Léon van Bon
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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]
After the racing career he became a sports photographer, covering major road cycling events.[3]
Major results
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- 1988
- File:MaillotHolanda.PNG U17 Pursuit Champion
- File:MaillotHolanda.PNG U17 Sprint Champion
- 1989
- File:MaillotHolanda.PNG U19 Pursuit Champion
- File:MaillotHolanda.PNG U19 Points Race Champion
- File:MaillotHolanda.PNG U19 Sprint Champion
- 1990
- File:MaillotHolanda.PNG U19 Points Race Champion
- File:MaillotHolanda.PNG U19 Sprint Champion
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- 1991
- File:MaillotHolanda.PNG Amateur Points Race Champion
- 2nd, National Time Trial Championship
- 2nd, National Amateur Pursuit Championship
- 1992
- File:MaillotHolanda.PNG Madison Champion
- File:MaillotHolanda.PNG 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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- 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
- File:MaillotHolanda.PNG 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
- File:MaillotHolanda.PNG 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
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External links
- Template:In lang Dutch Olympic Committee
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- 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