Lars Boom
 Lars Boom at the 2015 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lars Anthonius Johannes Boom |
| Born | 30 December 1985 Vlijmen, the Netherlands |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Privateer |
| Discipline |
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| Role | Rider |
| Rider type |
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| Amateur teams | |
| 2002–2003 | Rabobank Junior |
| 2020– | Privateer |
| Professional teams | |
| 2004–2008 | Rabobank GS3 |
| 2009–2014 | Rabobank[1] |
| 2015–2016 | Astana |
| 2017–2018 | LottoNL–Jumbo |
| 2019 | Roompot–Charles[2] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Medal record | |
Lars Anthonius Johannes Boom (born 30 December 1985) is a professional cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing cyclist. He has also competed professionally in road racing, between 2004 and 2019.[3]
Born in Vlijmen, Netherlands, Boom has also previously competed for Rabobank and their junior and continental teams over two spells with the team, as well as Astana. Boom won the cyclo-cross world championships in 2008. He has also been the Dutch national cyclo-cross champion in his discipline from 2001 to 2012 – junior cyclo-cross champion from 2002 to 2003, under-23 champion from 2004 to 2006, and the elite champion from 2007 to 2012.
Career[]
Rabobank Continental (2003–2008)[]
During the 2005–2006 cyclocross 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[4] as well as the win in the Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Overijse after Bart Wellens was disqualified for having kicked a spectator.[5] Boom was beaten by Zdeněk Štybar in a sprint for the Under 23 World Championships[6] but returned a year later to dominate the race and to win the Under 23 World Champion jersey.[7]
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.[8] 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.[9] In September 2007, Boom became Under 23 World Time Trial champion beating Russian Mikhail Ignatiev.[10] In November 2007, Boom won the Gerrit Schulte Trophy as the Dutch cyclist of the year for his two World Championship wins.[11] 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 Liévin and Hoogerheide. He went into the world championships in Treviso 2008 as big favourite and did not 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).
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 in Fréhel.[12] Boom also won the sixth stage time trial.[13] Boom then dominated the oldest stage race in the Netherlands – the Olympia's Tour.[14] 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 road race championships for elite riders.[15][16] He would win the national time trial title several weeks later after which he announced that he intended on switching focus from cyclo-cross to road racing after the 2008/09 cyclo-cross season.[17]
Rabobank (2009–2014)[]
In 2009 Boom won the Tour of Belgium after a strong performance uphill, and in the final Time Trial. In his first Vuelta a España, he was part of a break of 12 riders in the 15th stage. He rode away on the final climb and took the stage, making him the first Dutchman to win a stage in a Grand Tour since 2005.
Boom started the 2010 season by winning the Dutch national cyclocross championships. This was only his second and last cross of the season he rode. In the prologue of Paris–Nice he bested time-trial giants Jens Voigt, Levi Leipheimer, Alberto Contador and David Millar. During the winter of 2010–2011 Boom made a short return to cyclocross, he won the World Cup race in Zolder and won for the fifth consecutive time the Dutch national cyclocross championships. In 2011 he was again the fastest in a prologue of a World Tour event: the Critérium du Dauphiné. Later that year he won two stages and the general classification in the Tour of Britain.
Boom won the Dutch Cyclocross Championship for the sixth consecutive time in January 2012, extending his consecutive streak record.[18]
In 2014 Boom won the fifth stage of the Tour de France, a stage marked by difficulty due to wet conditions and significant sections of cobblestones. The stage was his first win of 2014 and came nine years to the day after the previous victory by a Dutch rider (Pieter Weening) in the Tour de France.[19]
Astana (2015–2016)[]
Subsequently, Boom announced that he would be leaving Belkin and joining Astana for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.[20]
Coming into the Tour de France, Boom's notable results of the 2015 campaign were fourth in Paris–Roubaix[21] and sixth in the Tour of Flanders.[22] There was some controversy at the beginning of the Tour, as Boom's cortisol levels were too low in his blood per MPCC rules to participate in a cycling event, but the Astana management decided to field him anyway.[23] Boom blamed his asthma inhaler for his low cortisol levels.[24]
LottoNL–Jumbo (2017–2018)[]
After two seasons with Astana, Boom announced in August 2016 he would be joining LottoNL–Jumbo.
