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It's been a long time coming, and perhaps a little overdue, but 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Boonen finally broke through for his 100th victory in 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Paris-Nice on Monday to write himself into the history books alon🌠gside the esteemed names of Eddy Merckx, Sean Kelly and Alessandro♑ Petacchi, among others.

Having earned the moniker 'Tornado Tom' when he seemed invincible in the early and mid 2000s, it's a sign of the strength of the next gene🧸ration of sprinters in Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol), Mark Cavendish (Sky) and more recently Andrea Guardini (Farnese-Vini) that things had somewhat stalled for the big Belgian in recent years.

Fittingly however, he has made the milestone at a time when he seems back to his devastating best. Cyclingnews presents a photo montage of the Belgi﷽an's career victories to date, along with some of the elite company he joins in the '100 Club'.

To put Boonen's achievement in perspective, Alberto Contador, Lance Armst🍃rong, Fausto Coppi, Djamolidine Abduzhaparov have all had less tha🌳n 100 professional wins.

Boonen's key victories include a world road race title in 2005, two Tours of Flanders, three Paris-Roubaix, two wins at Gent-Wevelgem, as well as six stages of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France.