Tom Boonen

At the start of 2002 Boonen rode for {{UCI team code|USP|2002}}, finishing third in Paris–Roubaix after an early breakaway. Fellow Belgian Johan Museeuw had escaped to a solo victory. Team captain George Hincapie crashed in a slippery section of the course leaving Boonen to ride for himself. Boonen's performance led Museeuw – his childhood hero – to declare Boonen his successor.{{cite web

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Boonen said US Postal did not give him enough chances to ride for himself. Towards the end of the year he said he would leave, despite being under contract, and joined {{UCI team code|QST|2003}} at the start of 2003.{{cite web

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| access-date = 2010-11-13}} The 2003 season, however, did not go well, with lacklustre performance due to fatigue and knee injury. Museeuw was team leader for the spring classics.

During the 2004 season Boonen won the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, Gent–Wevelgem and the Scheldeprijs. He also won two stages of the Tour de France including the final stage in Paris, as Museeuw did in 1990.

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In 2005 Boonen won the Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix and the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, and came second in the Omloop "Het Volk" behind teammate Nick Nuyens. He was first to win the Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix, and the World Cycling Championship in the same season.

In the Tour of Flanders Boonen appeared to be the strongest sprinter in the final group. However, he attacked a few kilometers from the finish to the surprise of others and stayed away. Erik Dekker said: "I'm happy that I am near the end of my career, since with a cyclist like Boonen the spring classics will be rather boring the coming years".{{cite web

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| access-date = 2010-11-13}} In Paris–Roubaix, Boonen entered the velodrome in the leading trio, and waited until the last moment before outsprinting George Hincapie and the Spaniard, Juan Antonio Flecha.

In the Tour de France, Boonen won the second and third stages, taking the lead in the points classification. He retired after stage 11 due to injuries sustained in crashes. On 25 September Boonen became the 21st Belgian road world champion. He won the race in Madrid, after the leading six riders were caught. He outsprinted Alejandro Valverde to become the first Belgian since Museeuw, in 1996, to wear the rainbow jersey. He came second in the 2005 UCI ProTour rankings.

At the end of the year Boonen won several awards: Kristallen Fiets (Crystal Bicycle), Vélo d'Or (Golden Bicycle), Trofee voor Sportverdienste (Trophy For Sporting Merit), Belgian Sportsman of the year and Belgian Sports Personality of the Year.

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In 2006, Boonen won the Tour of Flanders and came second in Paris–Roubaix the following week. Leif Hoste, Peter Van Petegem and Vladimir Gusev placed second to fourth at Roubaix but were disqualified for riding through a closed level-crossing before a train passed. This promoted Boonen to second, behind Fabian Cancellara.

Boonen won the second and the third stages of the Tour of Belgium. Before the Tour de France he claimed himself to be the strongest and smartest sprinter{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}. However, he did not win a stage in the first week, beaten by Robbie McEwen and Óscar Freire. However he wore the yellow jersey for the first time, losing it in the first time trial to Sergei Honchar. Boonen abandoned the Tour during the 15th stage – 187 km from Gap to l'Alpe d'Huez – when he was unable to reach the summit of the Col du Lautaret.

Boonen won three stages of the Eneco Tour of Benelux but could not keep his title at the world championship, held on a circuit that was hillier than in Madrid 2005. Paolo Bettini won and Boonen came ninth.

In his 2007, Boonen won five stages of the Tour of Qatar and came second in the general classification behind teammate Wilfried Cretskens. He won Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne and E3 Prijs Vlaanderen but he didn't win one of the five cycling monuments. His best placing was third in Milan–San Remo.

Boonen won stages 6 and 12 of the Tour de France in the absence of Alessandro Petacchi and Robbie McEwen. He won the points classification in the Tour de France, the first Belgian since Eddy Planckaert in 1988 to do so.

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Boonen began 2008 by winning four stages and the overall and points classifications in the Tour of Qatar. In the Tour of Flanders, he took on a defensive role when his teammate Stijn Devolder escaped and won. A week later, he outsprinted Fabian Cancellara and Alessandro Ballan in the final 500m to win the Paris–Roubaix. On 10 June 2008, reports said Boonen was negotiating a team place for him and other riders at {{UCI team code|BTL|2008}}, a French team. Its sporting director, Jean-René Bernaudeau, confirmed the report. Wilfried Cretskens and Kevin Hulsmans were named as the others involved.{{cite news

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Negotiations ended when Boonen tested positive for cocaine. Cocaine was not a performance-enhancing drug and Boonen faced no sanctions by the UCI or WADA. He apologized to his Quick Step manager, Patrick Lefévère at a press conference next day. Lefévère said Quick Step kept its confidence in him. But Boonen was barred from the Tour of Switzerland and the Tour de France.{{cite news

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}} In February 2009 a Belgian court found him guilty of cocaine use but decided against sanctions, saying he has "been punished enough".{{cite news | url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/cycling/news/story?id=3812987 | title=Boonen could face trial in Belgium

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Boonen began 2009 by winning a stage and the overall and points classifications in the Tour of Qatar. He also won Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne for the second time. In the Tour of Flanders he had to take on a defensive role when his teammate Stijn Devolder escaped and won for the second time. The following week Boonen won Paris–Roubaix for the third time in his career.

