Léon van Bon
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| Full name | Léon Hendrik Jan van Bon | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
28 January 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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Léon Hendrik Jan van Bon (born 28 January 1972) 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.[1] 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.[2]
Major results
- 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
- ↑ "Léon van Bon Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ↑ 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 |
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