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| Full name | Theo Bos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 22, 1983 Hierden, the Netherlands |
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| Current team | Rabobank | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road and track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Theo Bos (born 22 August 1983 in Hierden, Gelderland) is a Dutch road cyclist and track cyclist, Olympic silver medalist and five-time world champion. He lives in Alkmaar, Netherlands. Theo Bos is the brother of Olympic medalist in speed skating Jan Bos. Bos rides for UCI ProTeam Rabobank.
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Theo Bos was born on 22 August 1983 in Hierden, Netherlands. He has an older brother Jan Bos, who is a professional speed skater.
He went to high school in Harderwijk, where he got a havo diploma. Later he also got a vwo diploma.
In 2001, he was Junior World Champion track cycling at 1,000 m. The same year, at the age of 18, he started his professional cycling career as a senior.
He won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the sprint event.
He won an individual gold in the sprint at the 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. The following year, he won the individual sprint and a silver medal in the team sprint at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
At the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Bos won the keirin and completed a triple, having been world champion in the sprint, kilo and keirin . He won the keirin after accelerating with two laps to go, winning by a wide margin and able to raise his hands and salute the crowd as he passed the finish line.[1] His French rival, and bronze medal winner, Arnaud Tournant, said Bos' performance was "the best I’ve seen in a very long time."
On 16 December 2006, Bos broke the world 200m track record during qualification rounds for the sprint at a World Cup meeting in Moscow. Bos clocked 9.772 seconds (after a computer initially had given him an unlikely 9.086 seconds) and beat the 11-year record held by Canadian Curt Harnett. Bos declared the 200m the "ultimate record" for track cyclists.[2] Five days later Bos was elected Dutch Sportsman of the year. Bos's record was beaten by Frenchman Kévin Sireau at the Moscow Grand Prix on 29 May 2009 with 9.65 seconds.
On 19 April 2009, Bos was in a controversial crash in the final 800m of the final stage of the Tour of Turkey. Bos apparently caused the crash of the eventual winner Daryl Impey by grabbing Impey's left shoulder with his right hand. Impey crashed to the left, into the barrier, next to Bos. Bos admitted pushing Impey. Bos claimed the reason for pushing Impey was because Impey was moving in on him while he was already close to the fence.[3] Bos was disqualified and fined. On 1 May 2009 the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) said “Bos’s behavior undermined the image, reputation and interests of cycling”. Bos was charged with an infringement and was brought before a UCI disciplinary hearing in which he was found guilty of violating UCI regulations. Bos was subsequently suspended from professional racing from 15 August through 14 September 2009.
In the off season before 2010 Bos signed with the Cervelo Test Team, that included former Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre. He was touted as another addition to their sprint team. He raced in many smaller races, and some large ones including Paris-Roubaix and the Vuelta a España. When the Cervelo Test Team folded in late 2010, Bos returned to the Rabobank team, where he raced as a Continental. His first triumph of the new season came in the first stage of the 2011 Tour of Oman, beating Mark Cavendish into second in the sprint.
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| Preceded by Curt Harnett |
Men's 200 meter Time Trial world record holder 16 December 2006 – 29 May 2009 |
Succeeded by Kévin Sireau |
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| Preceded by Yuri van Gelder |
Dutch Sportsman of the Year 2006 |
Succeeded by Sven Kramer |