On 27 April, Boonen tested positive for cocaine for the third time (the first, in November 2007, had not previously been made public). He was suspended by his team, {{UCI team code|QST|2009}}, on 9 May.{{cite news

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| publisher = BBC}} He began racing again in the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. In June, he won the national championship. After initiating legal proceedings he was allowed to compete in the Tour de France, just one day before the start on 3 July 2009. He pulled out, due to illness on 18 July, before the 15th stage.

He returned to racing in the Eneco Tour where he won the third stage by beating Tyler Farrar in the sprint. After that he entered the Vuelta a España to prepare for the final part of the season. There, he finished second in the prologue behind Cancellara. He crashed in the seventh stage, a 30 km time trial, losing by 1m 03s and ended the day second overall behind Cancellara. He withdrew during the 13th stage, due to the lasting effects of his crash in the seventh stage.

He finished his season with a second place in Paris–Tours, beaten in a sprint of three by fellow countryman and defending champion Philippe Gilbert.

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Boonen became third in the Tour of Qatar, winning two stages, then won stage five of the Tour of Oman. He won the second stage of Tirreno–Adriatico, before finishing second to Óscar Freire in Milan–San Remo. Boonen came second to Fabian Cancellara in the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke,{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/53rd-e3-prijs-vlaanderen-harelbeke-1-hc/results|title=Cancellara claims E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke|author=Brecht Decaluwé|date=27 March 2010|access-date=13 August 2012|website=Cycling News}} a result replicated at the Tour of Flanders. He came fifth in Paris–Roubaix the following week.

Boonen missed most of the rest of the season – including the Tour de France, the Belgian and the world championships – due to tendinitis in his left knee caused by crashes at the Tour of California and the Tour de Suisse. He returned to racing in October at the Circuit Franco-Belge and Paris–Tours.

Boonen began the season by winning the opening stage of the 2011 Tour of Qatar. He won Gent–Wevelgem, came fourth in the Tour of Flanders and dropped out of Paris–Roubaix after crashing. Boonen also crashed on stage five of the Tour de France. His injuries forced him to abandon on stage seven. Boonen fell again in the Vuelta a España, which made him miss the world championship.

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Boonen began 2012 season by winning stage seven of his first race, the Tour de San Luis. In February, he won the Tour of Qatar, winning two stages and the points classification, and finished second to Sep Vanmarcke in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

Boonen won the second stage of Paris–Nice. He won the E3 Harelbeke and Gent–Wevelgem two days later. He was favourite for the Tour of Flanders, which he won in a sprint against Filippo Pozzato and Alessandro Ballan. His third victory equalled those of Achiel Buysse, Fiorenzo Magni, Eric Leman and Johan Museeuw. His fourth win in Paris–Roubaix equalled Roger De Vlaeminck. Boonen was first to win the Tour of Flanders and Paris Roubaix double twice. He is also the first to win E3 Harelbeke, Gent–Wevelgem, Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix in the same year.

Boonen returned to racing at the Tour of California. He won the national championship title in June, taking the tricolor jersey from Philippe Gilbert.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/belgian-road-championships-2012/elite-men/results|title=Boonen returns to tricolor jersey|website=Cycling News|date=24 June 2012|access-date=1 September 2012|author=Brecht Decaluwé}}

Boonen skipped the Tour de France to prepare for the Olympic road race, riding the shorter Tour of Poland instead. He crashed in the first stage and withdrew on the fifth{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12397/Tom-Boonen-abandons-Tour-of-Poland-with-aftereffects-of-stage-one-crash.aspx|title=Tom Boonen abandons Tour of Poland with aftereffects of stage one crash|work=Velo Nation |publisher=Velo Nation LLC|date=14 July 2012|access-date=1 September 2012|author=Ben Atkins}} with a broken rib,.{{cite news|url=http://www.ctvolympics.ca/cycling/news/article/tom-boonen-recovers-from-broken-rib.html|title=Tom Boonen Recovers From Broken Rib|work=CTV Olympics|publisher=2012 7048467 Canada Inc.|date=19 July 2012|access-date=1 September 2012}} He recovered in time for the Olympics, and came 28th.{{cite news|url=http://www.london2012.com/cycling-road/event/men-road-race/phase=crm012100/index.html|title=Men's Road Race|work=London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games|publisher=BT PLC|date=28 July 2012|access-date=1 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205043421/http://www.london2012.com/cycling-road/event/men-road-race/phase=crm012100/index.html|archive-date=5 December 2012|url-status=dead}}

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Boonen won the first edition of the two-day stage race World Ports Classic, winning the first stage in a sprint. He won the points classification and the overall lead after coming third on the second stage.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/world-ports-classic-2012/stage-2/results|title=Boonen wins premiere edition of World Ports Classic|website=Cycling News|date=1 September 2012|access-date=3 September 2012}} One week later Boonen won Paris–Brussels.

