Patrick Bonnet

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Patrick Bonnet
Personal information
Born (1957-09-06) 6 September 1957 (age 66)
Montpellier, France
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1979 Flandria–Ça va seul
1980–1982 Renault–Gitane
1983–1984 Wolber–Spidel
1985André Trioulier–ELM Leblanc
1986Miko–Carlos

Patrick Bonnet (born 6 September 1957) is a former French racing cyclist. He rode in five editions of the Tour de France between 1979 and 1984. [1] [2]

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Major results

1979
1st Prologue Tour de Corse
4th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
4th GP Ouest-France
1980
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de l'Oise
1st Prologue
1st Stage 4 Tour du Limousin
2nd Overall Route du Sud
8th GP Ouest-France
1981
Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stages 5 & 6
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 3a Tour d'Armorique
2nd Overall Tour de l'Oise
6th Paris–Tours
6th Paris–Bruxelles
10th Overall Critérium International
1982
1st Stage 1 1982 Giro d'Italia (TTT)
2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude
3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1983
1st Prologue Tour du Vaucluse
3rd Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1984
2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
7th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1st Prologue

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References

  1. "Patrick Bonnet". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  2. "Patrick Bonnet". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 November 2014.