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• Boonen Still Golden As Cavendish Wins Fifth Stage In Qatar
  February 9th, 2012
  

  AL KHOR, Qatar, Feb 9, 2012 (AFP) – Belgium’s Tom Boonen, riding for Omega Pharma-Quick Step, retained the race leader’s gold jersey after Thursday’s fifth and penultimate stage of the [...]

• Boonen Stronger Than The Wind In Tour of Qatar
  February 8th, 2012
  

  Today the long awaited wind smiled on the Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team. In the desert of Qatar Tom Boonen clinched a second success after his victory in the [...]

• Tom Boonen Wins Stage One In Tour of Qatar
  February 5th, 2012
  

  Doha, Feb 5, 2012 (AFP) – Tom Boonen of Belgium won the first, 133.5 kilometer stage of the Tour of Qatar here on Sunday, sprinting home ahead of Britain’s Adam [...]

• Tour de San Luis – Tom Boonen wins the stage on the day that crowns Leipheimer
  January 30th, 2012
  

  The 6th edition of the Tour de San Luis has ended the way it started for the Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team; that is, with a splendid victory. After [...]

• Boonen Fired Up To Silence The Critics
  January 14th, 2012
  

  VILVORDE, Belgium, Jan 14, 2012 (AFP) – Belgian sprinter Tom Boonen has said that the London Olympics will give him the chance to prove that at 31 he can still [...]

• End of the Season for Tom Boonen
  September 12th, 2011
  

  12-Sep-2011: Tom Boonen will not participate in the upcoming World Championships in Copenhagen and will have to conclude his 2011 season in advance. This afternoon the champion from Quick-Step Cycling [...]

• No Boonen As Gilbert Leads Belgian World Championship Bid
  September 12th, 2011
  

  BRUSSELS, Sept 12, 2011 (AFP) – World number one Philippe Gilbert will spearhead Belgium’s hopes of winning cycling’s coveted rainbow jersey at the world road race championships later this month, [...]

• Tom Boonen Has Fractured Hand
  September 6th, 2011
  

  Tom Boonen Injury Update 06-Sep-2011: Tom Boonen underwent further tests earlier this morning at the Herentals clinic in Belgium. Tests confirmed a lateral fracture of his left hand’s scaphoid. Due [...]

• Boonen To Race In Tour of Poland
  July 18th, 2011
  

  PARIS, July 18, 2011 (AFP) – Belgian rider Tom Boonen, who dropped out of the Tour de France on the seventh stage after an earlier crash, is to return to [...]

• Tour de Crash Fest, More Yellow Jersey Men Crash Out
  July 10th, 2011
  

  saint-flour, France, July 10, 2011 (AFP) – Belgian yellow jersey contender Jurgen van den Broeck crashed out of the Tour de France Sunday due to injuries suffered in a mass [...]

• Boonen Limps Out Of Tour de France
  July 8th, 2011
  

  Belgium’s 2005 world road race champion Tom Boonen, injured after crashing on Wednesday, quit the Tour de France during Friday’s seventh stage. The 30-year-old was one of five Quick Step [...]

• Chavanel, Boonen Lead Quick Step Woes On Tour
  July 7th, 2011
  

  LISIEUX, France, July 7, 2011 (AFP) – French champion Sylvain Chavanel admitted he came close to abandoning the Tour de France on Thursday due to the pain of injuries suffered [...]

• Lefevere Demoralised As Quick Step Hit Hard By Crashes
  July 6th, 2011
  

  CAP FREHEL, France, July 6, 2011 (AFP) – Quick Step manager Patrick Lefevere looked a broken man as the Tour de France fifth stage took a heavy toll on his [...]

• Rojas Loses Green Jersey To Gilbert
  July 6th, 2011
  

  CAP FREHEL, France, July 6, 2011 (AFP) – Spain’s Jose Joaquin Rojas lost possession of the Tour de France green jersey after blocking Mark Cavendish on the midway sprint of [...]

• French Police Seize Quick Step Bus
  July 1st, 2011
  

  LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, France, July 1, 2011 (AFP) – French police have seized a bus belonging to leading Tour de France team Quick Step and taken it away to be searched [...]