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In January, Boonen spent a week in hospital with a serious infection after suffering a wound on his elbow.{{cite news

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}} He returned to action in February in the Tour of Oman but could finish only 83rd in the General Classification.{{cite news

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}} In March, he retired from both Gent–Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders following crashes.{{cite news

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}} He did not take the start of Paris–Roubaix when a fractured rib was diagnosed.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/boonen-diagnosed-with-rib-fracture-from-tour-of-flanders-crash|title=Boonen diagnosed with rib fracture from Tour of Flanders crash|work=Cyclingnews|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=4 April 2013|access-date=4 April 2013}} Boonen won his first race of the year at the Heiste Pijl, an event not classified by the UCI,{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/boonen-back-to-winning-ways-at-heistse-pijl|title=Boonen back to winning ways at Heistse Pijl|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=1 June 2013|access-date=16 October 2013}} then was the victor of the second stage of the Tour de Wallonie in July.{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/15059/Tom-Boonen-takes-a-UCI-ranked-victory-at-last-in-2013-in-Tour-de-Wallonie-sprint.aspx|title=Tom Boonen takes a UCI-ranked victory at last in 2013 in Tour de Wallonie sprint|work=VeloNation|date=21 July 2013|access-date=16 October 2013|author=Ben Atkins}}

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The season started well for Boonen as he took the second place overall behind his teammate Niki Terpstra and the points classification jersey in the mostly flat Tour of Qatar.{{cite news|url=http://www.letour.fr/tour-of-qatar/2014/us/classifications.html|title=Jersey wearers|work=Amaury Sport Organisation|publisher=ASO|date=14 February 2014|access-date=10 September 2014}} His next feat came at Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, where he was part of a breakaway of 10 containing four of his teammates and three {{UCI team code|BEL|2014}} riders. The breakaway made it home and Boonen had the better of Moreno Hofland in the sprint by a slim margin.{{cite news|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/03/news/tom-boonen-wins-kuurne-brussels-kuurne_318495|title=Tom Boonen wins Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|work=VeloNews|date=2 March 2014|access-date=10 September 2014}} He placed well in Paris–Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders, coming in tenth and seventh position, respectively.

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At the 2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Boonen made the decisive break with teammates Niki Terpstra and Stijn Vandenbergh, along with Ian Stannard (Team Sky). With 4.5 km remaining Boonen attacked but was gradually brought back by Stannard. After Terpstra's immediate counter-attack failed, Boonen was unable to follow Stannard's own attack, and finished third as Stannard outsprinted Terpstra for victory.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/omloop-het-nieuwsblad-elite-2015/results|title = Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Elite 2015: Results|date = 28 February 2015}} On 9 March Boonen crashed out of Paris–Nice, suffering a dislocated shoulder which ruled him out of the rest of the classics season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/boonen-suffers-dislocated-shoulder-in-paris-nice-crash|title = Boonen suffers dislocated shoulder in Paris–Nice crash|date = 9 March 2015}} Boonen returned to racing in late April, at the Tour of Turkey, where his role was to lead-out his teammate Mark Cavendish. He was preparing in Turkey for his first appearance in the Giro d'Italia.{{cite news|url=http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/04/tour-of-turkey-and-giro-ditalia-for-boonen-as-belgian-returns-to-racing-cavendish-also-for-turkey/|title=Tour of Turkey and Giro d'Italia for Boonen as Belgian returns to racing, Cavendish also for Turkey|publisher=Cyclingtips|date=15 April 2015|access-date=26 April 2015|author=Shane Stokes}} He abandoned the Giro after Stage 13 to participate to the Tour of Belgium, where he won the opening stage by outsprinting Arnaud Démare.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/boonen-opens-2015-account-at-tour-of-belgium|title=Boonen opens 2015 account at Tour of Belgium|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=29 May 2015|access-date=29 May 2015}}

Boonen's season was brought to an end by a crash on the second stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour in October, which left him unconscious. He sustained a temporal fracture from the accident. After initially being told by doctors that it would take six months to recover, in a newspaper interview in December Boonen stated that he was training well two months after the crash without any trouble. However the accident had left him with permanent damage to his hearing. He also said that he was "100 per cent certain" that he would compete in motor racing after retiring from competitive cycling, with the aim of competing in the 24 Hours of Zolder.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tom-boonens-hearing-permanently-damaged-by-abu-dhabi-crash/ |title=Tom Boonen's hearing permanently damaged by Abu Dhabi crash|date=29 December 2015 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=30 December 2015}}

