Kris Boeckmans (born 13 February 1987) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2020, for the , , and teams.

Career

Born in

Malle Malle () is a municipality located in the Campine region of the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the villages of Oostmalle and Westmalle. In 2021, Malle had a total population of 15,620. The total area is 51.99 km2. ...

, Boeckmans began competing as a professional in the second half of the 2009 season, competing for the team as a stagiaire. He joined for the start of the 2010 season, remaining with the team until the end of 2011, when he joined the squad for the 2012 season. Boeckmans made his Grand Tour début at the

2012 Tour de France The 2012 Tour de France was the 99th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. It started in the Belgian city of Liège on 30 June and finished on the Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France, Champs ...

, where he was earmarked as one of the squad's main sprint contenders, along with Kenny van Hummel; Boeckmans took his first top ten placing on stage 4, when he finished eighth on the stage. After two years with , Boeckemans left the team at the end of the 2013 season, to join . He started the 2015 Vuelta a España. However, on the eighth stage, he was involved in a large crash: he was drinking from a bidon and hit a hole in the road, falling hard to the ground. According to '' Cyclingnews.com'', he suffered "facial trauma and fractures, a

concussion A concussion, also known as a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), is a head injury that temporarily affects brain functioning. Symptoms may include headache, dizziness, difficulty with thinking and concentration, sleep disturbances, a brief ...

, broken ribs and a punctured lung" and was placed into an

induced coma An induced comaalso known as a medically induced coma (MIC), barbiturate-induced coma, or drug-induced comais a temporary coma (a deep state of unconsciousness) brought on by a controlled dose of an anesthetic drug, often a barbiturate such as pe ...

. He was kept in the coma for over a week and was eventually discharged around four weeks after the crash, following major facial surgery in Belgium.

Major results

;2007 : 2nd Zellik–Galmaarden ;2008 : 1st GP Stad Vilvoorde : 1st Stage 1b

Vuelta a Navarra The Vuelta a Navarra is a road cycling stage race held annually since 1941 in the Autonomous community of Navarra, Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in N ...

: 5th Overall Tour de Berlin ::1st Stage 1 : 7th ZLM Tour : 9th

Grand Prix de Waregem The Grand Prix Waregem was a cycling race held annually in Belgium. It was part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale ...

: 10th Kattekoers ;2009 : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux ::1st Stage 2b : 1st Schaal Sels : 1st Stage 2

: 2nd Overall Ronde van Antwerpen ::1st Stages 1a ( ITT) & 3 : 2nd Brussel–Zepperen : 2nd Paris–Tours Espoirs : 4th GP Raymond Impanis : 5th Kattekoers ;2010 : 1st Stage 5 Ster Elektrotoer : 2nd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen ::1st Stage 3 : 2nd

Nokere Koerse Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. The Nokere Koerse was created in 1944, initially as the ''Grand Prix Jules Lowie'' in honour of 1938 Paris–Nice winner Jules Lowie who ...

: 7th Scheldeprijs : 8th Omloop van het Waasland : 8th

Nationale Sluitingsprijs Nationale Sluitingprijs is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. From 2005 to 2017, the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...

: 9th Wanzele-Lede : 10th

Dwars door Drenthe Dwars door Drenthe () was an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands, and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. It took place between 2010 and 2015. From 2010, the men's event was UCI 1.1 rated and ...

: 10th

Grand Prix de Denain Grand Prix de Denain is a professional road bicycle racing, cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before becoming a 1.HC event for th ...

;2011 : 3rd Münsterland Giro : 4th Puivelde Koerse : 6th Sparkassen Giro Bochum : 9th Omloop Gemeente Melle ;2012 : 2nd

Le Samyn Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In ...

: 2nd

;2013 : 2nd

: 5th Schaal Sels : 6th

Halle–Ingooigem Halle–Ingooigem is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in West Flanders, Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Cou ...

;2014 : 2nd

;2015 : 1st Jersey green

Overall

Tour de Picardie The Tour de Picardie was a professional multi-stage cycle road race that was held between 1936 and 2016 in Picardy, France. In its last twelve editions, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a se ...

::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Jersey blue

Overall World Ports Classic ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 1st

: 1st

: 2nd

: 3rd Overall

Étoile de Bessèges The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a ...

::1st Stage 1 ;2016 : 5th

Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom ...

;2018 : 5th

;2019 : 6th Scheldeprijs

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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Vacansoleil-DCM profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boeckmans, Kris Belgian male cyclists 1987 births Living people Cyclists from Antwerp Province Sportspeople from Malle 21st-century Belgian sportsmen