• Boonen Extends Contract With Quick Step For Two More Years
  June 22nd, 2011
  

  Belgium’s 2005 world road race champion Tom Boonen extended his contract with the Quick Step team for another two seasons on Wednesday, the Belgian outfit announced. The 30-year-old – also [...]

• Quick Step Aiming For More Tour de France Stage Wins
  June 21st, 2011
  

  PARIS, June 21, 2011 (AFP) – Belgian team Quick Step will be looking to Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel and Belgian ace sprinter Tom Boonen to deliver them stage wins in this [...]

• Roubaix Cobbles Knock Wind Out Of Quick Step
  April 10th, 2011
  

  Written by: Simon Valmary ROUBAIX, France, April 10, 2011 – Quick Step, the Belgian outfit used to playing a leading role in the ‘Queen of the Classics’, were counting the [...]

• Van Summeren Stuns Paris-Roubaix Favourites
  April 10th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis ROUBAIX, France, April 10, 2011 – Belgian Johan Van Summeren upstaged a host of race favorites to claim the biggest win of his career at a [...]

• ‘Tornado’ Tom looking for Roubaix redemption
  April 9th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis PARIS, April 8, 2011 – Another thrilling chapter in cycling’s hardest one-day classic will be played out Sunday when Belgian Tom Boonen puts his pedigree up [...]

• Boonen Looking At The Flanders Hurdle Named Cancellara
  April 2nd, 2011
  

  For most of the peloton heading into the Tour of Flanders one-day classic this Sunday, surviving the cobbles and ‘bergs’ and rallying the finish in Merbeke in one piece will [...]

• Tom Boonen wins Gent-Wevelgem
  March 27th, 2011
  

  Thanks to a wonderful sprint Tom Boonen won the Gent-Wevelgem race for the second time in his career today, following his first success here in 2004 that started the legend [...]

• Quick-Step Cycling Team to Batibouw
  February 28th, 2011
  

  Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 1st, members of the Quick-Step Cycling Team will be guests at the Quick-Step stand at the Batibouw trade show. Led by Tom Boonen and Gert Steegmans, all [...]

• Haussler Wins Second Straight Stage In Qatar
  February 9th, 2011
  

  MESAIEED, Qatar, Feb 9, 2011 – Australian Heinrich Haussler won the third stage of the Tour of Qatar Wednesday to take the race leader’s jersey from Belgium’s former three-time winner [...]

• Boonen Takes Stage 1 At Tour of Qatar
  February 7th, 2011
  

  DOHA – Belgian Tom Boonen, riding for the Quick Step team, won the first stage of the Tour of Qatar on Monday, heading home a sprint finish ahead of Australian [...]

• Tour of Qatar – Boonen and Cavendish Headliners
  February 5th, 2011
  

  DOHA – Belgian Tom Boonen and Briton Mark Cavendish are among the headliners at the 10th Tour of Qatar which starts Sunday in Doha and promises, with its flat course [...]

• Team Quick Step Ready For Qatar
  February 3rd, 2011
  

  Everything’s ready for team QUICK STEP’s journey to Qatar. The riders led by Sports Director Wilfried Peeters will leave for the Middle East from Brussels today in the afternoon. Once [...]

• Quick Step Team For 2011
  January 21st, 2011
  

  COURTRAI, Belgium – Belgian outfit Quick Step’s team announced here Friday for the 2011 season: Tom Boonen (BEL), Dario Cataldo (ITA), Sylvain Chavanel (FRA), Dries Devenyns (BEL), Kevin De Weert [...]

• Tom Boonen’s Comeback To Competition At Circuit Franco-Belge
  September 30th, 2010
  

  September 29th, 2010 – The Circuit Franco-Belge, from September 30 to October 3, 2010 will mark Tom Boonen’s comeback to competitions after a long absence. The QUICK STEP rider has [...]

• Boonen Undergoes Operation On Injured Knee
  July 15th, 2010
  

  Belgian rider Tom Boonen on Thursday underwent an operation on his injured knee that had ruled him out of the ongoing Tour de France. His Quickstep team said the Belgian [...]

• Reda In, As Boonen Is Out
  June 29th, 2010
  

  June 29th, 2010 – Team QUICK STEP has announced that the Italian Francesco Reda will be the ninth rider on the team participating in this year’s Tour de France. Francesco [...]

• Boonen Out Of National Championships and Tour de France
  June 25th, 2010
  

  25th June 2010 – Bad news for Team QUICK STEP. Because of a patellar tendinitis on his left knee, Tom Boonen will not take part in next Sunday’s National Championship [...]

• Boonen To Lead Quick Step Team At Tour de France
  June 23rd, 2010
  

  On Saturday, 3rd July the 2010 Tour De France will start in Rotterdam from Nederland with an 8 kilometre prologue time-trial. QUICK STEP Team technical staff have announced the names [...]

• Crash Mars Petacchi Stage Win In Switzerland
  June 15th, 2010
  

  WETTINGEN, Switzerland, June 15, 2010 – Italian rider Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) came through to win the 192km fourth stage of the Tour of Switzerland here on Tuesday, although a mass [...]

• Peerless Cancellara Completes Rare Classic Double
  April 11th, 2010
  

  by Justin Davis Olympic time-trial champion Fabian Cancellara powered to his second one-day classic victory in a week, winning Paris-Roubaix Sunday with another humbling of Belgian rival Tom Boonen. For [...]

• Boonen Angry With Roubaix Quitters
  April 11th, 2010
  

  by Justin Davis Belgium’s Tom Boonen hit out at the quitters who helped end his dreams of a record-equaling fourth title at the grueling Paris-Roubaix one-day classic won by Fabian [...]

• Fabian Cancellara Wins An Unforgettable Paris-Roubaix
  April 11th, 2010
  

  Team Saxo Bank’s Fabian Cancellara crushed everyone in today’s Paris-Roubaix and secured Team Saxo Bank The Double. The queen of the classics was however invaded by 19 riders after 60 [...]

• Cancellara Tipped For Rare Flanders-Roubaix Double
  April 10th, 2010
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, April 9, 2010 (AFP) – Cycling enthusiasts who fancy a wager at decent odds on this weekend’s Paris-Roubaix one-day classic would do well to steer clear [...]

• Boonen Looks Ahead As ‘Spartacus’ Bags Flanders
  April 4th, 2010
  

  Belgian cycling ace Tom Boonen was already looking ahead to next week’s ‘Hell of the North’ at Paris-Roubaix — as he digested his runner-up place at the Tour of Flanders. [...]

• Tour of Flanders Quotes
  April 4th, 2010
  

  MEERBEKE (Belgium), April 4, 2010 (AFP) – Fabian Cancellara (SUI / Saxo Bank), Winner: “I was not planning to attack the wall of Grammont although it is a place of [...]

• Defiant Boonen Has Another Flanders In His Sights
  April 3rd, 2010
  

  PARIS, April 2, 2010 (AFP) – Two-time winner Tom Boonen has broken with one of his annual traditions as he bids Sunday to join an elite club of three-time Tour [...]

• Cancellara & Boonen Looking To Top Step At Flanders
  April 2nd, 2010
  

  BRUGES (Belgium), April 2, 2010 (AFP) – Cycling returns to its deepest roots on Sunday in the Tour of Flanders, and two stars of the pro peloton, Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara [...]

• For Boonen, Cancellara is “the man to beat” At Tour of Flanders
  March 31st, 2010
  

  Belgian Tom Boonen who aims for a third victory Sunday in the Tour of Flanders after his success 2005 and 2006, said Wednesday night that Fabian Cancellara is “the man [...]

• Boonen Looks To Cobbled Classics
  March 21st, 2010
  

  PARIS, March 21, 2010 (AFP) – Belgium’s one-day race king Tom Boonen has pledged to get back to winning ways on his beloved cobbled classics following a heartening second place [...]

• Cavendish Keeps Milan-SanRemo Favourites Guessing
  March 19th, 2010
  

  Britain’s Mark Cavendish is maintaining hopes of pulling off a rare double by winning the gruelling Milan-SanRemo when it opens the one-day classics season on Saturday. However more than one [...]