After enduring a relatively quiet series of performances through most of the cobbled classics,{{cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/03/news/399901_399901 |title=Boonen 'not the same' |last1=Brown |first1=Gregor |date=26 March 2016 |website=VeloNews |access-date=14 April 2016}} Boonen finished second at Paris–Roubaix, being pipped on the line by Mat Hayman.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/paris-roubaix/results/ |title=Hayman wins Paris–Roubaix |last1=Decaluwé |first1=Brecht |last2=O'Shea |first2=Sadhbh |date=11 April 2016 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=14 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415002332/http://www.cyclingnews.com/paris-roubaix/results/ |archive-date=15 April 2016 }} Despite not clinching the win, Boonen's aggressive performance in the race was acclaimed by former Paris–Roubaix champions Bernard Hinault and Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle, who described him as "a warrior" and "magnificent" respectively.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hinault-moser-and-duclos-lassalle-praise-magnificent-paris-roubaix/ |title=Hinault, Moser and Duclos-Lassalle praise 'magnificent' Paris-Roubai|date=11 April 2016 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=14 April 2016}} In July he announced that he had signed a short-term contract with Etixx-Quick Step and would retire immediately after the 2017 Paris–Roubaix.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/tom-boonen-signs-new-etixx-quick-step-contract-will-retire-2017-paris-roubaix-264589 |title=Tom Boonen signs new Etixx-Quick Step contract; will retire after 2017 Paris-Roubaix |last=Clarke |first=Stuart |date=23 July 2016 |website=Cycling Weekly|access-date=10 April 2017}} Later that month, he won the London-Surrey Classic in a sprint finish,{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/ridelondon-classic-2016/results/ |title=Boonen wins RideLondon Classic |date=31 July 2016 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=1 August 2016}} as well as the Brussels Cycling Classic. He ended the season with third place in the World Championship road race in Qatar, where he was beaten by reigning world champion Peter Sagan and Mark Cavendish.{{cite web|title=Worlds: Sagan doubles up in Doha|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/10/news/road/worlds-sagan-doubles-doha_423052|website=VeloNews.com|access-date=16 October 2016|archive-date=6 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106023459/http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/10/news/road/worlds-sagan-doubles-doha_423052|url-status=dead}}

At the very beginning of the season, Boonen won stage 2 of the Vuelta a San Juan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-a-san-juan-2017/stage-2/results/|title=Vuelta Ciclista a la Provincia de San Juan 2017: Stage 2 Results|date=24 January 2017}} This was the first professional victory for a cyclist using disc brakes.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/boonen-leads-quick-step-floors-at-the-tour-of-oman/ |title=Boonen leads Quick-Step Floors at the Tour of Oman |author= |date=10 February 2017 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=10 February 2017}} However, he subsequently suffered a series of crashes at the Tour of Oman, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Tirreno–Adriatico.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tirreno-adriatico-quick-step-floor-riders-angry-disappointed-after-high-speed-pileup/ |title=Tirreno–Adriatico: Quick-Step Floor riders angry, disappointed after high-speed pileup |last=Farrand |first=Stephen |date=10 March 2017 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=10 April 2017}} At Milan–San Remo, Boonen worked as a domestique for his teammates, helping Julian Alaphilippe to third place.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/milan-san-remo-2017/results/ |title=Kwiatkowski wins Milan–San Remo |last=Kwiatkowski wins Milan–San Remo |first=Susan |date=18 March 2017 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=10 April 2017}} He resumed his cobbled classics campaign at E3 Harelbeke, where he animated the race with an attack on the Taaienberg on his way to an eighth-place finish.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/e3-harelbeke-2017/results/ |title=Van Avermaet wins E3 Harelbeke|date=24 March 2017 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=10 April 2017}} He followed this up with a sixth place at Gent–Wevelgem, which he described as a satisfactory result, and a good indicator of form going into the cobbled Monuments.{{cite web |url=http://www.quickstepfloorscycling.com/en/news/detail/terpstra-comes-fourth-in-tough-gent-wevelgem/3085 |title=Terpstra comes fourth in tough Gent–Wevelgem |date=26 March 2017 |website={{UCI team code|EQS|2017}} |access-date=10 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411061204/http://www.quickstepfloorscycling.com/en/news/detail/terpstra-comes-fourth-in-tough-gent-wevelgem/3085 |archive-date=11 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}

At the Tour of Flanders, Boonen had an eventful race: he led the Quick-Step squad into the foot of the Muur van Geraardsbergen, where he helped to force a breakaway group alongside team leader and eventual race winner Philippe Gilbert, and played a key part in enabling the group to distance the bunch. However his own hopes of scoring a podium finish were scuppered by a mechanical problem on the Taaienberg, and he finished the race in 37th place.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/boonen-goes-out-in-style-at-final-tour-of-flanders/ |title=Boonen goes out in style at final Tour of Flanders|date=3 April 2017 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=10 April 2017}} He next raced at the Scheldeprijs, his last race in Belgium, which paid tribute to Boonen by starting in his hometown of Mol. He was part of the lead-out train which helped teammate Marcel Kittel take the win.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/boonen-feted-in-scheldeprijs-focused-on-paris-roubaix/ |title=Boonen feted in Scheldeprijs, focused on Paris–Roubaix |last=Decaluwé |first=Brecht |date=5 April 2017 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=10 April 2017}} At his final race, Paris–Roubaix, Boonen finished 13th: after being part of the lead group with 35 km to go, he encouraged teammate Zdeněk Štybar to follow an attack by Daniel Oss, eventually enabling the Czech rider to finish the race as runner-up to Greg Van Avermaet.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/boonen-calls-it-a-career-it-was-time/ |title=Boonen calls it a career: 'It was time' |last=Decaluwé |first=Brecht |date=10 April 2017 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=10 April 2017}}

In February 2018 it was announced that Boonen had joined forces with Quick Step's long-time Belgian rivals, {{UCI team code|LTS|2018}}, becoming a shareholder in the team and taking up the roles of technological adviser and ambassador for the team's Captains of Cycling supporters' programme, and linking up with his former agent Paul De Geyter, who had joined the squad as general manager in September 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tom-boonen-signs-on-as-advisor-with-lotto-soudal/ |title=Tom Boonen signs on as advisor with Lotto Soudal |author= |date=23 February 2018 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=2 March 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/lotto-soudal-recruit-tom-boonen-370345 |title=Lotto-Soudal recruit Tom Boonen as advisor for 2018 season |last=Robertshaw |first=Henry |date=22 February 2018 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=2 March 2018}}

In June 2017, Boonen was awarded his motor racing licence after passing the required tests.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/tom-boonen-starts-racing-time-car-334597 |title=Tom Boonen starts racing again… this time in a car |last=Cunningham |first=Craig |date=8 June 2017 |website=Cycling Weekly|access-date=2 March 2018}} The following month he made his car racing debut in the Volkswagen Beetle-based Fun Cup, competing in the 25 Hours of the VW Fun Cup at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps: he and team-mates Anthony Kumpen, Bert Longin and Ruben Van Gucht finished in 29th place out of 118 starters, 15 laps down on the winning team of Cédric Bollen, Fred Caprasse, Guillaume Mondron and Fred Bouvy.{{cite web |url=https://www.rtl.be/sport/tous-les-sports/auto-moto/vw-funcup-succes-de-bollen-caprasse-mondron-et-bouvy-dans-les-25-heures-boonen-29e-les-ickx-76es-934443.aspx |title=VW FunCup – Succès de Bollen, Caprasse, Mondron et Bouvy dans les 25 Heures, Boonen 29e, les Ickx 76es |author= |date=9 July 2017|website=rtl.be|language=fr |trans-title=VW FunCup – Success for Bollen, Caprasse, Mondron and Bouvy in the 25 Hours, Boonen 29th, Ickxes 76th|access-date=2 March 2018}}

Boonen made his full season racing debut in 2018, competing in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series for Braxx Racing in the Elite 2 class.{{cite web|title=Tom Boonen en Pedro Bonnet rijden NASCAR bij Braxx Racing|url=https://www.autosport.be/news/tom-boonen-en-pedro-bonnet-rijden-nascar-bij-braxx-racing.html|website=Autosport.be|access-date=17 February 2018}}{{cite web|title=Braxx Racing steps up its game|url=https://hometracks.nascar.com/2018/03/08/braxx-racing-steps-up-its-game/|website=hometracks.nascar.com|publisher=NASCAR Media Group, LLC.|date=8 March 2018|access-date=11 January 2020}} Boonen scored a Top-10 finish in the second race of the season at Valencia. He scored another Top-10 finish in the final race of the season at Zolder and finished 13th in the standings with two Top-10 finishes throughout the year.

For the 2019 season, he drove for Deldiche Racing in the Belcar championship. He escaped major injuries during a crash at Assen that year after he collided with Kenneth Heyer at high speed. Heyer's car was launched into the air and landed on top of Boonen's Norma M20-FC, narrowly missing Boonen's head by centimeters.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/tom-boonen-narrowly-escapes-injury-high-speed-racing-car-crash-440877|title=Tom Boonen narrowly escapes injury after high-speed racing car crash|last=Long|first=Jonny|date=21 October 2019|website=Cycling Weekly|access-date=11 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/article/2019/10/21/tom-boonen-lucky-escape-racing-car-crash|title=Tom Boonen 'lucky' to escape racing car crash|date=21 October 2019|website=Special Broadcasting Service|access-date=11 January 2020}} In addition to his Belcar campaign, he also initially signed a deal to compete part-time in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series with PK Carsport but the deal never materialized.{{cite web|title=PK-Carsport toont de nieuwe kleuren van de #11 Projob Chevrolet Camaro|url=https://dutchnascarfans.nl/whelen-euro/pk-carsport-toont-de-nieuwe-kleuren-van-de-11-projob-chevrolet-camaro/|website=dutchnascarfans.nl|date=3 April 2019|trans-title=PK-Carsport shows the new colors of the # 11 Projob Chevrolet Camaro|language=nl|access-date=4 April 2019}}

Boonen won the Group CN division of the 2019 GT & Prototype Challenge in a Norma M20 FC and again in 2021.

