Lars Boven

Lars Boven (born 13 August 2001) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck.^[3]

Lars Boven

Lars Boven (2024)
Personal information
Born	(2001-08-13) 13 August 2001 (age 23) Reutum, Tubbergen
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Current team	Alpecin–Deceuninck
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
2014-2019	AWV de Zwaluwen
Professional teams
2020-2023	Jumbo–Visma Development Team[1][2]
2024	Alpecin–Deceuninck
Medal record Cycling Representing  Netherlands European Road Cycling Championships 2019 Junior Time Trial 2022 Under-23 Team Relay

Biography

As a junior, Boven was active in both cyclo-cross and road cycling. In cyclo-cross, he participated in the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships without achieving top results. On the road, he drew attention, especially in his second season as a junior. In 2019 he became Dutch Junior Champion in the individual time trial and won the silver medal in the same discipline at the European Championships.^[4] In the UCI Junior Nations' Cup, he finished third in the junior race of Paris–Roubaix and second in the general classification of the Tour du Pays de Vaud.

In 2020, Boven joined the Jumbo-Visma Development Team, the development squad for the Jumbo-Visma World Tour team.^[5] His father, Jan Boven, works there as a directeur sportif. In September, he won a stage of the Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour.^[6] In the U23 category, he achieved his first success in his first season by winning the third stage of the Bałtyk-Karkonosze Tour.^[6] In the 2021 season, he achieved two prologue victories in smaller stage races, before winning the overall classification of the Flanders Tomorrow Tour in the 2022 season.^[7] He also won the bronze medal with the national team in the U23 mixed relay at the 2022 UEC European Road Championships. Although Boven was still riding for the development team in 2023, he was already used several times in the UCI WorldTeam, including in the Deutschland Tour 2022 and the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2023.

After four years in the Jumbo-Visma Development Team, Boven was not taken over into their elite team. However, for the 2024 season he received a professional contract with the UCI WorldTeam Alpecin-Deceuninck.^[8] The best result in his debut season as a professional cyclist was a third place in a stage of the 2024 Tour Down Under.

Major results

2018

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour du Pays de Vaud

1st Junior Cycling Tour Assen

2019

1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships^[9]

1st Stage 4 Acht van Bladel (Individual time trial)

2nd Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships^[10]

2nd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud^[11]

2nd Classique des Alpes^[12]

3rd Paris–Roubaix Juniors^[13]

4th EPZ Omloop van Borsele

7th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships^[14]

2020

1st Stage 3 Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour^[6]

2021

1st Prologue Istrian Spring Trophy

1st Prologue (TTT) Tour Alsace (Loe van Belle and Johannes Staune-Mittet)

4th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

7th Overall Flanders Tomorrow Tour

2022

1st Overall Flanders Tomorrow Tour

1st Points classification

1st Stage 2

1st Stage 2a (TTT), Ronde de l'Isard

3rd Team relay, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

6th Gran Premio di Poggiana

8th Overall Tour Alsace

2023

2nd Grand Prix Cerami

4th Super 8 Classic

4th Paris-Roubaix Espoirs

6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs

7th Overall Olympia's Tour

1st Points classification

2024

4th Figueira Champions Classic

Cyclo-cross

2018–2019

1st Trophy des AP Assurances Juniors #5, Antwerp

2nd National Junior Championships