Lars Boom's Ride Life
Behind the scenes with a Rabobank pro
This new video from Giant takes you behind the scenes with Rabobank pro Lars Boom for a glimpse at the life of a pro cyclist. The 24-year-old rising star from The Netherlands has been selected to join teammates including 2009 Giro d’Italia champion Denis Menchov, three-time world champion Oscar Freire and fellow Dutch talent Robert Gesink at the upcoming Tour de France.
July 3 will be a special day for Boom. Not only does this year’s Tour kick off that day in Boom’s home nation of The Netherlands, it also starts with an event that’s right up his alley—an 8.9-kilometer time trial in Amsterdam.
Boom, you might remember, raced his Giant Trinity Advanced SL time trial bike to victory in the prologue at this spring’s Paris-Nice stage race. At 8 kilometers, the Paris-Nice prologue was a similar distance to the upcoming Tour prologue in Amsterdam.
So Boom has already worn one yellow jersey in France this year, and he’s eying the possibility of wearing another in July.
A 10-time Dutch Cyclocross Champion, Boom began his transition to road racing in 2009—and quickly started scoring impressive results. He won his first grand tour stage at the Vuelta a España last year.
As the only Netherlands-based team in this year’s Tour de France, Rabobank will be the home favorites at the prologue and Stage 1, which starts in Amsterdam before crossing into Belgium.
“The Tour is starting in Holland this year, it’s very special for a Dutch rider and a Dutch team,” Boom says.
Stay tuned. There’s much more to come from Boom, Rabobank and Giant.
This new video from Giant takes you behind the scenes with Rabobank pro Lars Boom for a glimpse at the life of a pro cyclist. The 24-year-old rising star from The Netherlands has been selected to join teammates including 2009 Giro d’Italia champion Denis Menchov, three-time world champion Oscar Freire and fellow Dutch talent Robert Gesink at the upcoming Tour de France.
July 3 will be a special day for Boom. Not only does this year’s Tour kick off that day in Boom’s home nation of The Netherlands, it also starts with an event that’s right up his alley—an 8.9-kilometer time trial in Amsterdam.
Boom, you might remember, raced his Giant Trinity Advanced SL time trial bike to victory in the prologue at this spring’s Paris-Nice stage race. At 8 kilometers, the Paris-Nice prologue was a similar distance to the upcoming Tour prologue in Amsterdam.
So Boom has already worn one yellow jersey in France this year, and he’s eying the possibility of wearing another in July.
A 10-time Dutch Cyclocross Champion, Boom began his transition to road racing in 2009—and quickly started scoring impressive results. He won his first grand tour stage at the Vuelta a España last year.
As the only Netherlands-based team in this year’s Tour de France, Rabobank will be the home favorites at the prologue and Stage 1, which starts in Amsterdam before crossing into Belgium.
“The Tour is starting in Holland this year, it’s very special for a Dutch rider and a Dutch team,” Boom says.
Stay tuned. There’s much more to come from Boom, Rabobank and Giant.
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Boom wore one yellow jersey in France earlier this spring at Paris-Nice. He hopes to wear another in July. Cor Vos photo.
25 June 2010