Boonen used to live in Balen, in the Flemish Region of Belgium until moving to Monaco in late 2005. He stayed there a few years until deciding to move back to Belgium in early 2012.{{cite news|title=Tom Booonen verhuist definitief van Monaco naar de Kempen|url=http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/4411/Tom-Boonen/article/detail/1376650/2012/01/11/Tom-Boonen-verhuist-definitief-van-Monaco-naar-de-Kempen.dhtml|access-date=1 April 2012|newspaper=Het Laatse Nieuws|date=11 January 2012|language=nl}} In 2015, his longtime girlfriend Lore gave birth to twin girls. He tweeted the news saying: "Our family has been extended with two little princesses. Valentine and Jacqueline both weigh 2.4 kg. The babies and mom are doing fine".{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebikecomesfirst.com/tom-boonen-becomes-father-of-twin-girls/|title = Tom Boonen becomes father of twin girls | the Bike Comes First| date=19 January 2015 }}

In 2016, Boonen paid back several million euros to the Belgian tax authorities for failing to declare his income while being a legal resident of Monaco. The investigators argued that Boonen spent most of his time in Belgium and was therefore required to pay taxes in accordance with Belgian tax law.{{cite web|title=Boonen pays two million Euros in Belgian tax case|date = 5 June 2013|access-date = 4 September 2016|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/boonen-pays-two-million-euros-in-belgian-tax-case/}}

Prior to his relationship with Lore, Boonen was in a relationship with Sophie van Vliet, daughter of the Amstel Gold Race Director Leo van Vliet. The relationship was notable owing to the fact Boonen was 27 years of age and Sophie was 16 at the time.{{cite web | url=https://www.standaard.be/nieuws/tom-boonen-verliefd-op-16-jarige-sophie/27440465.html | title=Tom Boonen verliefd op 16-jarige Sophie | date=5 December 2007 }}

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;1998

: 3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

;1999

: 6th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs

: 10th Ronde van Vlaanderen U23

;2000

: 1st Paris–Tours Espoirs

: 1st Grote Prijs Stad Geel

: 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

: 3rd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs

: 6th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux

::1st Stage 1

: 7th Nationale Sluitingsprijs

;2001

: 1st {{cjersey|belgium}} Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

: 1st Zellik–Galmaarden

: 1st Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig

: 1st Stage 4a Grand Prix Guillaume Tell

: 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23

: 2nd Circuit de Wallonie

: 3rd Grand Prix de Waregem

: 4th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs

: 6th Flèche Ardennaise

: 7th De Vlaamse Pijl

: 8th Ronde van Vlaanderen U23

: 9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

;2002 (1 pro win)

: 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya

: 1st Stage 2 Uniqa Classic

: 2nd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification

: 3rd Paris–Roubaix

: 6th Classic Haribo

: 6th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

: 6th Nationale Sluitingsprijs

: 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne

: 7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

: 7th Gent–Wevelgem

: 7th Schaal Sels

;2003 (1)

: Tour of Belgium

::1st {{cjersey|polkadot}} Mountains classification

::1st Stage 3

: 3rd Gent–Wevelgem

: 5th Omloop Het Volk

: 8th Overall Tour de Wallonie

;2004 (19)

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour de Picardie

::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification

::1st Stages 1 & 2

: 1st Gent–Wevelgem

: 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

: 1st Scheldeprijs

: 1st GP Rik Van Steenbergen

: Tour de France

::1st Stages 6 & 20

: Deutschland Tour

::1st Stages 2 & 7

: 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía

: 1st Stage 2 Tour of Belgium

: 1st Stage 3 Tour of Britain

: 2nd International Grand Prix Doha

: 3rd Overall Tour of Qatar

::1st {{cjersey|grey}} Points classification

::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification

::1st Stage 2

: 6th Overall Ster Elektrotoer

::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification

::1st Prologue & Stage 1

: 6th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

::1st Stages 3 & 4

: 6th Tour de Rijke

: 7th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Servais Knaven)

: 9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

: 9th Paris–Roubaix

;2005 (14)

: 1st {{cjersey|rainbow}} Road race, UCI Road World Championships

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour of Belgium

::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification

::1st Stages 1 & 2

: 1st Paris–Roubaix

: 1st Tour of Flanders

: 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

: Tour de France

::1st Stages 2 & 3

: Paris–Nice

::1st Stages 1 & 2

: 2nd International Grand Prix Doha

: 2nd Omloop Het Volk

: 4th Overall Tour of Qatar

::1st {{cjersey|grey}} Points classification

::1st Stages 1 & 2

: 4th Scheldeprijs

: 8th Milan–San Remo

: 10th Overall Tour de Picardie

::1st Stage 2

: 10th Grand Prix de Wallonie

;2006 (21)

