Guillaume Bonnafond

Guillaume Bonnafond (born 23 June 1987) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2018 for the and teams. He had excelled at both basketball and cycling as a youth, but eventually concentrated on the latter, training with 's Chambéry Cyclisme Formation, subsequently joining the squad as an amateur and, in 2009 as a professional.

Amateur career Born in Valence, Bonnafond finished third in the general classification of the Tour de Lorraine as a junior, and he won the overall rankings of the Tour du Valromey, both in 2005. In the following season he recorded two third spots in two stages of the Tour de la Réunion and in 2007 there were two second spots (in stage 1B of the Tour des Pays de Savoie and stage 4 of the Giro della Valle d'Aosta) and two third spots (in the Grand Prix des Vins du Brulhois and in stage 1 of the Tour du Gévaudan. 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. 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. In preparation of his first grand tour Bonnafond ended up in 29th place of the Giro del Trentino and the 32nd place of the 2009 Tour de Romandie. In his first grand tour, the 2009 Giro d'Italia he managed to reach the finish line of the 21st stage in Rome to complete the race in 85th position. His best result was a 22nd spot in the 14th stage from Campi Bisenzio to Bologna. He finished his first professional season with a 12th spot in the Route du Sud and a fifth place in the fifth stage of the Tour de l'Avenir Also this year he prepared for the Giro d'Italia in the Giro del Trentino, improving his 2009 result to 22nd. 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.

Career achievements Major results

2005

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 Stages 2 & 3

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

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish