moscow Grand Prix on 29 May 2009 with 9.65 seconds.

Starting August 2017, Bos started riding for {{UCI team code|BRT|2017}}.[https://www.beatcycling.club/en/blog/first-pro-team-inside-club-structure-beat/ "First pro team inside club structure BEAT"], BEATCycling.club, 9 August 2017 He is in a team with Matthijs Büchli and Roy van den Berg. In 2017 Bos won the Dutch Championships in the team sprint with Büchli and van den Berg. At the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Apeldoorn he won a bronze medal in the individual 1 km time trial.

=Road cycling=

On 19 April 2009, Bos was in a controversial crash in the final 800m of the final stage of the Tour of Turkey. Bos caused the crash of the eventual winner Daryl Impey by grabbing Impey's left shoulder with his right hand. Impey crashed to the left, into the barrier, next to Bos. Bos admitted pushing Impey. Bos claimed the reason for pushing Impey was because Impey was moving in on him while he was already close to the fence.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8K_7bJQaaI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/i8K_7bJQaaI |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Theo Bos and Daryl Impey Crash (slow mo) – Tour Of Turkey stage 8|last=dimspace|date=19 April 2009|access-date=17 June 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JMY68cS9gw|title=Theo Bos in the Tour of Turkey|last=afx237vi|date=19 April 2009|access-date=17 June 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nu.nl/sport/1951644/uci-kan-bos-alsnog-straffen.html|title=UCI kan Bos alsnog straffen – NU – Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl|website=www.nu.nl|date=20 April 2009 |access-date=17 June 2017}} Bos was disqualified and fined. On 1 May 2009 the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) said "Bos’s behavior undermined the image, reputation and interests of cycling". Bos was charged with an infringement and was brought before a UCI disciplinary hearing in which he was found guilty of violating UCI regulations. Bos was subsequently suspended from professional racing from 15 August through 14 September 2009.

In the off season before 2010 Bos signed with the {{UCI team code|CTT|2010}}, that included former Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre. He was touted as another addition to their sprint team. He raced in many smaller races, and some large ones including Paris–Roubaix and the Vuelta a España. When the Cervelo Test Team folded in late 2010, Bos returned to the {{UCI team code|RAB|2011}} team. His first triumph of 2011 came in the first stage of the Tour of Oman, beating Mark Cavendish in a sprint finish.

In 2012, he won the first and last stages of the Tour of Turkey. Both of these stages saw crashes in the finale, diminishing the number of sprinters Bos had to compete against.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/presidential-cycling-tour-of-turkey-2012/stage-8/results|title=Grabovski wins 2012 Tour of Turkey|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=29 April 2012|access-date=8 August 2012}} Bos took his first win at World Tour level at the Eneco Tour. On Stage 3 from Riemst to Genk, he edged John Degenkolb ({{UCI team code|ARG|2012b}}) on the finish line in a bunch sprint to take the victory.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/eneco-tour-2012/stage-3/results|title=Bos takes sprint victory in Genk|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=8 August 2012|access-date=8 August 2012}}

Bos was originally selected as a member of the Belkin squad for the 2013 Vuelta a España, however he was withdrawn before the start of the race after tests revealed he had low cortisol levels. A team statement noted that this was "an indication of sub-optimal health conditions", and that whilst low cortisol levels were not a barrier to competing in UCI World Tour races the team's medical staff and Bos had agreed to send him home.{{cite web |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/cycling-bos-late-withdrawal-vuelta-142802290.html |title=Vuelta a España – Bos withdraws due to "health conditions" |agency=Reuters |date=24 August 2013 |website=Yahoo! Sports|access-date=27 August 2013}} Subsequently, Bos confirmed that his condition was due to an extreme reaction to asthma medication.{{cite web |url=http://www1.skysports.com/news/12040/8937433/ |title=Theo Bos confirms asthma medication forced withdrawal from Vuelta a España|date=24 September 2013 |website=skysports.com|access-date=26 October 2013}}

Bos rode for the Pro Continental team {{UCI team code|MTN|2015}} in 2015 and 2016. Bos said about Team MTN-Qhubeka "The team has a great culture, I want to win and we will work together to win, our success is the success of Africa."{{cite news|url=http://www.teammtnqhubeka.com/?news=theo-bos-joins-team-mtn-qhubeka|title=Theo Bos Joins Team MTN-Qhubeka|date=2 September 2014|access-date=2 September 2014}}

{{Quote|text=""The team races for a cause that is more than just winning races and that is Qhubeka, a social initiative where they aim to put children in Africa on bicycles. I really like this human element to the team. I hope I will be able to bring a fan base with me to the team that will bring new support to the Qhubeka initiative. "|sign=Theo Bos}}

Following the 2015 Abu Dhabi Tour, where he did not finish stage 2, he had no further results at any major road events.{{cite news|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/mob/rider.php?c=1&id=140402&id=140402|title=Race stats|access-date=13 September 2016}}

