William Bonnet

William Bonnet
Bonnet in 2015
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Bonnet
Born (1982-06-25) 25 June 1982 (age 42)
Saint-Doulchard, France
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current teamGroupama–FDJ
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Sprinter
  • Road captain
Professional teams
2002–2005BigMat–Auber 93
2006–2008Crédit Agricole
2009–2010Bbox Bouygues Telecom
2011–2021FDJ[1][2]

William Bonnet (born 25 June 1982) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.[3] In the 2015 Tour de France, Bonnet crashed at full speed on stage 3 near Huy in Belgium after clipping wheels of a rider in front. He has suffered a multiple fracture of the second cervical vertebrae and was rushed to Paris for surgery and placed in an induced coma before any neurological damage was done. Bonnet retired from competition at the end of the 2021 season.[4]

Major results

2000
2nd Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships
2003
4th Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise
2004
1st Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines
10th Boucle de l'Artois
2005
1st Stage 1 Paris–Corrèze
4th Châteauroux Classic
6th Overall Tour de Normandie
7th Overall Tour du Limousin
8th Overall Tour de Picardie
9th Grand Prix de Denain
2006
3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie
5th Grand Prix de Fourmies
7th Grand Prix de Denain
7th Tro-Bro Léon
7th Tour de Rijke
9th Paris–Brussels
10th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
2007
7th Dwars door Vlaanderen
7th Tour de Vendée
2008
1st Grand Prix de la Somme
1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
7th Vattenfall Cyclassics
8th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
2009
9th Overall Paris–Corrèze
2010
1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice
10th Dwars door Vlaanderen
10th Tour of Flanders
2011
6th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
2016
8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 111 — — — DNF — DNF — — — — DNF DNF — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — 109 102 128 — DNF — DNF 158 DNF 127 — — 143 DNF
A gold jersey/A red jersey Vuelta a España — — — 109 111 — 152 — — — — — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ "Groupama-FDJ confirm 28 riders for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ Timms, Joe (18 October 2021). "Who is retiring from pro cycling in 2021?". Rouleur. Retrieved 25 October 2021.

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