Guillaume Bonnafond
.JPG) Bonnafond at the 2014 Tour de l'Ain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Guillaume Bonnafond |
| Born | 23 June 1987 Valence, France |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2006–2008 | Chambéry CF |
| 2008 | Ag2r–La Mondiale (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2009–2016 | Ag2r–La Mondiale |
| 2017–2018 | Cofidis[1] |
Guillaume Bonnafond (born 23 June 1987) is a French former professional
road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2018 for the AG2R La Mondiale and Cofidis teams.[2] He had excelled at both basketball and cycling as a youth, but eventually concentrated on the latter, training with Ag2r–La Mondiale
's Chambéry Cyclisme Formation, subsequently joining the squad as an amateur and, in 2009 as a professional.
Amateur career
Born in
Ronde de l'Isard d'Ariège he won the fourth stage of the under-23 competition finishing in front of Blel Kadri and also managed to win the overall rankings that way.[4] He then went back to ride in the Tour des Pays de Savoie again, this time with more success than the year before as he managed to win stage 1, towards La Toussuire, stage 2 towards Chambéry and the general classification in front of Julien Bérard.[5] Later that year he rode to the third place in the Flèche Ardennaise, the second spot in the French national amateurs road championship, a second place in the Grand Prix Cristal Energie and a third spot in the Piccolo Giro di Lombardia.[3]
Professional career
In his first season as a professional he made his debut for the
Route du Sud and a fifth place in the fifth stage of the Tour de l'Avenir[7]
The 2010 season started off in January when he took part in
Marina di Carrara.[9] In the 2010 Critérium du Dauphiné he finished in 66th position overall and in 8th position in the mountains classification.[9] The second grand tour he completed was the 2010 Vuelta a España, which he did in 57th place.[9] Late he would ride to the 22nd spot in the Giro di Lombardia to finish the season.[9]
In the 2011 pre-season Bonnafond tried his luck in some of the classic races. He started off with a 32nd spot in
2011 Liège-Bastogne-Liège.[10] Following those results he did not participate in the Giro d'Italia, but did finish another grand tour by completing the 2011 Vuelta a España in 26th position overall.[10]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2005
- 1st
Overall Tour du Valromey Juniors - 3rd Overall Tour de Lorraine Juniors
- 2006
- 10th Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 2007
- 3rd Grand Prix des Vins du Brulhois
- 9th Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 2008
- 1st Tour des Pays de Savoie
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Berner Rundfahrt
- 3rd Classique Sauveterre Pyrénées Atlantique
- 3rd Flèche Ardennaise
- 2nd Road race, National Amateur Road Championships
- 2nd Grand Prix Cristal Energie
- 3rd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
- 2012
- 2nd Overall Paris–Corrèze
- 7th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 2013
- 6th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 2015
- 9th Overall Tour du Limousin
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
87 | — | — | 90 | 107 | — | — | 54 | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | 58 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | 88 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ "Cofidis announce Guillaume Bonnafond, Dimitri Claeys and Jimmy Turgis signings". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ Triomphe, Damien; Berthaud, Alexandre (22 October 2018). "Après dix ans dans l'ombre des grands coureurs, le cycliste drômois Guillaume Bonnafond prend sa retraite sportive" [After ten years in the shadow of the great runners, the Drôme cyclist Guillaume Bonnafond is retiring]. France Bleu (in French). Radio France. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d Guillaume Bonnafond at Cycling Archives
- ^ "Ronde de l'Isard d'Ariège, U23 2008".
- ^ "Tour des Pays de Savoie 2008".
- ^ "2009 Tour de Langkawi".
- ^ a b "Guillaume Bonnafond 2009".
- ^ "2009 Giro d'Italia".
- ^ a b c d e f "Guillaume Bonnafond 2010".
- ^ a b "Guillaume Bonnafond 2011".
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guillaume Bonnafond.
- Guillaume Bonnafond at Cycling Archives