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Edvald Boasson Hagen
.JPG) Boasson Hagen at the 2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Edvald Boasson Hagen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Eddy the Boss[1][non-primary source needed] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 May 1987 Rudsbygd, Lillehammer, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Rouleur Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006–2007 | Maxbo–Bianchi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Team High Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2014 | Team Sky | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2020 | MTN–Qhubeka[2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Total Direct Énergie[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edvald Boasson Hagen[6] (born 17 May 1987) is a Norwegian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2024. 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team". UCI. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ 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)
- ^ "UCI world ranking". Union Cycliste Internationale. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Norway". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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