Johan Le Bon
 Le Bon at the 2011 Four Days of Dunkirk | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Johan Le Bon |
| Born |
3 October 1990 Lannion, France |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | FDJ |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Rouleur |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2008–2009 | UC Briochine |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2009–2012 | Bretagne–Schuller |
| 2013– | FDJ |
| Major wins | |
|
World Junior Road Race Championships (2008) European Junior Road Race Championships (2008) Stage 5 Eneco Tour (2015) | |
|
Infobox last updated on 14 August 2015 | |
Johan Le Bon (born 3 October 1990) is a French road bicycle racer for UCI World Tour team FDJ.
Career
Riding as a junior in 2008, Johan Le Bon became European Champion[1] and World Champion in just one month time.[2] He also won the bronze medal at the European ITT Championships that year.
One year later, he joined professional cycling team Bretagne-Schuller.[3] The 2010 edition of the Route bretonne became his first professional victory. He also won the thirth stage of the Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay, a race he won the previous year as an amateur, and the thirth stage of Kreiz Breizh Elites, becoming overall winner of the latter.[4]
In both 2011 en 2012 Johan Le Bon emerged as French U23 Time Trial Champion.[5]
In 2013 Le Bon moved to World Tour team FDJ. In the important three-day stage races of West Flanders and De Panne, Le Bon became fifth and fourth, respectively. He gained his first podium spot with FDJ by finishing second in the Tour of Léon.[6] Later that year, Le Bon debuted in a Grand Tour when he took part in the Giro d'Italia.
In 2014, he participated in the Paris–Roubaix and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad cycling classics. He again took part in the Giro d'Italia, and also finished the Vuelta a España.
His biggest victory for the time being came in 2015, when he won the fifth stage of the Eneco Tour.[7]
Palmarès
- 2007
- 1st Stage 2 Ronde des vallées
- 2008
- 1st Classique des Alpes
- 1st
European Junior Road Race Championships - 1st
World Junior Road Race Championships - 1st Overall Ronde des vallées
- 1st Prologue
- 1st Tour du Morbihan
- 2009
- 1st Stage 2 Classic Loire Atlantique
- 1st Étoile de Tressignaux
- 1st Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
- 2010
- 1st Route bretonne
- 1st Stage 3 Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
- 1st Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Overall Paris–Corrèze
- 2nd French U23 Time Trial Championships
- 2011
- 2nd Paris-Mantes-en-Yvelines
- 1st
French U23 Time Trial Championships - 1st Mountains classification Tour de Picardie
- 2012
- 1st National Under 23 Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 2
- 4th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
- 6th Overall Tour de Normandie
- 2013
- 2nd Tro-Bro Léon
- 3rd French Time Trial Championships
- 4th Overall 2013 Three Days of De Panne
- 5th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 5th Chrono des Nations
- 2014
- 3rd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 7th National Time Trial Championships
- 2015
- 1st Stage 5 Eneco Tour
- 3rd Chrono des Nations
- 8th Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 9th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 1st Prologue
- 9th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 10th National Time Trial Championships
- Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Giro |
115 | 89 | — |
 Tour |
— | — | — |
 Vuelta |
— | 79 |
References
- ↑ "European U23-Junior Road Championships - CC". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company Ltd. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ↑ "Junior World Championships - CM Jr". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company Ltd. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ↑ Gilson, Michael (15 June 2009). "Johan Le Bon néo-pro le 1er juillet". Directvelo.com (Association Le Peloton). Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ↑ "Johan Le Bon". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ↑ Arz, Pierre (17 August 2012). "Pour la 2ème année consécutive, le professionnel Johan Le Bon est devenu champion de France Espoirs de contre-la-montre, chez lui en Bretagne.". Velo101.com (Sport 101). Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ↑ Mainguet, Maxime (26 March 2014). "Le Bon, pavé de bonnes intentions". Velochrono.fr (Velochrono). Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ↑ "Johan Le Bon (FDJ) remporte la 5e étape de l'Eneco Tour". L'Equipe.fr (Éditions Philippe Amaury). 14 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
External links
- Johan Le Bon profile at Cycling Archives
- Johan Le Bon profile at ProCyclingStats