Léon van Bon
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| Full name | Léon Hendrik Jan van Bon | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
January 28, 1972 Asperen, Gelderland, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1994–2000 | WordPerfect-Colnago-Decca | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Mercury | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | Lotto-Adecco | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Rabobank | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2013 | Trek-Marco Polo | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Major wins | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tour de France, 2 stages Vuelta a España, 1 stage HEW Cyclassics (1998) Ronde van Nederland (2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Infobox last updated on 24 August 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Léon Hendrik Jan van Bon (born January 28, 1972 in Asperen, Gelderland) is a retired road racing cyclist from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the men's points race at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He won his first major race at the professionals in 1998, winning the HEW Cyclassics. In 2001 he claimed the overall-victory in the Ronde van Nederland. Van Bon retired in 2013.[1]
Palmares
- 1988
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U17 Pursuit Champion - U17 Sprint Champion
- 1989
- U19 Pursuit Champion
- U19 Points Race Champion
- U19 Sprint Champion
- 1990
- U19 Points Race Champion
- U19 Sprint Champion
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World U19 Points Race Championship - 1991
- Amateur Points Race Champion
- 2nd, National Time Trial Championship
- 2nd, National Amateur Pursuit Championship
- 1992
- Madison Champion
- Amateur Points Race Champion
- 2nd, Olympic Games, Points Race
- 2nd, National Amateur Pursuit Championship
- 2nd, Overall, Olympia's Tour
- Winner Prologue
- 1993
- 1st, Stages 1 & 7, Tour de l'Avenir
- 1994
- 1st, Tour de la Haute-Sambre
- 2nd, National Points Race Championship
- 1995
- 1st, Stage 7, DuPont Tour
- 3rd, Overall, PostGirot Open
- 1996
- 1st, Overall, Wien-Rabenstein-Gresten-Wien
- 1st, Stage 4, DuPont Tour
- 1st, Stage 1, Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1997
- 1st, Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen
- 1st, Amsterdam RAI Derny Race
- 1st, Stage 18, Vuelta a España
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World Road Race Championship - 9th, Paris–Tours
- 1998
- 1st, HEW Cyclassics
- 1st, Stage 9, Tour de France
- 2nd, World Cup
- 3rd, National Road Race Championship
- 4th, Paris–Roubaix
- 8th, Clásica de San Sebastián
- 1999
- 1st, Stage 1, Prudential Tour
- 6th, Milan – San Remo
- 6th, Paris–Roubaix
- 6th, Amstel Gold Race
- 8th, Paris–Tours
- 2000
- Dutch National Road Race Championship
- 1st, Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
- 1st, Stage 6, Tour de France
- 7th, Tour of Flanders
- Peperbus Profspektakel
- 2001
- 1st, Overall, Ronde van Nederland
- 1st, First Union Invitational
- 2nd, Gent–Wevelgem
- 2002
- 1st, Stage 4, Tour de Suisse
- 2003
- 1st, Veenendaal–Veenendaal
- 1st, Stage 3, Deutschland Tour
- 2004
- 1st, Stage 3, Paris–Nice
- 1st, Stage 5, Ronde van Nederland
- 4th, Tour of Flanders
- 7th, Paris–Roubaix
- 10th, World Cup
- 2005
- National Road Race Championships
- 6th, Paris–Roubaix
- 8th, Tour of Flanders
- 2007
- 1st, Nokere Koerse
- 2012
- 3rd National Track Championships, Madison (with Geert Jan Jonkman)
See also
References
- ↑ Strater, Ronald (19 June 2013). "Wielrenner van Bon neemt afscheid bij profronde Etten-Leur" (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
External links
- (Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee
- Léon van Bon at Trap-Friis.dk. Archive copy at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2011)
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Maarten den Bakker |
Dutch National Road Race Champion 2000 |
Succeeded by Jans Koerts |
| Preceded by Erik Dekker |
Dutch National Road Race Champion 2005 |
Succeeded by Michael Boogerd |