Tom Boonen – King of the Classics (Roubaix Week Revisit)

About this episode

Mitch Docker revisits his conversation with Tom Boonen, discussing his legendary career in the Cobbled Classics.

Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP It’s Paris–Roubaix week, and it felt like the perfect time to bring back one of the interviews I’d wanted to do from the very start of Life in the Peloton. Sitting down with Tom Boonen at his place in Mol is still one of my favourite conversations we’ve had on the pod, so I thought this was the right moment to share it again. When it comes to the Cobbled Classics, Tom’s palmarès are mind blowing. He’s the joint record holder for wins at both Flanders (3) and Roubaix (4), as well as the outright record holder for the most wins at E3 (5). Just one of those victories would define most careers, but Tom can also count three Gent–Wevelgems, a couple of Scheldeprijs titles and a world championship for good measure. This was an extra special pod for me personally. Tom’s career wrapped up in 2017, which meant I spent a big part of my own racing career lining up against him at the Classics and getting my legs blown off by his attacks. He was the wheel everyone wanted to be on when the racing got serious. I managed it once… have a listen to hear how that went. I was lucky enough to sit down with Tom at his home in Mol and really get…

People in this episode

Host: Mitch Docker

Guest: Tom Boonen

Topics covered

• Cobbled Classics
• cycling
• interview
• Tom Boonen
• Paris–Roubaix
• sports history

Keywords

• Tom Boonen
• Paris–Roubaix
• Cobbled Classics
• cycling victories
• Mitch Docker
• interview

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Mentioned in this episode

Places: Mol

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