Edvald Boasson Hagen

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Edvald Boasson Hagen
Personal information
Full name Edvald Boasson Hagen
Date of birth May 17, 1987 (1987-05-17) (age 21)
Country Flag of Norway Norway
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight 76 kg (170 lb)
Team information
Current team Team High Road
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Amateur team(s)
2006–2007 Team Maxbo-Bianchi
Professional team(s)
2008– Team High Road
Infobox last updated on:
February 22, 2008

Edvald Boasson Hagen (born 17 May 1987 in Rudsbygd, Norway) is a professional road racing cyclist riding for the UCI ProTeam Team High Road.

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[edit] Career

Hagen joined the Norwegian continental team Team Maxbo Bianchi in 2006 and in his first season in the continental circuits he took eight wins including three stages of the Tour de l'Avenir.[1]

In 2007 he enjoyed a successful season and scored fifteen wins, ending up second in number of victories behind ProTour sprinter Alessandro Petacchi. But, after the disqualification of the Italian in May of 2008 by doping, Alessandro Petacchi lost 5 stage wins in the 2007 Giro resulting in Boasson Hagen having the most victories. Boasson won the overall classification as well as stages at Paris-Corrèze, Ringerike GP and Istrian Spring Trophy. He also took stages at Tour of Ireland, Tour de Normandie and Tour de Bretagne as well as the Norwegian time trial championship. As a result of this achievements, he finished fifth in the individual point standings of 2006-2007 UCI Europe Tour. In early 2007 it was announced that for 2008 season he would leave Team Maxbo Bianchi for the German UCI ProTeam T-Mobile Team.[2] In late 2007 it was announced that Deutsche Telekom was to end sponsorship of T-Mobile Team with immediate effect. The team continued under the name "Team High Road".[3]

[edit] Team High Road (2008–)

Hagen began the 2008 season with a fifth place in the prologue of Tour of California, ahead of established time trial specialists like David Millar and Gustav Larsson. He later won the concluding individual time trial of Criterium International ahead of teammate Tony Martin and the Grand Prix de Denain.

[edit] Palmarès

2004
Flag of Norway Norway U19 Road Race Champion
2nd, National U19 Time Trial Championship
2005
Flag of Norway Norway U19 Road Race Champion
Flag of Norway Norway U19 Time Trial Champion
2006
1st, Scandinavian Open Road Race
1st, Stages 1 and 5, Internationale Thüringen-Rundfahrt (U23)
1st, Stage 3, Ringerike GP
1st, Stages 2, 5 and 7, Tour de l'Avenir
1st, Stage 4, Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
2nd, GP Aarhus
2nd, National Road Race Championship
2007
Flag of Norway Norway Time Trial Champion
1st, Overall, Istrian Spring Trophee
1st, Prologue
1st, Overall, Paris-Corrèze
1st, Stages 1 and 2
1st, Overall, Ringerike GP
1st, Stages 1, 2, 3 and 5
1st, Stages 1 and 5, Tour de Bretagne
1st, Stage 8, Tour de Normandie
1st, Stage 4, Tour of Ireland
2008
1st, Stage 3, Critérium International
1st, Grand Prix de Denain

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cruising into the ProTour, Norwegian style. www.cyclingnews.com (24 August 2007). Retrieved on 26 November 2007.
  2. ^ Norwegian youngster to T-Mobile. www.cyclingnews.com (26 May 2007). Retrieved on 8 December 2007.
  3. ^ T-Mobile ends cycling sponsorship. BBC Sport (2007-11-27). Retrieved on 2007-12-06.

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Persondata
NAME Hagen, Edvald Boasson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Road racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH 1987-05-17
PLACE OF BIRTH Rudsbygd, Norway
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH