10 Facts About Michael Boogerd

Michael Boogerd was born on 28 May 1972 and is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer.

Michael Boogerd was one of the leaders of a generation of Dutch cyclists in the late 1990s and early 2000s, together with teammate Erik Dekker and female cyclist Leontien van Moorsel.

Michael Boogerd has been Dutch Champion three times, in 1997,1998 and in 2006.

Michael Boogerd was fined 1250 Swiss Francs for not wearing his national champion jersey in the prologue of that year.

Michael Boogerd rode exceptionally well helping his team captain to 6th overall and Michael Rasmussen to the Polka Dot jersey.

Michael Boogerd ended his career in 2007, with a 12th place in the World Championship road race in Stuttgart.

Michael Boogerd's planned last race was the 2007 Giro di Lombardia, but a fall in the weeks before made him unable to participate.

Michael Boogerd was appointed team manager of Team Roompot, a UCI Professional Continental cycling team launching in 2015.

Allegations that Michael Boogerd used performance-enhancing drugs were made since at least 2008, when Bernhard Kohl, who had finished third in the 2008 Tour de France but was stripped of that honor after testing positive for CERA, a variant of EPO accused his manager Stefan Matschiner.

Michael Boogerd finally admitted, in a television interview on 6 March 2013, to having used EPO, blood transfusions and cortisone from 1997 to 2007.