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Edvald Boasson Hagen
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Edvald Boasson Hagen |
| Date of birth |
May 17, 1987 (1987-05-17) (age 21) |
| Country |
 Norway |
| Height |
1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight |
76 kg (170 lb) |
| Team information |
| Current team |
Team High Road |
| Discipline |
Road |
| Role |
Rider |
| Rider type |
All-rounder |
| Amateur team(s) |
| 2006–2007 |
Team Maxbo-Bianchi |
| Professional team(s) |
| 2008– |
Team High Road |
| Infobox last updated on: |
| 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 High Road.
[edit] 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.[1]
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 of 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.[2] 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".[3]
[edit] Team High Road (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.
[edit] Palmarès
- 2004
- Norway U19 Road Race Champion
- 2nd, National U19 Time Trial Championship
- 2005
- Norway U19 Road Race Champion
- Norway 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
- 2007
- Norway Time Trial Champion
- 1st, Overall, Istrian Spring Trophee
- 1st, Prologue
- 1st, Overall, Paris-Corrèze
- 1st, Stages 1 and 2
- 1st, Overall, Ringerike GP
- 1st, Stages 1, 2, 3 and 5
- 1st, Stages 1 and 5, Tour de Bretagne
- 1st, Stage 8, Tour de Normandie
- 1st, Stage 4, Tour of Ireland
- 2008
- 1st, Stage 3, Critérium International
- 1st, Grand Prix de Denain
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