Edvald Boasson Hagen

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Edvald Boasson Hagen


fullname = Edvald Boasson Hagen
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1987|5|17
country = NOR
height = height|m=1.81
weight = convert|76|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
currentteam = Team Columbia
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = All-rounder
amateuryears = 2006–2007
amateurteams = Team Maxbo-Bianchi
proyears = 2008–
proteams = Team Columbia
majorwins = NOR Time Trial Champion 2007-2008
updated = February 22, 2008

Edvald Boasson Hagen (born 17 May, 1987 in Rudsbygd, Norway) is a professional road racing cyclist riding for the UCI ProTeam Team Columbia. He is the Norwegian Time Trial Champion.

Career

Hagen joined the Norwegian continental team Team Maxbo Bianchi in 2006 and in his first season in the continental circuits he took eight wins including three stages of the Tour de l'Avenir. [cite web
title = Cruising into the ProTour, Norwegian style
publisher = www.cyclingnews.com
date = 24 August 2007
url = http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/2007/interviews/?id=edvald_boasson_hagen_aug07
accessdaymonth = 26 November | accessyear=2007]

In 2007 he enjoyed a successful season and scored fifteen wins, ending up second in number of victories behind ProTour sprinter Alessandro Petacchi. But, after the disqualification of the Italian in May 2008 by doping, Alessandro Petacchi lost 5 stage wins in the 2007 Giro resulting in Boasson Hagen having the most victories. Boasson won the overall classification as well as stages at Paris-Corrèze, Ringerike GP and Istrian Spring Trophy. He also took stages at Tour of Ireland, Tour de Normandie and Tour de Bretagne as well as the Norwegian time trial championship. As a result of this achievements, he finished fifth in the individual point standings of 2006-2007 UCI Europe Tour. In early 2007 it was announced that for 2008 season he would leave Team Maxbo Bianchi for the German UCI ProTeam T-Mobile Team. [cite web
title = Norwegian youngster to T-Mobile
publisher = www.cyclingnews.com
date = 26 May 2007
url = http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/may07/may26news2
accessdaymonth = 8 December | accessyear=2007] In late 2007 it was announced that Deutsche Telekom was to end sponsorship of T-Mobile Team with immediate effect. The team continued under the name "Team High Road". [cite web
title = T-Mobile ends cycling sponsorship
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-11-27
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7115547.stm
accessdate = 2007-12-06] The team will participate in the 2008 Tour de France as "Team Columbia".

Team High Road/Team Columbia (2008–)

Hagen began the 2008 season with a fifth place in the prologue of Tour of California, ahead of established time trial specialists like David Millar and Gustav Larsson. He later won the concluding individual time trial of Criterium International ahead of teammate Tony Martin and the Grand Prix de Denain. He also finished second at the Commerce Bank Reading Classic and became the Norway National Time Trial Champion for the second year in a row. Later in the year he competed in the Beijing Olympics Road Race, finishing 71st, and entered the ProTour race Eneco Tour of Benelux aiming for the overall classification. He finished third in the prologue and was well placed in the following stages when in the fifth stage the front of the peloton split in the strong cross winds and left him 14 minutes behind the leaders. Hagen lost any chance of overall victory but made up by winning the following stage in Brussels by passing Jimmy Engoulvent in the final 15 meter of the race. [ [http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=13309 Eneco Tour 2008 - Stage 6, dailypeloton.com] ]

Palmarès

;2004: NOR U19 Road Race Champion: 2nd, National U19 Time Trial Championship;2005: NOR U19 Road Race Champion: NOR U19 Time Trial Champion;2006: 1st, Scandinavian Open Road Race: 1st, Stages 1 and 5, Internationale Thüringen-Rundfahrt (U23): 1st, Stage 3, Ringerike GP: 1st, Stages 2, 5 and 7, Tour de l'Avenir: 1st, Stage 4, Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour: 2nd, GP Aarhus: 2nd, National Road Race Championship: 14th, Overall, Tour de l'Ain;2007: NOR Time Trial Champion: 1st, Overall, Istrian Spring Trophee:: 1st, Prologue: 1st, Overall, Points Classification, Paris-Corrèze:: 1st, Stages 1 and 2: 1st, Overall, Ringerike GP:: 1st, Stages 1, 2, 3 and 5: 6th, Overall, Tour de Bretagne:: 1st, Stages 2 and 7, Tour de Bretagne: 7th, Overall, Tour de Normandie:: 1st, Stage 8, Tour de Normandie: 12th, Overall, Tour of Ireland:: 1st, Stage 4, Tour of Ireland;2008: 1st, Stage 3, Critérium International: 1st, Grand Prix de Denain: 2nd, Commerce Bank Reading Classic: NOR Time Trial Champion: 1st, Stage 6, Eneco Tour of Benelux: 21st, UCI Road World Championships Time Trial: Tour of Britain:: 1st, Sprints Competition:: 1st, Stage 4:: 1st, Stage 5:: 1st, Stage 7:: Combativity Award

References

External links

*cyclingwebsite|18964
* [http://www.cyclebase.nl/?lang=en&news=en&pc=normal&page=renner&db=m&id=7003 Palmares by cyclebase.nl]
* [http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=6700&idtitle=1 Palmarès by cyclingbase.com fr icon]

Persondata
NAME=Hagen, Edvald Boasson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH= 1987-05-17
PLACE OF BIRTH=Rudsbygd, Norway
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=