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Edvald Boasson Hagen

Boasson Hagen at the 2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Personal information
Full name	Edvald Boasson Hagen
Nickname	Eddy the Boss
Born	(1987-05-17) 17 May 1987 (age 38) Rudsbygd, Lillehammer, Norway
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Rouleur Sprinter
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 3 individual stages (2011, 2017) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2009) Stage races Eneco Tour (2009, 2011) Tour of Britain (2009, 2015) Tour of Norway (2012, 2013, 2017) Tour des Fjords (2017) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2012, 2015, 2016) National Time Trial Championships (2007–2011, 2013, 2015–2018) Gent–Wevelgem (2009) Vattenfall Cyclassics (2011) GP Ouest-France (2012)

Edvald Boasson Hagen (born May 17, 1987) is a Norwegian former road racing cyclist. He competed as a professional rider from 2006 to 2024. At just 22 years old, he was ranked as the third-best cyclist in the world by the UCI in August 2009.

Edvald is known as an "all-rounder" in cycling. This means he is good at many different types of races. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships three times (2012, 2015, and 2016). He also won the Norwegian National Time Trial Championships an amazing ten times!

Edvald Boasson Hagen's Cycling Journey

Early Career: Maxbo–Bianchi (2006–2007)

Edvald Boasson Hagen started his professional cycling career in 2006 with a Norwegian team called Maxbo–Bianchi. In his very first season, he won eight races. This included three stages in a race called the Tour de l'Avenir.

In 2007, he had an even more successful year, winning fifteen races. He won the overall competition and stages at races like Paris–Corrèze and Ringerike GP. He also won stages at the Tour of Ireland and the Norwegian time trial championship. Because of these wins, he was ranked fifth in Europe for his age group. In 2008, he joined a bigger German team, which later became Team High Road.

Riding for Team High Road (2008–2009)

2008: First Big Wins

Boasson Hagen during the start of the 2009 Eneco Tour. He is wearing the jersey of the Norwegian National Time Trial Champion.

Edvald started 2008 strong, finishing fifth in a short opening race called a "prologue" at the 2008 Tour of California. He was faster than some famous time trial riders. A time trial is a race against the clock, where riders race alone. He later won an individual time trial at Critérium International. He also won the Grand Prix de Denain and became the Norway National Time Trial Champion for the second year in a row.

He competed in the Beijing Olympics Road Race. Later, at the Eneco Tour, he won a stage in Brussels. At the Tour of Britain, he won three stages and the points competition.

2009: A Year of Triumphs

In 2009, Edvald won the famous "cobbled classic" race, Gent–Wevelgem. This race is known for its rough, cobblestone roads. He won in a sprint against another rider. He also rode in the Giro d'Italia, which was his first ever "Grand Tour." Grand Tours are the biggest and longest cycling races, lasting about three weeks. His team won the team time trial, and he won a stage in a sprint.

He also won two stages at the Tour de Pologne and finished third overall. In 2009, he won his first stage race, the Eneco Tour, showing his great talent. He ended the season by winning four stages and the overall race at the Tour of Britain. In September 2009, it was announced that Edvald would join Team Sky for the 2010 season.

Joining Team Sky (2010–2014)

2010: New Team, More Wins

Edvald started with Team Sky at the Tour of Qatar. He helped his team win the opening team time trial. In the Tour of Oman, he won two stages, including an individual time trial where he beat a world champion. He finished second overall in that race and won the points and young riders' jerseys. He also won a stage at the Critérium du Dauphiné and kept his national time trial title.

2011: Tour de France Success

Boasson Hagen at the 2011 Tour de France. He won two stages during the race.

In 2011, Edvald again finished second in the Tour of Oman and won the points jersey. He won a stage at the Bayern Rundfahrt and helped his teammate win the overall race. In June, he won the Norwegian National Time Trial Championships for the fifth year in a row.

