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Full name | Léon Hendrik Jan van Bon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1972-01-28) 28 January 1972 (age 52) Asperen, Gelderland, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–2000 | WordPerfect–Colnago–Decca | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | Mercury | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2006 | Lotto–Adecco | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | Rabobank | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2013 | Trek–Marco Polo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Major wins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. 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.
After the racing career he became a sports photographer, covering major road cycling events.
Major results
- 1988
- 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
- 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
- UCI Road World Championships, Road race
- 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
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Léon van Bon Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. 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.
- Hood, Edmond (11 May 2020). "Rider Turned Photog: Léon van Bon Gets PEZ'd!". PezCycling News. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
External links
- (in Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee
- Léon van Bon at trap-friis.dk
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded byMaarten den Bakker Erik Dekker |
Dutch National Road Race Champion 2000 2005 |
Succeeded byJans Koerts Michael Boogerd |
- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Lingewaal
- Dutch male cyclists
- Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Dutch Tour de France stage winners
- Dutch Vuelta a España stage winners
- Olympic silver medalists in cycling
- Tour de Suisse stage winners
- UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands
- Cyclists from Gelderland
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Dutch sportsmen
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen