Tom Boonen raced 15 seasons with the Quick-Step team and became not only a legend of the sport, but a symbol of the team and Belgian racing as well. Hence, it is a surprising fact that he actually began his career at US Postal Service racing alongside
Lance Armstrong, however he recalls only a bad person who was not friendly even in Boonen's departure.
“The way Armstrong has treated his friends is detestable. With his best buddy Frankie Andreu, for example. He had ratted out Armstrong, but the only thing he said is what was said in that hospital room," Boonen said in the Foto's Met Kurkdroog podcast. "Armstrong is a terrible person in that regard. He should have confessed much earlier." Boonen rode as a trainee in the 2001 season with the American team, and then turned pro in 2002 - the year of Armstrong's fourth Tour de France victory out of seven.
