Kris Boeckmans Explained

Kris Boeckmans
Fullname:Kris Boeckmans
Nickname:Boecki
Birth Date:1987 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Malle, Belgium
Height:1.8m (05.9feet)
Weight:72.5kg (159.8lb)
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Sprinter
Amateuryears1:2006
Amateurteam1:Nieuwe Hoop Tielen
Amateuryears2:2007
Amateurteam2:CLC Team Ingelmunster
Amateuryears3:2008–2009
Amateuryears4:2009
Amateurteam4: (stagiaire)
Proyears1:2010–2011
Proyears2:2012–2013
Proyears3:2014–2017
Proteam3:[1]
Proyears4:2018–2020
Proteam4:[2] [3]

Kris Boeckmans (born 13 February 1987) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer,[4] who rode professionally between 2010 and 2020, for the,, and teams.

Career

Born in Malle, Boeckmans began competing as a professional in the second half of the 2009 season, competing for the team as a stagiaire. He joined for the start of the 2010 season, remaining with the team until the end of 2011, when he joined the squad for the 2012 season.[5] Boeckmans made his Grand Tour début at the 2012 Tour de France, where he was earmarked as one of the squad's main sprint contenders, along with Kenny van Hummel; Boeckmans took his first top ten placing on stage 4, when he finished eighth on the stage.[6]

After two years with, Boeckemans left the team at the end of the 2013 season,[7] to join .[1] He started the 2015 Vuelta a España.[8] However, on the eighth stage, he was involved in a large crash: he was drinking from a bidon and hit a hole in the road, falling hard to the ground. According to Cyclingnews.com, he suffered "facial trauma and fractures, a concussion, broken ribs and a punctured lung" and was placed into an induced coma.[9] [10] He was kept in the coma for over a week and was eventually discharged around four weeks after the crash, following major facial surgery in Belgium.[11]

Major results

2007
  • 2nd Zellik–Galmaarden
    2008
  • 1st GP Stad Vilvoorde
  • 1st Stage 1b Vuelta a Navarra
  • 5th Overall Tour de Berlin
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 7th ZLM Tour
  • 9th Grand Prix de Waregem
  • 10th Kattekoers
    2009
  • 1st Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
  • 1st Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
  • 1st Stage 2b
  • 1st Schaal Sels
  • 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Navarra
  • 2nd Overall Ronde van Antwerpen
  • 1st Stages 1a (ITT) & 3
  • 2nd Brussel–Zepperen
  • 2nd Paris–Tours Espoirs
  • 4th GP Raymond Impanis
  • 5th Kattekoers
    2010
  • 1st Stage 5 Ster Elektrotoer
  • 2nd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 2nd Nokere Koerse
  • 7th Scheldeprijs
  • 8th Omloop van het Waasland
  • 8th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
  • 9th Wanzele-Lede
  • 10th Dwars door Drenthe
  • 10th Grand Prix de Denain
    2011
  • 3rd Münsterland Giro
  • 4th Puivelde Koerse
  • 6th Sparkassen Giro Bochum
  • 9th Omloop Gemeente Melle
    2012
  • 2nd Le Samyn
  • 2nd Nokere Koerse
    2013
  • 2nd Le Samyn
  • 5th Schaal Sels
  • 6th Halle–Ingooigem
    2014
  • 2nd Halle–Ingooigem
    2015
  • 1st Overall Tour de Picardie
  • 1st Stages 1 & 3
  • 1st Overall World Ports Classic
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 1st Le Samyn
  • 1st Nokere Koerse
  • 2nd Halle–Ingooigem
  • 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
  • 1st Stage 1
    2016
  • 5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
    2018
  • 5th Halle–Ingooigem
    2019
  • 6th Scheldeprijs

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour2012201320142015
    Giro d'Italia————
    Tour de France115DNF——
    Vuelta a España———DNF

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Boeckmans reinforces the team. . Belgian Cycling Project. 8 August 2013. 8 August 2013. 3 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140103151358/http://www.lottobelisol.be/en/boeckmans-reinforces-the-team-1377.htm. dead.
    2. News: Presentazione Squadre 2019, Vital Concept – B&B Hotels. Carlo. Malvestio. it. Presentation of Teams 2019, Vital Concept - B & B Hotels. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net. Gravatar. 22 January 2019. 25 January 2019.
    3. Web site: B&B Hotels - Vital Concept. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 4 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200104162535/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14008/1003097/266. 4 January 2020.
    4. News: François. Bonnefoy. Route - Arthur Vichot pas conservé par B&B Hotels - Vital Concept. fr. Road - Arthur Vichot not kept by B&B Hotels - Vital Concept. Cyclism'Actu. Swar Agency. 25 November 2020. 19 December 2020. Courteille, Boeckmans et Slagter ont annoncé leur retraite... [Courteille, Boeckmans and Slagter have announced their retirement...].
    5. News: Vacansoleil hires Kris Boeckmans. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 18 August 2011. 4 July 2012. Bjorn. Haake.
    6. News: Greipel wins Tour de France stage in Rouen. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 4 July 2012. 4 July 2012. Daniel. Benson.
    7. Web site: Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team (VCD) – NED. UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. 16 January 2013. 24 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131224103305/http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=MjgxOA&RefDate=16.01.2013&MenuId=MTY2Njk&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTY2Njk%26LangId%3D1. dead.
    8. Web site: Vuelta a España 2015 . 21 August 2015 . Cycling Fever.
    9. News: Boeckmans seriously injured in Vuelta a Espana crash. 29 August 2015. Cyclingnews.com. 29 August 2015.
    10. Web site: Vuelta a Espana: Kris Boeckmans in induced coma after crash . 30 August 2015 . BBC Sport.
    11. News: News shorts: Boeckmans out of hospital, Moscon to Team Sky. 24 September 2015. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 24 September 2015.

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