After Sven Nys indicated Lars Boom (Astana) would leave road cycling to ride with his Telenet-Fidea cyclocross team, the Dutch rider says no decision on his future will be made until after the Amstel Gold Race two weeks on Sunday.
“On the road, for sure, but I’d like to do some more cyclo-cross in the winter like last year where I did maybe five. I would like to do some more,” Boom told Cyclingnews when asked where his ambitions lie at the moment. “My focus is now until Roubaix and Amstel and then after this we will see what happens with the contracts and the teams, we will see.”
Boom is currently targeting the Classics, after sixth in Flanders and fourth in Roubaix last year. He was sixth last Friday in E3.
“My feeling in E3 was pretty good, I felt good on the Kwaremont was good and also Paterberg so I’m happy with the feeling on the bike and on the cobbles,” Boom told Cyclingnews. “We’ll see. I’ll try to do a really good race and I’ll try to beat the result of last year.”
Boom rode some cross races this past offseason and was the world champion in 2008. Since turning to the road, he has won prologues in the Dauphine and Paris-Nice, taken a commanding win in Vuelta and Tour stages as well as capturing the Eneco Tour and Tour of Britain overall. He has 19 pro wins in total including a national title in both the road race and time trial.
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