Personal information | |
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Full name | Kris Boeckmans |
Nickname | Boecki |
Born | Malle, Belgium | 13 February 1987
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 72.5 kg (160 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Amateur teams | |
2006 | Nieuwe Hoop Tielen |
2007 | CLC Team Ingelmunster |
2008–2009 | Davo |
2009 | Silence–Lotto (stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
2010–2011 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator |
2012–2013 | Vacansoleil–DCM |
2014–2017 | Lotto–Belisol [1] |
2018–2020 | Vital 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.
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]
Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — |
Tour de France | 115 | DNF | — | — |
Vuelta a España | — | — | — | DNF |
Courteille, Boeckmans et Slagter ont annoncé leur retraite... [Courteille, Boeckmans and Slagter have announced their retirement...]
Media related to Kris Boeckmans at Wikimedia Commons
Personal information | |
---|---|
Full name | Kris Boeckmans |
Nickname | Boecki |
Born | Malle, Belgium | 13 February 1987
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 72.5 kg (160 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Amateur teams | |
2006 | Nieuwe Hoop Tielen |
2007 | CLC Team Ingelmunster |
2008–2009 | Davo |
2009 | Silence–Lotto (stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
2010–2011 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator |
2012–2013 | Vacansoleil–DCM |
2014–2017 | Lotto–Belisol [1] |
2018–2020 | Vital 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.
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]
Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — |
Tour de France | 115 | DNF | — | — |
Vuelta a España | — | — | — | DNF |
Courteille, Boeckmans et Slagter ont annoncé leur retraite... [Courteille, Boeckmans and Slagter have announced their retirement...]
Media related to Kris Boeckmans at Wikimedia Commons