Johan Le Bon
Johan Le Bon (born 3 October 1990) is a French road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam B&B Hotels–Vital Concept.[3]
 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 | B&B Hotels–Vital Concept |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Rouleur |
| Amateur team | |
| 2008–2009 | UC Briochine |
| Professional teams | |
| 2009–2012 | Bretagne–Schuller |
| 2013–2017 | FDJ |
| 2018– | Vital Concept[1][2] |
Career
Riding as a junior in 2008, Johan Le Bon became European Champion[4] and World Champion within the space of a month.[5] He also won the bronze medal at the European Time Trial Championships that year.
One year later, he joined professional cycling team Bretagne–Schuller.[6] 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.[7]
In both 2011 and 2012 Johan Le Bon emerged as French Under-23 Time Trial Champion.[8]
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.[9] 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.[10]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2007
- 1st Stage 2 Ronde des vallées
- 2008
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Prologue
- 1st
- 1st Classique des Alpes Juniors
- 2009
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2 Classic Loire Atlantique
- 1st Étoile de Tressignaux
- 2010
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 3 Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
- 1st Route bretonne
- 2nd Time trial, French Under–23 Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Paris–Corrèze
- 2011
- 1st
- 1st
- 2nd Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines
- 2012
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 2
- 4th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
- 6th Overall Tour de Normandie
- 2013
- 2nd Tro-Bro Léon
- 3rd Time trial, French 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)
- 5th Tro-Bro Léon
- 5th Chrono des Nations
- 10th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2017
- Boucles de la Mayenne
- 1st Prologue & Stage 1
- 1st Prologue Tour de l'Ain
- 2nd Polynormande
- 2018
- 9th Chrono des Nations
- 2020
- 1st Malaysian International Classic Race
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
115 | 89 | — | — | — |
|
— | — | — | — | |
 |
— | 79 | — | DNF | DNF |
References
- "Vital Concept Club unveil 2018 team kit". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- 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.
- "B&B Hotels - Vital Concept". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- "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.
External links
- Johan Le Bon at Cycling Archives
- Johan Le Bon at ProCyclingStats