• Boonen Wins Tirreno-Adriatico Second Stage
  March 11th, 2010
  

  Belgian Tom Boonen of Quick Step won the second stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Thursday after a 165-kilometre ride from Rosignano to Montecatini Terme. Boonen saw off German Paul Martens [...]

• Boonen With Stage 5 At Tour of Oman
  February 18th, 2010
  

  After his two stage wins at the Tour of Qatar, Tom Boonen won the fifth stage in the Tour of Oman today. Boonen won the stage in a bunch sprint [...]

• Mol Wins Tour of Qatar
  February 12th, 2010
  

  DOHA, Qatar, Feb 12, 2010 (AFP) – Dutchman Wouter Mol won the Tour of Qatar cycling race on Friday after the sixth and final stage was claimed by Italian Francesco [...]

• Boonen Strikes Twice At Tour of Qatar
  February 11th, 2010
  

  Belgian Tom Boonen won the fifth stage of the Tour of Qatar cycle race on Thursday, while Dutchman Wouter Mol held on to the leader’s yellow jersey. It was the [...]

• Gerald Ciolek Breaks Collarbone In Qatar Crash
  February 9th, 2010
  

  Roger Kluge defends white jersey at the Tour of Qatar Dortmund, 9. February 2010. Gerald Ciolek crashed heavily during the mass sprint finish of the third stage of the Tour [...]

• Boonen Takes Third Stage of Tour of Qatar
  February 9th, 2010
  

  DOHA, Feb 9, 2010 (AFP) – Defending champion Tom Boonen of Belgium sprinted to victory in the third stage of the Tour of Qatar on Tuesday, while Dutchman Wouter Mol [...]

• Philippe Gilbert Wins Paris-Tours – Again
  October 11th, 2009
  

  TOURS, France, Oct 11, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian Philippe Gilbert, riding for Silence, on Sunday won the Paris-Tours semi classic race over 230km for the second straight year. Gilbert saw [...]

• Boonen Wins Third Stage Of Franco-Belge
  October 4th, 2009
  

  ICHTEGEM, Belgium, Oct 2, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian rider Tom Boonen of the Quick Step team won the third stage of the Franco-Belge stage race on Saturday in a sprint [...]

• Farrar Opens Up Franco-Belge With Sprint Win
  October 1st, 2009
  

  MOUSCRON, Belgium, Oct 1, 2009 (AFP) – American Tyler Farrar continued his successful end of season by beating sprint rivals Danilo Napolitano and Tom Boonen to win the first stage [...]

• Valverde Facing Tough Road To Rainbow Jersey Win
  September 26th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis MENDRISIO, Sept 26, 2009 (AFP) – Alejandro Valverde will find out on Sunday whether his recent Tour of Spain triumph costs him the chance to finally be [...]

• Gilbert Heads Up Belgian World Champs Team
  September 15th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, Sept 14, 2009 (AFP) – Philippe Gilbert will lead the Belgian cycling team at the upcoming world road race championships it was announced by coach Carlo Bomans on Monday. [...]

• Boonen To Pay Fine And Cocaine Charges Dropped
  August 26th, 2009
  

  Top Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen has been told that all criminal charges relating to his use of cocaine will be dropped if he pays a 1000 euro fine, the public [...]

• Davis Given Chance To Make Amends On Tour of Spain
  August 25th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Aug 25, 2009 (AFP) – Australia’s Allan Davis will have the chance to make amends for missing the Tour de France in July after he was named in Quick [...]

• Farrar Retains Lead As Boonen Wins Stage Three Of Eneco Tour
  August 21st, 2009
  

  HASSELT, Belgium, Aug 21, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian Tom Boonen, riding for Quick Step, won the third stage of the Eneco Tour at Hasselt on Friday, seeing off overall leader [...]

• Chavanel Powers To Eneco Tour Prologue Win
  August 18th, 2009
  

  ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug 18, 2009 (AFP) – French rider Sylvain Chavanel of the Quick Step team took the leader’s jersey after winning the prologue of the seven-stage Eneco Tour ProTour [...]

