Tom Boonen Quiz: Four Paris-Roubaix Wins on the Cobbles

Rough cobbled roads in northern France decide one of cycling's toughest races, and this Tom Boonen quiz celebrates a Belgian who mastered them. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on his four Paris-Roubaix wins, the 2012 solo attack, three Tour of Flanders titles, the 2005 world title, the 2007 green jersey, Quick-Step, the cobblestone trophy and his farewell race.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Country
Which country is Tom Boonen from?
Roubaix
How many times did he win Paris-Roubaix?
Years
Which years did he win Paris-Roubaix?
Trophy
What is the Paris-Roubaix winner's trophy?
Finish
Where does Paris-Roubaix finish?
Nickname
What is the race's nickname?
Flanders
How many times did he win the Tour of Flanders?
World
Where did he win the 2005 world road title?
Green
In which year did he win the Tour de France green jersey?
Farewell
Where did he ride his final professional race in 2017?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which country is Tom Boonen from?
Answer: Belgium
Cycling is hugely popular there.
Q2: How many times did he win Paris-Roubaix?
Answer: Four
He shares the record with Roger De Vlaeminck.
Q3: Which years did he win Paris-Roubaix?
Answer: 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2012
His last win came after a long solo ride.
Q4: What is the Paris-Roubaix winner's trophy?
Answer: A cobblestone
It is mounted on a base.
Q5: Where does Paris-Roubaix finish?
Answer: In the Roubaix velodrome
Riders complete laps of the track.
Q6: What is the race's nickname?
Answer: The Hell of the North
Mud and cobbles test riders.
Q7: How many times did he win the Tour of Flanders?
Answer: Three
In 2005, 2006 and 2012.
Q8: Where did he win the 2005 world road title?
Answer: Madrid
He won the sprint.
Q9: In which year did he win the Tour de France green jersey?
Answer: 2007
It rewards consistent sprinting.
Q10: Where did he ride his final professional race in 2017?
Answer: Paris-Roubaix
He finished in the velodrome.

Tom Boonen Quiz – Four Paris-Roubaix Wins on the Cobbles

Tom Boonen, a Belgian rider for the Quick-Step team, became one of the greatest classics riders. He won Paris-Roubaix, nicknamed the Hell of the North, four times, in 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2012, sharing the record with Roger De Vlaeminck.

Paris-Roubaix crosses rough cobbled sectors and finishes in the Roubaix velodrome, where the winner receives a cobblestone trophy. In 2012 Boonen won after a long solo attack, completing a spring double with the Tour of Flanders.

He won the Tour of Flanders three times and became world road champion in Madrid in 2005. He also won the Tour de France green jersey in 2007 and retired after Paris-Roubaix in 2017.

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Did You Know?

Winners' names are on plaques in the Roubaix showers.
The Arenberg Forest is a famous cobbled sector.
Boonen also won Gent-Wevelgem several times.
Belgian fans nicknamed him Tornado Tom.
He later tried motor racing.