Born in
Malle, Boeckmans began competing as a professional in the second half of the 2009 season, competing for the team as a stagiaire. He joined for the start of the 2010 season, remaining with the team until the end of 2011, when he joined the squad for the 2012 season. Boeckmans made his
Grand Tour début at the
2012 Tour de France, where he was earmarked as one of the squad's main sprint contenders, along with
Kenny van Hummel; Boeckmans took his first top ten placing on
stage 4, when he finished eighth on the stage. After two years with , Boeckemans left the team at the end of the 2013 season, to join . However, on the
eighth stage, he was involved in a large crash: he was drinking from a bidon and hit a hole in the road, falling hard to the ground. According to
Cyclingnews.com, he suffered "facial trauma and fractures, a
concussion, broken ribs and a
punctured lung" and was placed into an
induced coma. He was kept in the coma for over a week and was eventually discharged around four weeks after the crash, following major facial surgery in Belgium. ==Major results==