Léon van Bon

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. 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.

After the racing career he became a sports photographer, covering major road cycling events.

Major results

 * 1988
 * MaillotHolanda.PNG U17 Pursuit Champion
 * MaillotHolanda.PNG U17 Sprint Champion


 * 1989
 * MaillotHolanda.PNG U19 Pursuit Champion
 * MaillotHolanda.PNG U19 Points Race Champion
 * MaillotHolanda.PNG U19 Sprint Champion


 * 1990
 * MaillotHolanda.PNG U19 Points Race Champion
 * MaillotHolanda.PNG U19 Sprint Champion
 * World U19 Points Race Championship


 * 1991
 * MaillotHolanda.PNG Amateur Points Race Champion
 * 2nd, National Time Trial Championship
 * 2nd, National Amateur Pursuit Championship


 * 1992
 * MaillotHolanda.PNG Madison Champion
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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)