Léon van Bon

Léon van Bon
Personal information
Full name	Léon Hendrik Jan van Bon
Born	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
Men's track cycling
Representing the Netherlands
Olympic Games
Men's road bicycle racing
UCI Road World Championships

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

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)

^ 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.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Maarten den Bakker Erik Dekker	Dutch National Road Race Champion 2000 2005	Succeeded by Jans Koerts Michael Boogerd