Johan Le Bon
Johan Le Bon (born 3 October 1990) is a French road bicycle racer, who currently rides for French amateur team Dinan Sport Cycling.[4]
Le Bon at the 2011 Four Days of Dunkirk | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Johan Le Bon |
| Born | 3 October 1990 Lannion, France |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Dinan Sport Cycling |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Rouleur |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2008–2009 | UC Briochine |
| 2021– | Dinan Sport Cycling |
| Professional teams | |
| 2009–2012 | Bretagne–Schuller |
| 2013–2017 | FDJ |
| 2018–2020 | Vital Concept[1][2] |
| 2021 | Cambodia Cycling Academy[3] |
Career
Riding as a junior in 2008, Johan Le Bon became European Champion[5] and World Champion within the space of a month.[6] He also won the bronze medal at the European Time Trial Championships that year.
One year later, he joined professional cycling team Bretagne–Schuller.[7] The 2010 edition of the Route bretonne gave him 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.[8]
In both 2011 and 2012 Johan Le Bon emerged as French Under-23 Time Trial Champion.[9]
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 Tro-Bro Léon.[10] 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 at the time came in 2015, when he won the fifth stage of the Eneco Tour.[11]
Major results
- 2007
- 1st Stage 2 Ronde des vallées
- 2008
- UCI Juniors World Championships
- 1st Road race
- 5th Time trial
- UEC European Junior Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st Overall Ronde des vallées
- 1st Prologue
- 1st Overall Tour du Morbihan
- 1st Classique des Alpes Juniors
- 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 2009
- 1st Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
- 1st Étoile de Tressignaux
- 1st Stage 2 Classic Loire Atlantique
- 7th Flèche Ardennaise
- 2010
- 1st Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Route bretonne
- 1st Stage 3 Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Paris–Corrèze
- 2011
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Mountains classification Tour de Picardie
- 2nd Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines
- 5th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 7th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 2012
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 1st Stage 2
- 4th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
- 6th Overall Tour de Normandie
- 1st Young rider classification
- 2013
- 2nd Tro-Bro Léon
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 5th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 5th Chrono des Nations
- 2014
- 3rd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 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
- 2016
- 3rd Duo Normand (with Marc Fournier)
- 4th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 5th Tro-Bro Léon
- 5th Chrono des Nations
- 10th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2017
- 1st Prologue Tour de l'Ain
- 2nd Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 1st Prologue & Stage 1
- 2nd Polynormande
- 2018
- 9th Ronde van Drenthe
- 9th Chrono des Nations
- 10th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 2020
- 1st Malaysian International Classic Race
- 2021
- 1st Stage 2 Kreiz Breizh Elites
- 6th Overall Tour de Bretagne
- 2022
- 1st Overall Tour de Bretagne
- 1st Stages 2 & 7
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | 115 | 89 | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | 79 | — | DNF | DNF |
References
- ^ Malvestio, Carlo (22 January 2019). "Presentazione Squadre 2019, Vital Concept – B&B Hotels" [Presentation of Teams 2019, Vital Concept - B & B Hotels]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ . UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ Gachet, Nicolas (11 December 2020). "Johan Le Bon rejoint une Continentale" [Johan Le Bon joins a Continental team]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ Gachet, Nicolas (8 March 2021). "Johan Le Bon de retour chez les Amateurs" [Johan Le Bon back to the Amateurs]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "European U23-Junior Road Championships - CC". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company Ltd. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Junior World Championships - CM Jr". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company Ltd. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ Gilson, Michael (15 June 2009). "Johan Le Bon néo-pro le 1er juillet". Directvelo.com. Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Johan Le Bon". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mainguet, Maxime (26 March 2014). "Le Bon, pavé de bonnes intentions". Velochrono.fr. Velochrono. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "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.