William Bonnet

William Bonnet (born 25 June 1982) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . 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.

Major results

2000

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

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish