High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tom Boonen pronounced (born 15 October 1980 in Mol) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the Quick Step team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint. His personality and looks, combined with his successes, also turned him into Belgium`s main male sports idol of the mid-2000s, but he incurred censure after testing positive twice for the use of cocaine.