• Sickness Forces Boonen Out Of Tour
  July 19th, 2009
  

  Belgian rider Tom Boonen has withdrawn from the Tour de France ahead of the 15th stage because of sickness, his Quick Step team said on Sunday. The Paris-Roubaix champion vomitted [...]

• Boonen Desperate To Challenge Cavendish
  July 15th, 2009
  

  Belgium’s Tom Boonen admitted he is desperate to step out of the shadow of rival Mark Cavendish after the Briton continued to dominate the Tour de France bunch sprints on [...]

• Rogers, Boonen, and Sastre Get Caught Up In The Stage Six Crashes
  July 9th, 2009
  

  Australian Michael Rogers was among the big name riders who crashed on the rain-hit sixth stage of the Tour de France on Thursday. Rogers, riding for the Columbia team, appeared [...]

• Columbia’s Breakaway Surprised Us All, Admits Boonen
  July 6th, 2009
  

  LA GRANDE MOTTE, France, July 6, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian sprint specialist Tom Boonen admitted he was impressed by the speed of Columbia’s breakaway 30km before the finish line of [...]

• Caution Before Glory For Sprinter Boonen
  July 5th, 2009
  

  BRIGNOLES, France, July 5, 2009 (AFP) – Belgium’s Tom Boonen said Sunday he was more concerned about staying on his bike than sprinting for victory after a crash just before [...]

• Tour Stress Takes Toll On Sickly Boonen
  July 4th, 2009
  

  MONACO, July 4, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian sprinter Tom Boonen, who was only given the green light to ride in Saturday’s opening stage of the Tour de France the day [...]

• Boonen Gets Shock 11th Hour Tour Reprieve
  July 3rd, 2009
  

  MONACO, July 3, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian cycling star Tom Boonen has been granted a shock eleventh hour reprieve to compete in the Tour de France which starts here Saturday, [...]

• Tom Boonen Will Find His Tour Destiny On Friday
  July 2nd, 2009
  

  Tom Boonen will find out on Friday whether he has been granted a last minute reprieve to compete in the Tour de France which starts in Monaco on Saturday. The [...]

• French Courts Ears Are Closed In Boonen Case
  June 30th, 2009
  

  Tom Boonen’s attempt to overturn the ban on him competing in the 2009 Tour de France next month has hit another big hurdle with the decision by a French court [...]

• Boonen Claims Belgian Road Title
  June 28th, 2009
  

  AYWAILLE, Belgium, June 28, 2009 (AFP) – Quick Step rider Tom Boonen became Belgian road cycling champion here on Sunday after defeating Philippe Gilbert and Kristoff Goddart in a sprint [...]

• Boonen To Face No Criminal Charges Over Cocaine Use
  June 20th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, June 20, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian cycling star Tom Boonen has escaped the threat of criminal charges from a first positive test for cocaine, in May 2008, despite a [...]

• Boonen And Team To Take Legal Route Over Tour de France Ban
  June 19th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, June 19, 2009 (AFP) – Ace Belgian sprinter Tom Boonen and his Quick Step team are to contest his ban from the Tour de France by the race organizers [...]

• Boonen Banned From Tour, But UCI Takes No Action
  June 18th, 2009
  

  PARIS, June 18, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian cycling star Tom Boonen has been banned from competing in the Tour de France following his positive drug test for cocaine, organizers ASO [...]

• Boonen “Didn’t Ingest Cocaine” – Experts Say
  June 18th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, June 18, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian star Tom Boonen seemingly did not ingest cocaine, the substance for which he tested positive six weeks ago for the second time in [...]

• Tom Boonen To Be Given A Chance To Race At Tour de France
  June 10th, 2009
  

  PARIS, June 10, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian star Tom Boonen has been given a chance to compete in next month’s Tour de France despite a recent, second positive test for [...]

• Markus Zberg Takes Impressive 2nd In Dauphiné Sprint Finish
  June 8th, 2009
  

  In another satisfying day for the BMC Racing Team, Markus Zberg earned second place on the stage in an exciting sprint finish. Missing out on the victory only by a [...]

• Boonen Still Hopeful Of Racing In Tour de France
  June 2nd, 2009
  

  GULLEGEM, Belgium, June 2, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen still hopes to ride in the Tour de France in July, contradicting officials who said he would not race [...]

• Boonen Could Still Make Tour de France, Says UCI’s Pat McQuaid
  May 27th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, May 27, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian rider Tom Boonen could still take part in the Tour de France despite his recent positive test for cocaine, according to Pat McQuaid, [...]

• Belgians Blast The UCI Decision To Sanction Tom Boonen Over Cocaine
  May 14th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, May 14, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian cycling federation president Laurent De Backer has hit out at the president of world cycling, Pat McQuaid, following the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) [...]

• No Mr. Boonen At Tour de France, So Says Organizers
  May 12th, 2009
  

  SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA, Italy, May 12, 2009 (AFP) – Embattled cycling star Tom Boonen could face a six-month ban from the sport after his second positive test for cocaine, [...]

• Quick Step Say Boonen Needs Treatment But Stand By Him
  May 11th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, May 11, 2009 (AFP) – Quick Step cycling team bosses on Sunday urged Tom Boonen to have treatment after his second positive test for cocaine but added they would [...]

• Quick Step’s Team Boss Will Not Plead Boonen’s Tour Case After Cocaine Use
  May 10th, 2009
  

  : BRUSSELS, May 10, 2009 (AFP) – Quick Step cycling team bosses said Sunday they would not beg Tour de France chiefs to allow Tom Boonen to be included in [...]

• Tom Boonen Faces His Cycling Demise After Second Cocaine Positive
  May 9th, 2009
  

  by Benoit Noel BRUSSELS, May 9, 2009 (AFP) – Belgium’s top cyclist Tom Boonen admitted he had a “problem” on Saturday after a second positive test for cocaine threw his [...]

• Roubaix Just Too Tough For History-Making Chinese Rider
  April 15th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis COMPIEGNE, France, April 15, 2009 (AFP) – China’s Jin Long made history for his country here on Sunday by competing in arguably the world’s toughest one-day classic [...]

• Pozzato Applauds Boonen’s Win, But Slams Flecha & The Flemish Fans
  April 12th, 2009
  

  Italian Filippo Pozzato admitted defeat to a triumphant Tom Boonen on Sunday as the Flemish-speaking Belgian star powered to his third victory in the prestigious Paris-Roubaix classic. However the Italian, [...]

• Boonen Survives Crash-Fest To Three Peat Roubaix
  April 12th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis ROUBAIX, France, April 12, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian star Tom Boonen joined an elite club of three-time Paris-Roubaix winners by surviving one-day cycling’s toughest battle of the [...]

• Hincapie Has High Hopes In Hell For The 14th Time In Roubaix
  April 11th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis If prizes were given for obstinacy George Hincapie might already have given up his lifelong quest to stand atop one of cycling’s most prestigious podiums. But as [...]

• Rivals Warning Boonen of A Tough Ride Into Hell
  April 11th, 2009
  

  Belgian Tom Boonen has been given ample warning not to expect an easy six hours in the saddle when he puts his title, and his pride, on the line at [...]

• Tom Boonen Gets His Classics Campaign Off Right
  March 2nd, 2009
  

  Belgian star Tom Boonen claimed his first big spring classics win of the season at the Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne semi-classic here Sunday. The 2005 world champion, who rides for Quick Step, finished [...]

• Cavendish Beats Boonen In Head to Head Sprint On Stage 5
  February 19th, 2009
  

  Britain’s Mark Cavendish of Columbia won the fifth stage of the Tour of California on Thursday, his second straight sprint finish triumph in the race. Cavendish had marked this stage [...]

• No Keeping it from Cavendish Today – Captures Stage 4 of Tour of California
  February 18th, 2009
  

  Yesterday Mark Cavendish got cut out in the end by team Cervelo Test, but not today. Riding through a cloud of dust at the finish, Cavendish held off Boonen to [...]

• Tom Boonen Breaks Clear Of Cocaine Charges
  February 3rd, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, Feb 3, 2009 (AFP) – A Belgian court on Tuesday ruled that one of the country’s biggest cycling stars, Tom Boonen, would not face criminal charges relating to a [...]

