Tom Boonen: Motor racing success gives me a bigger kick than victory as a pro rider
Classics riderﷺ wins Benelux GT & Prototype Challenge championꦬship

On the bike he won four editions of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Paris-Roubaix, three editions of the Tour of Flanders, a rainbow jersey, and six stages of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France, and now 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Boonen is enjoying succe🥂ss in his new sporting career – motorsports.
After winning the CN prototype class in the Benelux-focused GT & Prototype Challenge raceꦛ ▨series at the end of October, the Belgian compared his victory favourably to the big wins he took during his pro cycling career.
"It was great! Even better than any victory as a pro rider," Boonen said in an interview with Sport/Voetbalmagazine.
With a victory at the motor racing circuit in Assen൩, Netherlands on October 30, the 40-year-old secured overall victory in the series, which he also won back in 2019.
Boonen took three victories durin𒉰g the 10-race season, winning at the opening round in Hockenheim, Germany and at💮 Zolder in the Netherlands before confirming overall victory in the final round Assen with 196 points.
ꦬThe ex-QuickStep rider secured his motor racing license in 2017 and has since raced in VW Beetle-based Fun Cup and NASCAR Europe series before moving to sports car/prototype racing.
"Winning at Paris-Roubaix for the third or fourth time didn't even give me the same 'kick' as my first victories as a rookie racing driver," he told Sport/Voetbalmagazine.
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"The pleasure 🦩of winning is certainly not proportional to the importance of the race. You get used to it. That's why those first steps are the most fun – also in my second career."
Boonen compared the sensation of racing cars versus bikes, which he did for 16 years between 2002 and 2017. He said that motorsport has been less chaotic than the b🧜unch sprints he used to take part in on the bike.
"A bunch sprint, that🐈's an explosion of hormones," Boone꧋n said.
"After a chaotic final in which you find your way, shoot forward like a bo꧑lt, and then put your hands inღ the air. Bam!
"In my car there is less chaos, I ♈have more cont🅺rol. You stay hyper-focussed and never go over the limit, even in a direct duel with another car. Once you cross the finish line, the joy is immense."
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