CYCLIST

Léon van Bon

1972 - Today

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon van Bon has received more than 29,485 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Léon van Bon is the 582nd most popular cyclist (up from 678th in 2019), the 1,180th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 1,144th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Dutch Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Léon van Bon ranks 582 out of 1,613Before him are Bart Brentjens, Jean-Christophe Péraud, Dylan van Baarle, Jakob Piil, Diana Žiliūtė, and Radoslav Rogina. After him are Manuel Beltrán, Dmitry Nelyubin, Ángel Casero, Vasil Kiryienka, Jacky Durand, and Chris Anker Sørensen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Léon van Bon ranks 661Before him are Alioum Boukar, Tron, Florian Gallenberger, Tamaki Uchiyama, Hidemaro Fujibayashi, and Muriel Baumeister. After him are Lisa Martinek, James Key, Ángel Casero, Bruno Kernen, Dane Cook, and Laurent Gaudé.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Léon van Bon ranks 1,180 out of 1,646Before him are Glennis Grace (1978), Zakaria Aboukhlal (2000), Marco Bizot (1991), Michiel Bartman (1967), Hendrie Krüzen (1964), and Waylon (1980). After him are Jordy Clasie (1991), Sjeng Schalken (1976), Roel Reiné (1970), Robin Haase (1987), Sharon Kovacs (1990), and Jan Bos (1975).

Among CYCLISTS In Netherlands

Among cyclists born in Netherlands, Léon van Bon ranks 38Before him are Wout Poels (1987), Ellen van Dijk (1987), Anna van der Breggen (1990), Michael Boogerd (1972), Bart Brentjens (1968), and Dylan van Baarle (1992). After him are Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (1989), Demi Vollering (1996), Servais Knaven (1971), Steven de Jongh (1973), Fabio Jakobsen (1996), and Steven Kruijswijk (1987).