Major results

=Track=

;2001

: 1st 20px Kilo, UCI Juniors World Championships

;2002

: UEC European Under-23 Championships

::1st 20px Keirin

::2nd Kilo

::2nd Sprint

: National Championships

::1st 20px Keirin

::1st 20px Sprint

;2003

: UEC European Under-23 Championships

::1st 20px Kilo

::1st 20px Sprint

::2nd Keirin

: National Championships

::1st 20px Keirin

::1st 20px Kilo

::1st 20px Sprint

: 2nd Kilo, UCI World Cup Classics, Moscow

;2004

: UCI World Championships

::1st 20px Sprint

::3rd Kilo

: National Championships

::1st 20px Keirin

::1st 20px Sprint

: 2004 UCI World Cup Classics

::1st Kilo, Moscow

::2nd Kilo, Manchester

::2nd Team sprint, Moscow

::3rd Sprint, Moscow

: 2004–05 UCI World Cup Classics, Los Angeles

::1st Kilo

::1st Team sprint

: 2nd Sprint, Olympic Games

;2005

: UCI World Championships

::1st 20px Kilo

::2nd Team sprint

: 2004–05 UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney

::1st Keirin

::1st Sprint

: 2005–06 UCI World Cup Classics, Manchester

::1st Sprint

::2nd Team sprint

;2006

: UCI World Championships

::1st 20px Keirin

::1st 20px Sprint

: National Championships

::1st 20px Keirin

::1st 20px Sprint

: 2005–06 UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney

::1st Keirin

::1st Team sprint

: 2006–07 UCI World Cup Classics

::1st Keirin, Sydney

::1st Sprint, Moscow

::2nd Team sprint, Sydney

::2nd Team sprint, Moscow

;2007

: UCI World Championships

::1st 20px Sprint

::2nd Keirin

: National Championships

::1st 20px Keirin

::1st 20px Sprint

: 1st Masters of Sprint

: 1st Rotterdam Sprint Cup

;2008

: 3rd Team sprint, UCI World Championships

;2010

: 1st 20px Madison, National Championships (with Peter Schep)

;2011

: 3rd Madison, UCI World Championships (with Peter Schep)

;2012

: 2nd Kilo, National Championships

;2015

: National Championships

::1st 20px Kilo

::1st 20px Omnium

::1st 20px Sprint

;2016

: 2nd Kilo, UCI World Championships

;2017

: 1st 20px Team sprint, National Championships (with Matthijs Büchli and Roy van den Berg)

: 2nd Team sprint, UCI World Championships

: 2nd Team sprint, 2017–18 UCI World Cup, Manchester (with Matthijs Büchli and Roy van den Berg)

;2018

: 2017–18 UCI World Cup, Minsk

::1st Team sprint (with Matthijs Büchli and Roy van den Berg)

::3rd Sprint

: 2018–19 UCI World Cup

::2nd Team sprint, Milton

::3rd Keirin, London

::3rd Kilo, Berlin

: 1st 20px Team sprint, National Championships (with Matthijs Büchli and Roy van den Berg)

: 3rd Kilo, UCI World Championships

;2019

: 1st Keirin, 2018–19 UCI World Cup, Hong Kong

: 2nd Kilo, UCI World Championships

: 2nd Kilo, UEC European Championships

=Road=

;2009

: 1st Ronde van Noord-Holland

: 1st Omloop der Kempen

: Olympia's Tour

::1st Prologue (TTT), Stages 1, 2 & 4

: 3rd Ronde van Overijssel

: 4th Beverbeek Classic

;2010

: 1st Clásica de Almería

: Vuelta a Castilla y León

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st Stages 1 & 2

: 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Murcia

;2011

: 1st Tour de Rijke

: 1st Dutch Food Valley Classic

: Tour of Oman

::1st Stages 1 & 3

: 1st Stage 6 Danmark Rundt

: 2nd Overall Delta Tour Zeeland

: 6th Handzame Classic

: 8th Scheldeprijs

;2012

: 1st Dwars door Drenthe

: 1st Dutch Food Valley Classic

: 1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen

: Tour of Turkey

::1st Stages 1 & 8

: 1st Stage 3 Eneco Tour

: 1st Stage 2 World Ports Classic

: 3rd Scheldeprijs

;2013

: Tour of Hainan

::1st Stages 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 & 9

: Tour de Langkawi

::1st Stages 1 & 2

: 1st Stage 1 Critérium International

: 1st Stage 2 Volta ao Algarve

: 1st Stage 2 Ster ZLM Toer

: 1st Stage 3 Tour of Norway

: 8th Scheldeprijs

: 9th Ronde van Zeeland Seaports

;2014

: 1st 20px Overall World Ports Classic

::1st 20px Points classification

: 1st Ronde van Zeeland Seaports

: Tour de Langkawi

::1st Stages 2, 7, 8 & 9

: 1st Stage 3 Tour de Pologne

: 1st Stage 4 Tour of Alberta

: 2nd Handzame Classic

: 3rd Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole

::1st Stage 3

==Grand Tour general classification results timeline==

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scope="col" \| Grand Tour ! scope="col" \| 2010 ! scope="col" \| 2011 ! scope="col" \| 2012
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia \|— \|— \| DNF
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France \|— \|— \|—
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España \| DNF \|— \|—

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

scope="col" | Grand Tour

! scope="col" | 2010

! scope="col" | 2011

! scope="col" | 2012

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia

|—

| DNF

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France

|—

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España

| DNF

|—

class="wikitable" \|+ Legend
scope="row" \| — \| Did not compete
scope="row" \| DNF \| Did not finish

class="wikitable"

|+ Legend

scope="row" | —

| Did not compete

scope="row" | DNF

| Did not finish

References

External links

{{official website}} {{in lang|nl}}
{{sports links|properties=-P2350,-P3694,-P9822}}
{{TeamNL|theo-bos|old_id=5882-theo-bos}}
[https://archive.today/20130128121712/http://www.koga.com/uk/newsitem.asp?id=121968 Pictures of the Kimera]
[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2009/apr09/presidentialtour09/presidentialtour098 Cycling News Coverage of '09 Tour of Turkey]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JMY68cS9gw Crash at '09 Tour of Turkey (in slow motion)]

{{succession box|title=Men's 200 meter Time Trial
world record holder|before=Curt Harnett|after=Kévin Sireau|years=16 December 2006 – 29 May 2009}}

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Category:Sportspeople from Harderwijk

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Category:Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands

Category:UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)

Category:Olympic silver medalists in cycling

Category:Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey stage winners

Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen