Léon van Bon
Léon Hendrik Jan van Bon (born January 28, 1972 in Asperen, Lingewaal ) is a former Dutch cyclist .
Even as a junior driver, Léon van Bon was multiple Dutch champions in various disciplines on the track . In 1991 he became national amateur championship in points driving . In 1992 he repeated this success and was also a champion in two-man team driving .
Léon van Bon celebrated his first major success in 1996 with a stage win at Tirreno-Adriatico ; he also won the overall ranking of Vienna-Rabenstein-Gresten-Wien . He drove for several years with Rabobank (1994 to 2000), during which he won two stages in the Tour de France , a stage in the Vuelta a España and the one-day race HEW Cyclassics as well as the Mallorca Challenge (1998). During his time at Lotto (2003 to 2006) he won a stage of the Germany Tour and achieved a stage victory at Paris – Nice . In 2005 he became Dutch road racing champion for the second time after 2000.
In 1992 von Bon started at the Olympic Games in Barcelona and won the silver medal in the points race on the track. In 1997 he was third in the road race of the World Championships in San Sebastian . He ended his career in 2013.
successes
- 1991
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Points race (amateurs)
- 1992
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Silver Olympic Games points race, track -
Points race (amateurs)
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Two-man team driving (amateurs)
- 1995
- one stage Tour DuPont
- 1996
- a stage Tirreno – Adriatico
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Sprint ranking Tour DuPont
- 1997
- Omloop of the Vlaamse Ardennen-Ichtegem
- a stage Vuelta a España
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World Cup third, road race - 1998
- HEW Cyclassics
- a stage Tour de France
- Second world cup
- 2000
- a stage Tour de France
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Dutch road champion
- Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
- 2001
- Netherlands tour
- 2002
- one stage Tour de Suisse
- 2003
- a stage Germany tour
- 2004
- a stage Paris – Nice
- one stage tour of the Netherlands
- 2005
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Dutch road champion
- 2007
- Nokere Koerse
- 2008
- one stage Tour de Kumano
- one stage tour of Thailand
- 2009
- one stage Tour de Korea
- Six-day race Apeldoorn with Robert Bartko and Pim Ligthart
- 2011
- Six days Rotterdam with Danny Stam
Teams
- 1994 WordPerfect
- 1995 Novell
- 1996-2000 Rabobank
- 2001 Mercury
- 2002 Domo Farm Fries
- 2003-2004 Lotto Domo
- 2005-2006 Davitamon Lotto
- 2007 Rabobank
- 2008–2009 Trek Marco Polo
- 2010–2012 Marco Polo Cycling Team
Web links
- Léon van Bon in the Tour de France database(French / English )
- Léon van Bon in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Léon van Bon in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
1888 HW van Raden | 1889 WG Delbaere | 1890 Henri Raland | 1891 Carel Koning | 1892 Henk van de Griendt | 1893, 1894 Jaap Eden | 1895, 1896 Willem van der Mey | 1904 Jan de Groot | 1906 Gerrit van Vliet | 1907 Jan Tulleken | 1908 Adrie Slot | 1909, 1914 Chris Kalkman | 1910 Henk Tamse | 1911 Krijn Schippers | 1912 Cees Erkelens | 1913, 1919, 1920 Frits Wiersma | 1915, 1917, 1918, 1921, 1925 Jorinus van der Wiel | 1916, 1926 Klaas van Nek | 1922 Herman Nankman | 1923, 1924 Piet Ikelaar | 1927 Joep Franssen | 1928, 1929 Hans Bockkom | 1930 Janus Braspennincx | 1931, 1934 Cesar Bogaert | 1932, 1935 Marinus Valentijn | 1933 Thijs van Oers | 1936 Kees Pellenaars | 1937, 1942 John Braspennincx | 1939 Janus Hellemons | 1940, 1941 Louis Motké | 1938, 1943, 1945 Theo Middelkamp | 1944, 1948, 1950, 1953 Gerrit Schulte | 1946 Bouk Schellingerhoudt | 1947, 1949 Sjef Janssen | 1951, 1952 Hans Dekkers | 1954 Adri Voorting | 1955 Thijs Roks | 1956, 1957 Wim van Est | 1958 Jef Lahaye | 1959 Piet Damen | 1960, 1961 Bas Maliepaard | 1962 From Geldermans | 1963 Peter Post | 1964, 1965 Jo de Roo | 1966 Karstens tanning | 1967 winner disqualified 1 | 1968 Evert Dolman | 1969 Jacques Frijters | 1970 Peter Kisner | 1971, 1973 Joop Zoetemelk | 1972 Tino Tobacco | 1974 Cees Priem | 1975 Hennie Kuiper | 1976, 1983, 1984 Jan Raas | 1977 Fedor den Hertog | 1978, 1979 Henk Lubberding | 1980, 1982 Johan van der Velde | 1981, 1985 Jacques Hanegraaf | 1986 Jos Lammertink | 1987 Adrie van der Poel | 1988 Peter Pieters | 1989 Frans Maassen | 1990 Peter Winnen | 1991, 1994 Steven Rooks | 1992 Tristan Hoffman | 1993 Erik Breukink | 1995 Servais Knaven | 1996, 1999 Maarten den Bakker | 1997, 1998, 2006 Michael Boogerd | 2000, 2005 Léon van Bon | 2001 Jans Koerts | 2002 Stefan van Dijk | 2003 Rudie Kemna | 2004 Erik Dekker | 2007, 2009 Koos Moerenhout | 2008 Lars Boom | 2010, 2012, 2015 Niki Terpstra | 2011 Pim Ligthart | 2013 Johnny Hoogerland | 2014 Sebastian Langeveld | 2016 Dylan Groenewegen | 2017 Ramon Sinkeldam | 2018, 2020 Mathieu van der Poel | 2019 Fabio Jakobsen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bon, Léon van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bon, Léon Hendrik Jan van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Asperen, Lingewaal |