Kris Boeckmans
Kris Boeckmans (2015) | |
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Date of birth | February 13, 1987 |
nation | Belgium |
discipline | Street |
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Current team | B&B Hotels-Vital Concept |
function | driver |
Last updated: December 25, 2018 |
Kris Boeckmans (born February 13, 1987 in Malle ) is a Belgian racing cyclist .
Athletic career
After he became European U23 road champion in 2009, he drove as a stagiaire at the UCI ProTeam Silence-Lotto at the end of the season . In 2010 he received a regular contract with the Professional Continental Team Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator , for which he won stages at the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen and the Ster Elektrotoer in his first year . In 2012 he switched to the Dutch team Vacansoleil-DCM , for which he competed in his first Tour de France , which he finished in 115th place.
After winning no international races between 2011 and 2014, he won the one-day races Le Samyn and Nokere Koerse as well as the stage races Tour de Picardie and World Ports Classic in 2015 as a member of the Lotto Belisol team . In a fall on the eighth stage of the Vuelta a España 2015 , Boeckmans suffered a facial trauma with multiple fractures, three broken ribs and a lung haemorrhage.
In the 2016 season, Boeckmans returned to racing, but could no longer build on the successes of 2015.
successes
- 2008
- one stage Tour de Berlin
- a stage Vuelta a Navarra
- 2009
- Overall ranking and one stage Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- European Champion - Road Race (U23)
- Schaal Sels
- 2010
- a stage of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- a stage of Ster Elektrotoer
- 2015
- a stage of the Étoile de Bessèges
- Le Samyn
- Nokere Koerse
- Overall ranking and two stages of the Tour de Picardie
- Overall ranking and one stage World Ports Classic
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Giro d'Italia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tour de France | 115 | DNF | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Vuelta a España | - | - | - | DNF | - | - | - | - |
Teams
- 2009 Silence Lotto (Stagiaire)
- 2010 Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
- 2011 Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
- 2012 Vacansoleil-DCM
- 2013 Vacansoleil-DCM
- 2014 Belisol Lotto
- 2015 Lotto Soudal
- 2016 Lotto Soudal
- 2017 Lotto Soudal
- 2018 Vital Concept Cycling Club
- 2019 Vital Concept-B & B Hotels
- 2020 B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
Web links
- Kris Boeckmans in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Kris Boeckmans in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Official website (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Boeckmans put into an artificial coma after a serious fall. In: radsport-news.com. April 23, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2015 .
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SURNAME | Boeckmans, Kris |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1987 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Malle , Belgium |