Kris Boeckmans
Boeckmans at the 2015 Grand Prix de Denain
Personal information
Full nameKris Boeckmans
NicknameBoecki
Born (1987-02-13) 13 February 1987 (age 37)
Malle, Belgium
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight72.5 kg (160 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur teams
2006Nieuwe Hoop Tielen
2007CLC Team Ingelmunster
2008–2009Davo
2009Silence–Lotto (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2010–2011Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
2012–2013Vacansoleil–DCM
2014–2017Lotto–Belisol[1]
2018–2020Vital Concept[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 Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator, Vacansoleil–DCM, Lotto–Soudal and B&B Hotels–Vital Concept teams.

Career

Born in Malle, Boeckmans began competing as a professional in the second half of the 2009 season, competing for the Silence–Lotto team as a stagiaire. He joined Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator for the start of the 2010 season, remaining with the team until the end of 2011, when he joined the Vacansoleil–DCM 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 Vacansoleil–DCM, Boeckemans left the team at the end of the 2013 season,[7] to join Lotto–Belisol.[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 Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France 115 DNF — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — — DNF

References

  1. ^ a b "Boeckmans reinforces the team". Lotto–Belisol. Belgian Cycling Project. 8 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  2. ^ Malvestio, Carlo (22 January 2019). "Presentazione Squadre 2019, Vital Concept – B&B Hotels" [Presentation of Teams 2019, Vital Concept - B & B Hotels]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. ^ "B&B Hotels - Vital Concept". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  4. ^ Bonnefoy, François (25 November 2020). "Route - Arthur Vichot pas conservé par B&B Hotels - Vital Concept" [Road - Arthur Vichot not kept by B&B Hotels - Vital Concept]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 19 December 2020. Courteille, Boeckmans et Slagter ont annoncé leur retraite... [Courteille, Boeckmans and Slagter have announced their retirement...]
  5. ^ Haake, Bjorn (18 August 2011). "Vacansoleil hires Kris Boeckmans". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  6. ^ Benson, Daniel (4 July 2012). "Greipel wins Tour de France stage in Rouen". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team (VCD) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Boeckmans seriously injured in Vuelta a Espana crash". Cyclingnews.com. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Vuelta a Espana: Kris Boeckmans in induced coma after crash". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  11. ^ "News shorts: Boeckmans out of hospital, Moscon to Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.

External links

Media related to Kris Boeckmans at Wikimedia Commons

Belgian Professional Cyclist of the Year
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