Edvald Boasson Hagen

Edvald Boasson Hagen
	Boasson Hagen at the 2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Personal information
Full name	Edvald Boasson Hagen
Nickname	Eddy the Boss[non-primary source needed]
Born	17 May 1987 (age 37); Rudsbygd, Lillehammer, Norway
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Rouleur; Sprinter
Professional teams
2006–2007	Maxbo–Bianchi
2008–2009	Team High Road
2010–2014	Team Sky
2015–2020	MTN–Qhubeka
2021–2023	Total Direct Énergie
2024	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 3 individual stages (2011, 2017) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2009) Stage races Eneco Tour (2009, 2011) Tour of Britain (2009, 2015) Tour of Norway (2012, 2013, 2017) Tour des Fjords (2017) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2012, 2015, 2016) National Time Trial Championships (2007–2011, 2013, 2015–2018) Gent–Wevelgem (2009) Vattenfall Cyclassics (2011) GP Ouest-France (2012)
Medal record
Representing Norway
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Representing Team Sky
World Championships

Edvald Boasson Hagen^[6] (born 17 May 1987) is a Norwegian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2024. He was ranked as no. 3 in the world by UCI as of 31 August 2009, when he was 22 years old.^[7] He is known as an all-rounder, having won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships in 2012,^[8] 2015 and 2016. He is also a ten-time winner of the Norwegian National Time Trial Championships.

^ "Team Sky on Twitter: Edvald Boasson Hagen – Eddy the Boss has done Norway and the team proud. Whatever the terrain, he has ridden hard. We are lucky to have him!". Twitter Inc. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2014 – via Twitter.
^ "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
^ "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
^ "Total Direct Energie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
^ "Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team". UCI. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
^ In relation to his given names and family name, he is quoted: "In my passport it says Hagen as a surname, and Edvald Boasson as first names. Boasson is a kind of middle name. But I prefer to use both as a surname." Cycle Sport (May 2009, p. 114)
^ "UCI world ranking". Union Cycliste Internationale. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Norway". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 April 2015.