Edvald Boasson Hagen

Edvald Boasson Hagen
Boasson Hagen at the 2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Personal information
Full nameEdvald Boasson Hagen
NicknameEddy the Boss[1][non-primary source needed]
Born (1987-05-17) 17 May 1987 (age 37)
Rudsbygd, Lillehammer, Norway
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Team information
Current teamDecathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeRouleur
Sprinter
Professional teams
2006–2007Maxbo–Bianchi
2008–2009Team High Road
2010–2014Team Sky
2015–2020MTN–Qhubeka[2][3]
2021–2023Total Direct Énergie[4]
2024–Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
3 individual stages (2011, 2017)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2009)

Stage races

Eneco Tour (2009, 2011)
Tour of Britain (2009, 2015)
Tour of Norway (2012, 2013, 2017)
Tour des Fjords (2017)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2012, 2015, 2016)
National Time Trial Championships (2007–2011, 2013, 2015–2018)
Gent–Wevelgem (2009)
Vattenfall Cyclassics (2011)
GP Ouest-France (2012)
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Valkenburg Road race
Representing Team Sky
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tuscany Team time trial

Edvald Boasson Hagen[5] (born 17 May 1987) is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale.[6] He was ranked as no. 3 in the world by UCI as of 31 August 2009, when he was 22 years old.[7] He is known as an all-rounder, having won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships in 2012,[8] 2015 and 2016. He is also a ten-time winner of the Norwegian National Time Trial Championships.

  1. ^ "Team Sky on Twitter: Edvald Boasson Hagen – Eddy the Boss has done Norway and the team proud. Whatever the terrain, he has ridden hard. We are lucky to have him!". Twitter Inc. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2014 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  3. ^ "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. ^ In relation to his given names and family name, he is quoted: "In my passport it says Hagen as a surname, and Edvald Boasson as first names. Boasson is a kind of middle name. But I prefer to use both as a surname." Cycle Sport (May 2009, p. 114)
  6. ^ "Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team". UCI. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  7. ^ "UCI world ranking". Union Cycliste Internationale. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  8. ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Norway". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 April 2015.