• Boonen Wins Stage 3 And Takes Overall Lead In Qatar
  February 3rd, 2009
  

  DOHA, Feb 3, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian Tom Boonen claimed his first stage win of this year’s Tour of Qatar Tuesday, in the process taking the leader’s jersey from Britain’s [...]

• Tom Boonen Trial Decision Expected On February 3
  January 6th, 2009
  

  Belgian cycling star Tom Boonen will know on February 3 if he has to face criminal charges over his positive test for cocaine, the judge investigating his case in the [...]

• Tom Boonen To Face Charges For Cocaine Use
  December 8th, 2008
  

  BRUSSELS, Dec 8, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian cycling star Tom Boonen risks facing criminal charges over his positive test for cocaine, according to public prosecutors in Turnhout on Monday. Boonen, [...]

• Boonen Scores The Double, As Contador Keeps Gold Jersey
  September 16th, 2008
  

  ZAMORA, Spain, Sept 16, 2008 (AFP) – Belgium’s Tom Boonen dominated a bunch sprint on the 16th stage of the Tour of Spain, held over 186.4km between Pontferrada and here [...]

• Boonen and Gilbert Lead Belgium’s Worlds Charge
  September 13th, 2008
  

  BRUSSELS, Sept 12, 2008 (AFP) – Former world champion Tom Boonen and Philippe Gilbert will spearhead Belgium’s bid for the world road race championships’ rainbow jersey later this month. Both [...]

• Bennati Wins Tour of Spain Fourth Stage, Retains Overall Lead
  September 2nd, 2008
  

  PUERTOLLANO, Spain, Sept 2, 2008 (AFP) – Italy’s Daniel Bennati of Liquigas retained the overall race leader’s golden jersey in the Tour of Spain after winning the fourth stage, a [...]

• Tom Boonen Wins Tour of Spain Third Stage
  September 1st, 2008
  

  CORDOBA, Spain, Sept 1, 2008 (AFP) – Italy’s Daniel Bennati of Liquigas took the overall race leader’s golden jersey in the Tour of Spain on Monday despite finishing the third [...]

• Tom Boonen of Quick Step Wins Eneco Tour 4th Stage
  August 24th, 2008
  

  ARDOOIE, Belgium, Aug 24, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian rider Tom Boonen of the Quick Step team won a sprint finish for Sunday’s fourth stage of the Eneco Tour of Benelux. [...]

• Tour of Benelux Results
  August 21st, 2008
  

  Results after the 173.8km first stage of the Tour of Benelux cycling race on Thursday: 1st stage 1. Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick Step 4hr 16min 17sec, 2. Daniele Bennati (ITA) [...]

• Tom Boonen Wins The First Stage of The Tour of Benelux
  August 21st, 2008
  

  ROERMOND, The Netherlands, Aug 21, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian rider Tom Boonen, who rides for Quick Step, won the first stage of the Tour du Benelux here on Thursday. Spain’s [...]

• Sylvain Chavanel Agrees To Deal With Quick Step
  July 24th, 2008
  

  BOURG-D’OISANS, France, July 24, 2008 (AFP) – France’s biggest cycling star Sylvain Chavanel of Cofidis has agreed a two-year deal with the Belgian Quick Step team, it was confirmed here [...]

• Tom Boonen Set To Compete In Ster Elekotrotoer Race
  June 16th, 2008
  

  PARIS, June 16, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian rider Tom Boonen will compete for the first time since the revelation of his positive test for cocaine, when he takes part in [...]

• Tom Boonen of Quick Step Out of Tour de France, Says Race Director
  June 11th, 2008
  

  SAINT-PAUL-EN-JAREZ, France, June 11, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France green jersey champion Tom Boonen has been barred from next month’s race in the wake of a positive test for [...]

• Tom Boonen opts for Italian stage race over Paris-Nice
  February 29th, 2008
  

  BRUSSELS, Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) – Belgium’s former world champion Tom Boonen has opted to race at the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race instead of Paris-Nice, his Quick Step team said Friday. [...]