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Sophie de Boer

cyclist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 12, 2025
Entity authorityQ2786957 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sophie de Boer (born 12 December 1990) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team Parkhotel Valkenburg.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Sophie de Boer” as cyclist. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sophie, Boer and cyclist.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1990—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1990-12-12. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sophie, Boer and cyclist providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Sophie de Boer”, the useful work is to connect “cyclist” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 12, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2786957. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1990.

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Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sophie de Boer” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.