In January 2018 Boom had a successful heart surgery to treat a cardiac arrhythmia. Boom returned to racing for the Paris–Nice in March.[25]
In May 2018, Boom was expelled from the Tour of Norway for aggression against Belgian rider Preben Van Hecke. Video images showed some kind of incident where Van Hecke had to brake and Boom was upset about this. He overtook Van Hecke and punched him and attacked his helmet during the race.[26] On 2 July, the UCI suspended him for a month, missing the Tour de France as a result.[27]
Retirement from road racing[]
In December 2019, Boom announced that he was retiring from road racing after being unable to find a contract for 2020, due to his Roompot–Charles team folding at the end of the season.[3]
As of 2021, he is a directeur sportif for Liv Racing.
Major results[]
Cyclo-cross[]
- 2000–2001
- 1st
National Cadet Championships - 2001–2002
- 1st National Junior Championships
- 2002–2003
- 1st
UCI World Junior Championships - 1st National Junior Championships
- 2003–2004
- 1st National Under-23 Championships
- 1st Cyclo-cross Ruddervoorde (under-23)
- 2004–2005
- 1st UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st National Under-23 Championships
- 1st Cyclo-cross Amersfoort
- 1st Cyclo-cross Veldhoven
- 1st Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Overijse
- 3rd Overall Under-23 Superprestige
- 2005–2006
- 1st National Under-23 Championships
- 1st Grand Prix Sven Nys
- 1st Grand Prix Adri van der Poel (under-23)
- 2nd UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 3rd Superprestige Gieten
- 2006–2007
- 1st UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 1st National Championships
- UCI Under-23 World Cup
- 1st Grand Prix Adri van der Poel
- 2nd Grand Prix Nommay
- 2nd Grand Prix Sven Nys
- 2007–2008
- 1st UCI World Championships
- 1st National Championships
- 1st Veldrit Pijnacker
- 1st
- 1st Grand Prix Adri van der Poel
- 3rd Cyklokros Tábor
- 3rd Duinencross Koksijde
- 3rd Superprestige Gieten
- 3rd Kersttrofee Hofstade
- 4th Overall Gazet van Antwerpen Trophy
- 1st Azencross
- 2nd Niel Jaarmarkt Cyclo-cross
- 2nd Grand Prix Rouwmoer
- 3rd Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle
- 2008–2009
- 1st National Championships
- 1st Niel Jaarmarkt Cyclo-cross
- 2nd Cyclo-cross Koppenberg
- 5th Overall UCI World Cup
- 1st Veldrit Pijnacker
- 1st Grand Prix Nommay
- 2nd Memorial Romano Scotti
- 2009–2010
- 1st National Championships
- 2010–2011
- 1st National Championships
- 1st Grand Prix Erik De Vlaeminck
- 2011–2012
- 1st National Championships
Road racing[]
- 2004
- 1st Stage 2 Triptyque Ardennais
- 3rd Overall Circuit de Lorraine
- 2005
- 1st
Young rider classification Triptyque des Barrages - 1st Stage 2 Grand Prix de la Somme
- 2nd Overall Hessen-Rundfahrt
- 10th Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies
- 2006
- 1st
Overall Volta ao Distrito de Santarém
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
- 1st Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT)
- 1st Stage 3a (ITT) Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2007
- 1st
Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships - 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Overall Tour de Bretagne
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Prologue & Stage 5 (ITT)
- 1st
- 1st Omloop der Kempen
- 1st Prologue Tour de Normandie
- 3rd Overall Volta ao Distrito de Santarém
- 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 4th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 1st Prologue, Stages 4 & 6 (ITT)
- 6th Grand Prix de la Somme
- 2008
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Overall Olympia's Tour
- 1st Stages 7 (ITT) & 8
- 1st Overall Volta a Lleida
- 1st Stage 8
- Circuito Montañés
- 1st Stages 1, 5a (ITT) & 7
- Tour de Bretagne
- 1st Stages 3 & 6 (ITT)
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta Ciclista a León
- 2009
- 1st
Overall Tour of Belgium - 1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España
- 7th Overall Sachsen Tour
- 2010
- 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 1st Prologue Paris–Nice
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 6th Overall Eneco Tour
- 2011
- 1st
Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st Stages 3 & 6
- 1st Prologue Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Prologue Tour of Qatar
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
- 9th Gent–Wevelgem
- 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2012
- 1st Overall Eneco Tour
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 2nd Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Ronde van Zeeland Seaports
- 5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 6th Paris–Roubaix
- 2013
- 1st Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Profronde van Heerlen
- 1st Profronde van Zevenbergen
- 1st Points classification Eneco Tour
