William Bonnet

William Bonnet

Bonnet at the 2008 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name William Bonnet
Born (1982-06-25) 25 June 1982
Saint-Doulchard, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Professional team(s)
2002–2005 BigMat–Auber 93
2006–2008 Crédit Agricole
2009–2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom
2011–2015 FDJ
Infobox last updated on
2 January 2014

William Bonnet (born 25 June 1982) is a retired French professional road bicycle racer.[1] In the 2015 Tour de France, Bonnet crashed at full speed on stage 3 near Huy in Belgium after clipping wheels of a rider in front. He has suffered a multiple fracture of the second cervical vertebrae and was rushed to Paris for surgery and placed in an induced coma before any neurological damage was done. Bonnet retired in July.

Palmares

2000
2nd, World Under-19 Team Pursuit Championships
2005
1st, Stage 1, Paris–Corrèze
2006
3rd, Grand Prix de Wallonie
5th, Grand Prix de Fourmies
9th, Paris–Brussels
2007
7th, Dwars door Vlaanderen
7th, Tour de Vendée
2010
1st, Stage 2, Paris–Nice
10th, Tour of Flanders
2011
6th, E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Pink jersey Giro 111 WD WD
Yellow jersey Tour 109 102 128 WD WD WD
red jersey Vuelta 109 111 152

WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP

References

External links

Media related to William Bonnet at Wikimedia Commons


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