: 1st {{cjersey|gold}} Overall Tour of Qatar

::1st {{cjersey|grey}} Points classification

::1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 5

: 1st Tour of Flanders

: 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

: 1st Scheldeprijs

: 1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal

: 1st International Grand Prix Doha

: Paris–Nice

::1st Stages 1, 2 & 4

: Eneco Tour

::1st Stages 1, 3 & 5

: 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Andalucía

: 1st Stage 1 Tour de Suisse

: 1st Stage 6 Tour of Britain

: 2nd Paris–Roubaix

: 2nd Paris–Brussels

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships

: 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

: 4th Overall Tour of Belgium

::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification

::1st Stages 2 & 3b

: 4th Milan–San Remo

: 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen

: 9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

: 10th Grand Prix de Wallonie

: 10th LuK Challenge Chrono (with Sébastien Rosseler)

: Tour de France

::Held {{cjersey|yellow}} after Stages 3–6

;2007 (11)

: 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

: 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

: 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen

: Tour de France

::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification

::1st Stages 6 & 12

: 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Andalucía

: 1st Stage 5 Tour of Belgium

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

: 2nd Overall Tour of Qatar

::1st {{cjersey|grey}} Points classification

::1st Stages 1 (TTT), 2, 3, 4 & 6

: 3rd Omloop Het Volk

: 3rd Milan–San Remo

: 6th Paris–Roubaix

;2008 (15)

: 1st {{cjersey|gold}} Overall Tour of Qatar

::1st {{cjersey|grey}} Points classification

::1st Stages 1 (TTT), 2, 3 & 6

: 1st Paris–Roubaix

: Vuelta a España

::1st Stages 3 & 16

: Eneco Tour

::1st Stages 1 & 4

: 1st Stage 2 Tour of California

: 1st Stage 5 Tour of Belgium

: 1st Stage 4 Ster Elektrotoer

: 1st Stage 7 Tour of Austria

: 1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie

: 1st Stage 1 Circuit Franco-Belge

: 2nd Scheldeprijs

: 2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs

: 4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

: 8th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

: 10th Paris–Tours

;2009 (7)

: 1st {{cjersey|belgium}} Road race, National Road Championships

: 1st {{cjersey|gold}} Overall Tour of Qatar

::1st Stage 3

: 1st Paris–Roubaix

: 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

: 1st Stage 3 Eneco Tour

: 2nd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

::1st Stage 3

: 2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

: 2nd Paris–Tours

: 3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen

: 4th Overall Ster Elektrotoer

: 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

;2010 (4)

: 1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico

: 1st Stage 5 Tour of Oman

: 2nd Milan–San Remo

: 2nd Tour of Flanders

: 2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

: 3rd Overall Tour of Qatar

::1st Stages 3 & 5

: 5th Paris–Roubaix

;2011 (2)

: 1st Gent–Wevelgem

: 1st Stage 1 Tour of Qatar

: 4th Tour of Flanders

: 9th Dwars door Vlaanderen

;2012 (13)

: 1st 15px Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

: 1st {{cjersey|belgium}} Road race, National Road Championships

: 1st {{cjersey|gold}} Overall Tour of Qatar

::1st {{cjersey|grey}} Points classification

::1st Stages 1 & 4

: 1st {{cjersey|turquoise}} Overall World Ports Classic

::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification

::1st Stage 1

: 1st Paris–Roubaix

: 1st Tour of Flanders

: 1st Gent–Wevelgem

: 1st E3 Harelbeke

: 1st Paris–Brussels

: 1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice

: 1st Stage 7 Tour de San Luis

: 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

: 3rd UCI World Tour

: 4th Vattenfall Cyclassics

;2013 (1)

: 1st Heistse Pijl

: 1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie

: 7th E3 Harelbeke

;2014 (5)

: 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

: 1st Heistse Pijl

: Tour of Belgium

::1st Stages 1 & 2

: 2nd Overall Tour of Qatar

::1st {{cjersey|grey}} Points classification

::1st Stages 2 & 4

: 3rd File:Bronze medal uci.svg Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships

: 5th Gent–Wevelgem

: 7th Tour of Flanders

: 10th Paris–Roubaix

;2015 (4)

: 1st Rund um Köln

: 1st Münsterland Giro

: Tour of Belgium

::1st {{cjersey|blue}} Points classification

::1st Stage 1

: 1st Stage 3 Eneco Tour

: 2nd File:Silver medal uci.svg Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

: 2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies

: 3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

: 3rd Brussels Cycling Classic

: 4th Vattenfall Cyclassics

: 4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

: 6th Road race, European Games

: 9th Overall Tour of Qatar

;2016 (3)

: 1st London–Surrey Classic

: 1st Brussels Cycling Classic

: 1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie

: 2nd Paris–Roubaix

: 2nd Ronde van Limburg

: 3rd File:Bronze medal uci.svg Road race, UCI Road World Championships

: 3rd Tour de l'Eurométropole

;2017 (1)

: 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a San Juan

: 6th Gent–Wevelgem

: 8th E3 Harelbeke

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• Most cobbled classics wins: 15 in 2005->2010, 2011 & 2012
• The only rider to win all 4 cobbled classics in one season: 2012
• Most Paris–Roubaix wins: 4 in 2005, 2008, 2009 & 2012 (record shared with Roger De Vlaeminck)
• Most Tour of Flanders wins: 3 in 2005, 2006, 2012 (shared record)
• Most Gent–Wevelgem wins: 3 in 2004, 2011 & 2012 (shared record)
• Most E3 Harelbeke wins: 5 in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2012
• Most Tour of Qatar wins: 4 in 2006, 2008, 2009 & 2012
• Most Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne wins: 3 in 2007, 2009 & 2014

• Crystal Bicycle – Best Young Rider: 2001{{cite web|title=Erelijst en volledige uitslagen Kristallen Fiets|url=https://www.hln.be/kristallen-fiets/erelijst-en-volledige-uitslagen-kristallen-fiets~a7e0dd34/}}
• Crystal Bicycle – Best Professional Cyclist: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012{{cite web|title=Boonen wint Kristallen Fiets|url=https://www.sport.be/nl/article.html?Article_ID=617757}}
• RTBF Sprint d'Or: 2004, 2005, 2006{{cite web |title=Tom Boonen wint Sprint d'Or 2006 |work=Het Nieuwsblad |date=15 December 2006 |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf16122006_039}}
• Belgian National Sports Merit Award: 2005{{cite web|title=Tom Boonen krijgt Nationale Trofee voor Sportverdienste|work=Het Nieuwsblad |date=16 November 2005 |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf17112005_020}}
• Belgian Sportsman of the year: 2005, 2007, 2012{{cite web|title=Tom Boonen sluit topjaar af als Sportman van het Jaar|work=Het Nieuwsblad |date=16 December 2012 |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20121216_053}}
• Belgian Sports Personality of the Year: 2005{{cite web|title=Tom Boonen uitgeroepen tot persoonlijkheid van 2005|date=17 December 2005 |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/b291108051218}}
• Flandrien of the Year: 2004, 2005, 2012{{cite web|title=Tom Boonen wint de Flandrien 2012|date=2 October 2012 |url=https://sporza.be/nl/2012/10/02/tom-boonen-wint-de-flandrien-2012-1-1445497/}}
• Vlaamse Reus: 2005{{cite web|title=Vlaamse Reus voor Boonen|work=Het Nieuwsblad |date=2 December 2005 |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/gqrl5166}}
• Vélo d'Or Mondial: 2005,{{cite web|title=Another award for Boonen|date=3 December 2005 |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/another-award-for-boonen/}} Runner-up: 2012{{cite web|title=Vélo d'Or voor Wiggins, Boonen tweede|url=https://www.sport.be/nl/article.html?Article_ID=613979}}
• Cyclingnews.com Best Cyclist of the Year: 2005{{cite web|title=Boonen laat Armstrong in verkiezing weer achter zich|work=Het Nieuwsblad |date=2 January 2006 |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf03012006_049}}
• Swiss Mendrisio d'Or: 2005
• La Gazzetta dello Sport Cycling Oscar: 2005{{cite web|title=Boonen reçoit l'Oscar du cyclisme|url=https://www.lalibre.be/2005/12/29/boonen-recoit-loscar-du-cyclisme-CUPTID2TBJEVFDHIILMIO2RD7Y/}}
• International Herald Tribune Cyclist of the Year: 2005
• Honorary Citizen of Balen: 2006{{Cite web |date=22 August 2006 |title=Boonen boven in Balen {{!}} De Morgen |url=https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/boonen-boven-in-balen~bc681b3f/ |website=De Morgen}}
• VeloNews Classics Rider of the Year: 2012{{cite web |title=Velo International Classics Rider of the Year: Tom Boonen |date=13 December 2012 |url=https://www.velonews.com/news/velo-international-classics-rider-of-the-year-tom-boonen/}}
• Sculpture on Taaienberg, Maarkedal: 2023{{Cite web |date=20 January 2023 |title=Tom Boonen krijgt op iconische helling kunstwerk van... zijn benen: "Heb drie uur op één been moeten staan. Dat was geen lachertje" |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20230120_93985608 |website=Het Nieuwsblad |language=nl}}
• UCI Top 100 of All Time: 5,130 points

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by fastest qualifying time (in Race 1) or by previous race's fastest lap (in Race 2). Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained.

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