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]
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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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After the racing career he became a sports photographer, covering major road cycling events.[3]