- Léon van Bon
Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Léon van Bon
image_caption =
fullname = Léon Hendrik Jan van Bon
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1972|1|28
country = NED
height = height|m=1.76
weight = convert|70|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
currentteam = Marco Polo
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype =
amateuryears =
amateurteams =
proyears = 1994–2000
2001
2002–2006
2007
2008
proteams = Rabobank
Mercury
Davitamon-Lotto
Rabobank
Marco Polo
majorwins = Tour de France, 2 stages
Vuelta a España, 1 stage
HEW Cyclassics (1998)
Ronde van Nederland (2001)
updated =January 4 2008 Léon Hendrik Jan van Bon (born
January 28 ,1972 inAsperen ,Gelderland ) is aroad racing cyclist from theNetherlands , who won the silver medal in the men's points race at the 1992 Summer Olympics inBarcelona, Spain . He won his first major race at the professionals in 1998, winning theHEW Cyclassics . In 2001 he claimed the overall-victory in the Ronde van Nederland.Palmares
;1988: NED U17 Pursuit Champion: NED U17 Sprint Champion;1989: NED U19 Pursuit Champion: NED U19 Points Race Champion: NED U19 Sprint Champion;1990: NED U19 Points Race Champion: NED U19 Sprint Champion: sica World U19 Points Race Championship;1991: NED Amateur Points Race Champion: 2nd, National Time Trial Championship: 2nd, National Amateur Pursuit Championship;1992: NED Madison Champion: NED 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:: 3rd, Stage 8:: 5th, Stages 3 & 17: brca World Road Race Championship: 9th,Paris-Tours ;1998: 1st,HEW Cyclassics : 1st, Stage 9, Tour de France:: 3rd, Stage 14: 2nd, World Cup: 3rd, National Road Race Championship: 4th,Paris-Roubaix : 8th,Clasicá San Sebastián ;1999: 1st, Stage 1,Prudential Tour : 6th,Milan-Sanremo : 6th,Paris-Roubaix : 6th,Amstel Gold Race : 8th,Paris-Tours ;2000: flagicon|NEDDutch National Road Race Championship : 1st,Ronde van Midden-Zeeland : 1st, Stage 6, Tour de France: 7th,Ronde van Vlaanderen ;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,Ronde van Vlaanderen : 7th,Paris-Roubaix : 10th, World Cup;2005: flagicon|NEDDutch National Road Race Championship : 6th, Paris-Roubaix: 8th, Ronde van Vlaanderen;2007: 1st,Nokere Koerse References
* [http://www.sport.nl/overige/deelnemersfinder/ Dutch Olympic Committee]
* [http://www.rabobank.nl/particulieren/sponsoring/wielrennen/proteam/riders_in_english/leon_van_bon Pofile at Rabobank official website]
*trapfriis|netherlands.Bon.htmPersondata
NAME= Bon, Léon van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Bon, Léon Hendrik Jan van
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH=1972-01-28
PLACE OF BIRTH=Asperen ,Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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