Tom Boonen to leave his previous wins behind and concentrate at the Paris-Roubaix
Tom Boonen of Team Omega Pharma-Quick Step is targeting the Paris-Roubaix as the next big race of his 2012season.
The cyclist is enjoying a terrific season and has already filled his bag with as many as eight victories in the young season.
He claimed the first overall position at the Tour of Qatar and also grabbed the first and the fourth stages of the race.
Boonen also finished first during the E3 Harelbeke, Gent-Wevelgem, Tour of Flanders and secured the second overall position at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
He also grabbed stages at the Tour de San Luis and Paris-Nice to mark a perfect start to his 2012 campaign.
The 31-year-old joined Team Quick Step in 2003 and helped the team with numerous wins in the past season.
Boonen dominated the 2005, 2008 and 2009 editions of Paris-Roubaix and is optimistic to claim his fourth win at the race.
While commenting on his recent victory at the Tour of Flanders he briefed, “I have to say for me it was really important to win this Tour of Flanders, as it was the first time on the new parcours”.
"For me, it's really a privilege. I am really happy to have won and to have shown I am able to win a different race".
“I am super happy for me and the team but when I compare this happiness with the happiness for the victory I had the first time, it isn't the same”.
“That was really a great moment and that feeling is something that has never come back,” Tom concluded.
He also noted that one has to keep moving in order to reach the heights of his career and is now eyeing the Paris-Roubaix to seal his fourth victory at the race.
Paris-Roubaix is a one-day bicycle race with its roots going back to 1896.
Josef Fischer of Germany grabbed the first win at the race while Johan Vansummeren of Belgium succeeded during the most recent version of the race.
Belgian Cyclist, Roger De Vlaeminck holds the honour of winning the race for a maximum number of four times.
Only time will tell, if Boonen can continue his winning streak to seal the deal at the 110th version of the Paris-Roubaix.
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