Johan Le Bon

Johan Le Bon

Le Bon at the 2011 Four Days of Dunkirk
Personal information
Full name Johan Le Bon
Born (1990-10-03) 3 October 1990
Lannion, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Team information
Current team FDJ
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Rouleur
Amateur team(s)
2008–2009 UC Briochine
Professional team(s)
2009–2012 Bretagne–Schuller
2013– FDJ
Major wins
World Junior Road Race Championships (2008)
European Junior Road Race Championships (2008)
Infobox last updated on
14 August 2015

Johan Le Bon (born 3 October 1990) is a French road bicycle racer for UCI World Tour team FDJ.

Career

Riding as a junior in 2008, Johan Le Bon became European Champion[1] and World Champion in just one month time.[2] He also won the bronze medal at the European ITT Championships that year.

One year later, he joined professional cycling team Bretagne-Schuller.[3] The 2010 edition of the Route bretonne became his first professional victory. He also won the third stage of the Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay, a race he won the previous year as an amateur, and the third stage of Kreiz Breizh Elites, becoming overall winner of the latter.[4]

In both 2011 en 2012 Johan Le Bon emerged as French U23 Time Trial Champion.[5]

In 2013 Le Bon moved to World Tour team FDJ. In the important three-day stage races of West Flanders and De Panne, Le Bon came in fifth and fourth, respectively. He gained his first podium spot with FDJ by finishing second in the Tour of Léon.[6] Later that year, Le Bon debuted in a Grand Tour when he took part in the Giro d'Italia.

In 2014, he participated in the Paris–Roubaix and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad cycling classics. He again took part in the Giro d'Italia, and also finished the Vuelta a España.

His biggest victory for the time being came in 2015, when he won the fifth stage of the Eneco Tour.[7]

Career achievements

Major results

2007
1st Stage 2 Ronde des vallées
2008
1st Classique des Alpes
1st European Junior Road Race Championships
1st World Junior Road Race Championships
1st Overall Ronde des vallées
1st Prologue
1st Tour du Morbihan
2009
1st Stage 2 Classic Loire Atlantique
1st Étoile de Tressignaux
1st Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
2010
1st Route bretonne
1st Stage 3 Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
1st Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
1st Stage 3
3rd Overall Paris–Corrèze
2nd French U23 Time Trial Championships
2011
2nd Paris-Mantes-en-Yvelines
1st French U23 Time Trial Championships
1st Mountains classification Tour de Picardie
2012
1st National Under 23 Time Trial Championships
2nd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt
1st Stage 2
4th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
6th Overall Tour de Normandie
2013
2nd Tro-Bro Léon
3rd French Time Trial Championships
4th Overall 2013 Three Days of De Panne
5th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
5th Chrono des Nations
2014
3rd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
7th National Time Trial Championships
2015
1st Stage 5 Eneco Tour
3rd Chrono des Nations
8th Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
9th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
1st Prologue
9th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
10th National Time Trial Championships
2016
3rd Duo Normand (with Marc Fournier)[8]
5th Tro-Bro Léon
5th Chrono des Nations
10th Overall Three Days of De Panne

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016
Pink jersey Giro 115 89
Yellow jersey Tour
red jersey Vuelta 79 WD

References

  1. "European U23-Junior Road Championships - CC". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company Ltd. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  2. "Junior World Championships - CM Jr". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company Ltd. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  3. Gilson, Michael (15 June 2009). "Johan Le Bon néo-pro le 1er juillet". Directvelo.com. Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  4. "Johan Le Bon". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  5. Arz, Pierre (17 August 2012). "Pour la 2ème année consécutive, le professionnel Johan Le Bon est devenu champion de France Espoirs de contre-la-montre, chez lui en Bretagne.". Velo101.com. Sport 101. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  6. Mainguet, Maxime (26 March 2014). "Le Bon, pavé de bonnes intentions". Velochrono.fr. Velochrono. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  7. "Johan Le Bon (FDJ) remporte la 5e étape de l'Eneco Tour". L'Equipe.fr. Éditions Philippe Amaury. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  8. "Orica-BikeExchange's Tuft and Durbridge win Duo Normand". cyclingnews.com. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
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