The world's is the only race that matter for me. My goal here at the Vuelta is sharpen my fitness. If I win a stage, great, but the most important thing at the Vuelta is to leave stronger than I came. Tom Boonen
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![[After yesterday's crash in the Tour de Rijke, Quick.Step's Tom Boonen managed to train for around 100 kilometres on Sunday morning.] This morning I woke up a little bit worried about the potential consequences of yesterday's fall during the G.P. De Rijke, where I hurt my knee, ... Fortunately the knee was not swollen. When I started to ride my bike, I understood that the problem was not serious as I feared. I trained for around 100 kilometres without problems, forcing and doing some tests on the knee. Tomorrow I will do a long training ride and then Wednesday, as scheduled, I will fly to Granada. In the Tour de France I was unlucky, yesterday not. - Tom Boonen Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBUb20gQm9vbmVuICAgIA==&num=4 "[After yesterday's crash in the Tour de Rijke, Quick.Step's Tom Boonen managed to train for around 100 kilometres on Sunday morning.] This morning I woke up a little bit worried about the potential consequences of yesterday's fall during the G.P. De Rijke, where I hurt my knee, ... Fortunately the knee was not swollen. When I started to ride my bike, I understood that the problem was not serious as I feared. I trained for around 100 kilometres without problems, forcing and doing some tests on the knee. Tomorrow I will do a long training ride and then Wednesday, as scheduled, I will fly to Granada. In the Tour de France I was unlucky, yesterday not. - Tom Boonen Quotes")
