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BRUSSELS, Aug 12, 2012 - Dutch rider Lars Boom of the Rabobank team emerged as the winner of the Eneco Tour of the Low Countries after Sunday's seventh and final stage. Boom overhauled a four-second deficit at the start of the day on leader Svein Tuft of Canada to seal the overall victory by finishing second behind Italy's Alessandro Ballan of BMC in the final stage to Geraardsbergen … [Read more...]
LONDON, Sept 18, 2011 (AFP) - Holland's Lars Boom held his nerve to win the Tour of Britain in the final stage in London on Sunday. Boom, riding for the Rabobank team, landed the general classification title, while Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) won the final stage and Steve Cummings (Team Sky) finished in second place overall. Boom took second place in stage 8a, the individual time … [Read more...]
Lars Boom of the Netherlands tightened his grip on the Tour of Britain on Friday after winning the sixth stage to increase his overall lead in the standings. The Rabobank rider came home ahead of France's Alexandre Pichot and Germany's Leopold Koenig in a sprint finish after a demanding 146-kilometre stage from Taunton to Wells. It was the second stage win of the race for Boom, who … [Read more...]
LONDON, Sept 15, 2011 - Australia's Mark Renshaw stepped out of the shadow of HTC-Highroad teammmate Mark Cavendish to win the fifth stage of the Tour of Britain on Thursday. Dutchman Lars Boom, of Rabobank, retained the race leader's jersey after an aggressive 180 km race from Exeter to Exmouth in south-west England. Despite being a sprinter in his own right Renshaw has spent the past … [Read more...]
Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, Sept 13, 2011 (AFP) - The Tour of Britain resumed Tuesday after its unscheduled day off with Lars Boom winning the third stage and taking the leader's gold jersey from Mark Cavendish. Monday's second stage from Kendal to Blackpool was called off for safety reasons due to high winds in the north west of the country. The peloton was back in business for this … [Read more...]
LOURDES, France, July 15, 2011 (AFP) - RadioShack's Tour de France hopes suffered a huge blow on the second day in the high mountains when Andreas Kloden pulled out during Friday's 13th stage. RadioShack, the last professional team of Lance Armstrong, were left reeling after a dramatic first week when Janez Brajkovic and Chris Horner both left the race due to injuries. Kloden, who … [Read more...]
SAINT-JEAN-DE-MAURIENNE, France, June 5, 2011 (AFP) - Flying Dutchman Lars Boom powered to the overall lead of the Criterium du Dauphine stage race after dominating his rivals in the opening prologue held over 5.4 km here Sunday. Former cyclo-cross champion Boom, who rides for Rabobank, completed the race against the clock in a time of 6min 18sec to keep Astana veteran Alexandre Vinokourov of … [Read more...]
Boom beats Cancellara to Qatar prologue win DOHA - Dutchman Lars Boom of the Rabobank team deprived Olympic time-trial champion Fabian Cancellara of his first victory in 2011 when he won the opening prologue of the Tour of Qatar on Sunday. Boom, 25, clocked a time of 3min 07sec for the 2.5km course to leave Cancellara, racing for his new Leopard-Trek team, in second at 4sec adrift. … [Read more...]
LIMOGES, March 9, 2010 (AFP) - French cyclist William Bonnet recorded his first major stage race success here on Tuesday when he won the second stage of the Paris-Nice race, a 201 kilometres ride from Contres. Dutchman Lars Boom held on to the yellow jersey. Bonnet, 27, beat Slovakia's Peter Sagan and Spain's Luis Leon Sanchez in a sprint finish. "This is my first big win, I've … [Read more...]
New Zealand cyclist Greg Henderson won the first stage of the Paris-Nice race on Monday for the British-based Team Sky. The 33-year-old, a gold medal winner at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, beat Slovenia's Grega Bole in a sprint finish to clinch first place. "This year I picked up Sky's first victory (the Criterium before the Tour Down Under), but it's great to win this … [Read more...]