He then rode in the Tour de France. He won stage six, which was the first-ever win for a British-registered team in the Tour de France! He won another stage later in the race by breaking away from other riders on a climb. He also finished second on the final stage in Paris. In August, he won the Eneco Tour overall, taking all the special jerseys.

2012: National Champion

Boasson Hagen at the 2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec.

Edvald started 2012 by leading the sprints classification at the Tour Down Under. He also led the Volta ao Algarve after winning a stage with an uphill sprint. He won a stage at Tirreno–Adriatico and helped his teammate Mark Cavendish win sprints.

He returned to form at his home race, the Tour of Norway. He won the race overall, plus the points and young rider jerseys. He also won stage four, which finished in his hometown of Lillehammer. In June 2012, Edvald won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships for the first time, earning the national champion's jersey.

Boasson Hagen after winning stage 3 of the 2013 Criterium du Dauphine.

In August, Edvald won the one-day race GP Ouest-France. He attacked near the end of the race, leaving other riders behind to win alone.

2013: Injuries and Comebacks

Edvald started 2013 hoping to win one of the Spring classics, but he didn't get the results he wanted. However, he successfully defended his title at the Glava Tour of Norway. He won the fourth stage and took both the overall and points classifications. He then won a sprint stage at the Critérium du Dauphiné. He was chosen for the Tour de France that year, but he had to leave the race after breaking his collarbone in a big crash.

2014: A Challenging Year

The year 2014 was a tough one for Edvald. He did not win any stages or races that season. In August, he announced he would leave Team Sky at the end of the year. In late August, he shared that he would join an African team called MTN–Qhubeka.

Moving to MTN–Qhubeka (2015–2020)

2015: Back to Winning Ways

Boasson Hagen at the 2015 Tour de France.

After finishing second overall at the Tour of Norway, Edvald won his first race in two years at the Tour des Fjords. He won the final stage in a sprint against a small group of riders. In June, he won both the Norwegian National Time Trial Championships and the Norwegian National Road Race Championships. He won the road race title in a very close sprint finish.

2016: Strong Performances

Edvald showed great form in early 2016. He won three stages at the Tour of Qatar and Tour of Oman, and even wore the leader's jersey in both races. He later finished fifth in the famous Paris–Roubaix race, which is known for its challenging cobblestone sections.

2017: Another Tour de France Stage Win

Edvald won stage 19 of the Tour de France by riding away from the other riders in the final kilometers. He took a shorter path around a roundabout, which gave him a small lead, and then he rode solo to victory. This was his only win at the 2017 Tour de France, even though he finished on the podium (top three) five other times in different stages.

2018: National Time Trial Champion Again

In January 2018, Edvald had surgery to remove his gallbladder. He started his season at the Volta ao Algarve. In 2018, he didn't win any World Tour races, but he did win stage 2 of the Tour of Norway and the Norwegian National Time Trial Championships.

2019: A World Tour Victory

In 2019, Edvald was the only rider on his team, Team Dimension Data, to win a World Tour race. He won stage 1 of the Critérium du Dauphiné.

2020: Final Year with MTN–Qhubeka

In his tenth Tour de France, Edvald only had one top-10 finish, coming in second on stage 7. He also made headlines at the Tour of Flanders when he attacked just before a train arrived at a level crossing. This held up the main group of riders and allowed him to continue ahead.

Total Direct Énergie (2021–2023)

In November 2020, Edvald signed a one-year contract with Total Direct Énergie for the 2021 season. He finished sixth at the Tour de Vendée and had top-ten stage finishes at the Arctic Race of Norway and the Tour de Luxembourg. He extended his contract with the team for two more years. At the 2022 Tour de France, Edvald was part of a successful group of riders who broke away from the main pack on stage five. He finished third on that stage, which moved him up to third place overall in the race. He ended up finishing 58th overall, which was his best Tour de France result in ten years. His contract with the team was not extended after the 2023 season.

Major Achievements

Source:

Major One-Day Races (Classics) Results

Grand Tour Race Results

See also

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