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT) Tour Méditerranéen
- 2nd Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Profronde van Oostvoorne
- 4th Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 2014
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de France
- 2nd Overall Eneco Tour
- 2015
- 1st Stage 1 Danmark Rundt
- 4th Paris–Roubaix
- 6th Tour of Flanders
- 2016
- 6th E3 Harelbeke
- 2017
- 1st
Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
- 4th Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic
- 8th Overall BinckBank Tour
- 1st Stage 5
- 2019
- 4th Le Samyn
- 8th Clásica de Almería
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
Did not contest during career | |||||||||
 Tour de France
|
— | 130 | DNF | — | 105 | 97[28] | DNF | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
55 | — | — | 107 | — | — | — | — | — | 153 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
Monuments results timeline[]
This table shows Boom's results in the five cycling monuments.
| Monuments results timeline | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monument | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | 94 | 112 | 32 | — | — | 51 | 25 | — | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | 76 | 37 | DNF | 11 | 93 | 6 | 11 | 97 | — | DNF |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | OTL | 12 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 4 | DNF | DNF | — | 74 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Mountain bike[]
- 2017
- 1st National XC Marathon Championships
- 2018
- 1st
UEC European Beach Race Championships - 1st National XC Marathon Championships
- 2019
- 2nd National XC Marathon Championships
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Former Rabobank (RAB) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ Kerkhof, Michael (5 October 2018). "Lammertink en Van Poppel maken Roompot-Charles compleet" [Lammertink and Van Poppel complete Roompot-Charles]. Fiets (in Dutch). New Skool Media. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Lars Boom calls an end to road career". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Results 7th Grote Prijs Sven Nys". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
- ^ "Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Overijse Belgium Results". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
- ^ "Stybar wins cat and mouse Espoir race". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
- ^ "Dutch elite champion easily beats U23 field". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
- ^ "Boom booms in cyclo-cross". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
- ^ "Boasson Hagen and Boom share the honours". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
- ^ "Holland's Boom takes Under 23 title after two-man fight". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
- ^ "Boom: Dutch cyclist of the year". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
- ^ "He's back! Like a Boomerang". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ^ "It's Boom again and Poilvet stays on top". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ^ "Olympia's Tour 2008 for Lars". Lars Boom.nl. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ^ "Lars Boom pakt ook nationale titel op de weg" (in Dutch). Elsevier.nl. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ^ "Lars Lars Boom Nederlands wielerkampioen" (in Dutch). Gelderlander.nl. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ^ "Boom to concentrate on road after '08". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
- ^ "Boom wins Dutch 'cross title". 8 January 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ "Boom wins cobblestone stage as Nibali extends GC lead, Froome crashes out". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ Hood, Andrew (1 August 2014). "Giro points champ Bouhanni to Cofidis; Boom to Astana". VeloNews. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ "Degenkolb wins Paris-Roubaix". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 12 April 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "Kristoff conquers Tour of Flanders". Cyclingnews. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ Hood, Andrew (4 July 2015). "Astana says Boom will start Tour". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ "Boom blames asthma inhaler for low cortisol levels". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ "Strade Bianche adds a wild card for van Aert - News Shorts".
- ^ "Boom expelled from Tour of Norway after punching another rider | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "FOK.nl cookie-informatie". frontpage.fok.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Tour de France 2014 Jersey wearers after the stage 21".[permanent dead link]
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