Michael Boogerd
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Michael Boogerd |
| Nickname | Boogey |
| Date of birth | May 28, 1972 (age 34) |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Height | 1.78 m |
| Weight | 62.5 kg |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Rabobank |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics specialist |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1994- | Rabobank |
| Major wins | |
| National Champion (1997, 1998, 2006) Paris Nice (1999) Amstel Gold Race (1999) Tour de France, 2 stages |
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| January 9, 2007 | |
Michael Boogerd (born May 28, 1972 in The Hague) is a professional Dutch bicyclist.
He began his professional career in 1994, joining Word Perfect. In 1995 the team changed name to Novell, before Rabobank in 1996 became main sponsor and name for the team.
His speciality are classics like Liege-Bastogne-Liege and the Giro Di Lombardia as well as mountain-stages. He has won two stages in Tour de France (1996, 2002) as well as the Amstel Gold Race and Paris-Nice. He has been Dutch Champion three times, in 1997, 1998 and in 2006
In the 1998 Tour de France, Boogerd finished 5th overall in the General Classification, his highest finish ever in the Tour. His main result in the 2005 Tour de France was on stage 15, where he finished 4th, 57 seconds behind stage winner, George Hincapie. In the 2006 Tour de France, Boogerd's role was to support Rabobank team leader Denis Menchov in the Alps and Pyrenees. He rode exceptionally well helping his team captain to 6th overall.
He is known for gritting his super-white teeth and he is the current Dutch National Champion.
[edit] Palmares
- 2006
- National championship
- 2003
- Brabantse Pijl
- 2002
- Tour de France stage 16
- Ronde van Nederland stage 6
- 2001
- settimana catalana
- Brabantse Pijl
- 1999
- Paris-Nice
- Giro dell'Emilia
- Amstel gold race
- 1998
- National championship
- 1997
- National championship
- 1996
- stage win at Tour de France
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| Riders on Rabobank |
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Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano | Michael Boogerd | Jan Boven | Graeme Brown | Thomas Dekker | Theo Eltink | Juan Antonio Flecha | Rick Flens | Óscar Freire | Robert Gesink | Bram de Groot | Mathew Hayman | Pedro Horrillo | Dmitri Kozontchuk | Sebastian Langeveld | Gerben Löwik | Marc de Maar | Denis Menchov | Koos Moerenhout | Grischa Niermann | Joost Posthuma | Michael Rasmussen | Kai Reus | Leon van Bon | Max van Heeswijk | Thorwald Veneberg | William Walker | Pieter Weening |
| Manager |
| Theo de Rooij |
