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Revision as of 10:20, 1 September 2008

Lars Boom
Personal information
Full nameLars Boom
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current teamRabobank
DisciplineCyclo-cross
road
RoleRider
Rider typeCyclo-cross
time trialist
Major wins
Template:FlagiconUCI 2008 World Cyclo-Cross Championships
Template:FlagiconUCI 2007 World U23 Cyclo-Cross Championships
Template:FlagiconUCI 2007 World U23 Time-Trial Championships
Template:FlagiconUCI 2003 World Junior Cyclo-Cross Championships

Europe U23 Cyclo-cross Champion (2004/05)
Netherlands U23 Cyclo-cross Champion (2004/05), (2005/06)
Netherlands 2007 U23 Time trial Champion
Netherlands Elite Cyclo-cross Champion (2006/07), (2007/08)
Netherlands Elite Road Champion (2008)

Netherlands Elite Time Trial Champion (2008)

Lars Boom (born 30 December, 1985) is a professional cyclo-cross and road racing cyclist who was born in Vlijmen (Noord-Brabant) in the Netherlands. Boom rides for the Rabobank continental cycling team. Boom is the current World Champion in this discpline. He has also been the Dutch national cyclo-cross champion in his discipline since 2001 - being the Dutch Junior Cyclo-Cross champion from 2002 to 2003, Under 23 National Champion from 2004 to 2006.

Early wins

During the 2005-2006 cyclo-cross season, Boom who just turned 20 years of age, scored several wins including a win ahead of Sven Nys in the Grand Prix Sven Nys[1] as well as the win in the Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Overijse after Bart Wellens was disqualified for having kicked a spectator.[2] Boom was beaten by Zdenek Stybar in a sprint for the Under 23 World Championships[3] but returned a year later to dominate the race and to win the Under 23 World Champion jersey.[4]

Elite championship wins

For the 2006-2007 season, Boom asked and received special dispensation to ride the Dutch Elite Cyclo Cross championships and became Champion of the Netherlands.[5] In addition to Boom's successes in cyclo-cross, he has achieved success on the road and has won several stage races such as the Tour de Bretagne Cycliste.[6] In September 2007, Boom became Under 23 World Time Trial champion beating Russian Mikhail Ignatiev.[7] In November 2007, Boom won the Gerrit Schulte Trophy as the Dutch cyclist of the year for his two World Championship wins.[8] In the 2007-2008 Cyclo-cross season, Boom won a World Cup event in Pijnacker, a Gazet van Antwerpen event in Loenhout and then became Dutch Elite National cyclo-cross champion for the second time. After that, he also won the World Cup races in Lievin and Hoogerheide. He went into the world championships in Treviso 2008 as big favourite and didn't fail, he won the race and became the second rider after Radomír Šimůnek to win the world title in all categories (Junior, Espoir and Elite).

2008 season

During the 2008 road season, Boom continued his progression on the road despite a successful cyclocross season. On his third day of racing on the road, he won the third stage of the Tour de Bretagne cycliste in Fréhel.[9] Boom also won the sixth stage time trial.[10] Boom then dominated the oldest stage race in the Netherlands - the Olympia's Tour.[11] After competing in two stage races in Spain in which he won the first and won three stages in the second, Boom returned to the Netherlands where he won the Dutch national championships for elite riders.[12] [13]

Career highlights

Lars Boom (centre) celebrates his 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships u23s win.
Lars Boom
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
Road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Stuttgart Men's U23 Time Trial
Cyclo-cross
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Monopoli Men's Junior Cyclo-cross
Silver medal – second place 2006 Zeddam Men's U23 Cyclo-cross
Gold medal – first place 2007 Hooglede Men's U23 Cyclo-cross
Gold medal – first place 2008 Treviso Men's Elite Cyclo-cross
2001
1st in Netherlands Dutch National Cyclo-cross Championships, juniors
2002
1st in Netherlands Dutch National Cyclo-cross Championships, juniors
2003
1st in Netherlands Dutch National Cyclo-cross Championships, juniors
1st in Template:FlagiconUCI Cyclo-cross World championships, juniors
2004
1st in Netherlands Dutch National Cyclo-cross Championships, u23s
3rd in overall rankings Circuit de Mines
1st in 2nd stage Triptyque Ardennais
1st in Cyclo-cross Ruddervoorde, u23s
1st in European Cyclo-cross championships, u23s
2005
1st in Netherlands Dutch National Cyclo-cross Championships, u23s
2nd in overall rankings Hessen Rundfahrt
1st in overall rankings Triptyque des Barrages, u23s
1st in 2nd stage Tour de la Somme
1st in Cyclo-cross Amersfoort
1st in Cyclo-cross Veldhoven
1st in Cyclo-cross Overijse
2006
1st in Grand Prix Sven Nys
1st in Netherlands Dutch National Cyclo-cross Championships, u23s
1st in Grand Prix Adrie van der Poel, u23s
2nd in Cyclo-cross World championships, u23s
1st in 3rd stage Volta ao Distrito de Santarem
1st in overall rankings Volta ao Distrito de Santarem
3rd in overall rankings Ronde van Midden-Brabant
1st in overall rankings Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux, u23s
2nd in Dutch national road time trial championships, u23s
2007
2nd in Grand Prix Sven Nys
1st in Netherlands Dutch National Cyclo-cross Championships
1st in Grand Prix Adrie van der Poel, u23s
1st in Template:FlagiconUCI UCI Cyclo-cross World Championchips, u23s
1st in Omloop der Kempen (1.2)
1st in Template:FlagiconUCI UCI Road World Championships Time Trial, u23s
1st in UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup # 3 Veldrit Pijnacker
1st in GVA Trophy cross #5 Azencross in Loenhout
1st prologue & 2 stages, Olympia's Tour
1st prologue, 1 stage & overall Tour de Bretagne Cycliste
1st prologue Tour de Normandie
3rd on stage 4 & overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
2008
Template:FlagiconUCI World Cyclo-Cross Champion
1st in Netherlands Dutch National Cyclo-cross Championships
1st, World Cup-races in Liévin & Hoogerheide
1st, stage 3 & stage 6 Tour de Bretagne Cycliste
1st Overall, Stages 7 & 8, Olympia's Tour
1st Overall, Stage 5, Volta a Lleida
1st in stage 1, 5a and 7 Circuito Montañés
1st in Netherlands Dutch National Road Race Championship
1st, stage 4 Vuelta Ciclista a León
1st in Netherlands Dutch National Time Trial Championship

References

  1. ^ "Results 7th Grote Prijs Sven Nys". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  2. ^ "Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Overijse Belgium Results". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  3. ^ "Stybar wins cat and mouse Espoir race". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  4. ^ "Dutch elite champion easily beats U23 field". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  5. ^ "Boom booms in cyclo-cross". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  6. ^ "Boasson Hagen and Boom share the honours". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  7. ^ "Holland's Boom takes Under 23 title after two-man fight". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  8. ^ "Boom: Dutch cyclist of the year". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  9. ^ "He's back! Like a Boomerang". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  10. ^ "It's Boom again and Poilvet stays on top". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  11. ^ "Olympia's Tour 2008 for Lars". Lars Boom.nl. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  12. ^ "Lars Boom pakt ook nationale titel op de weg (dutch)". Elsevier.nl. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
  13. ^ "Lars Lars Boom Nederlands wielerkampioen (dutch)". Gelderlander.nl. Retrieved 2008-07-03.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by World cyclo-cross champion
2008
Succeeded by
Incumbent