Tom Boonen
![Boonen at the [[2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad]]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Gent_-_Omloop_Het_Nieuwsblad%2C_28_februari_2015_%28E04%29.JPG)
Tom Boonen (; born 15 October 1980) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2017 for the and 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.
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