Léon Hendrik Jan van Bon is a retired road racing cyclist from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the men's points race at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He won his first major race at the professionals in 1998, winning the HEW Cyclassics. In 2001 he claimed the overall-victory in the Ronde van Nederland. Van Bon retired in 2013.
Léon van Bon
The Hamburg Cyclassics is an annual one-day professional and amateur cycling race in and around Hamburg, Germany. Although the route varies, its distance is always around 250 km. The course's most significant difficulty is Waseberg hill in Blankenese, which is addressed three times in the race finale.
Finishing straight of the tenth edition in 2005, won by Italian Filippo Pozzato.
André Greipel (in red) during the 2015 Vattenfall Cyclassics.
Tom Boonen and Fabian Wegmann climbing Waseberg hill in 2007.
Peloton at Großer Burstah in Hamburg-Altstadt during the race.