![]() Bonnet at the 2008 Tour de France
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Personal information | |
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Full name | William Bonnet |
Born |
Saint-Doulchard, France |
25 June 1982
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | FDJ |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Professional team(s) | |
2002–2005 | BigMat–Auber 93 |
2006–2008 | Crédit Agricole |
2009–2010 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom |
2011– | FDJ |
William Bonnet (born 25 June 1982) is a French professional road bicycle racer riding for FDJ. 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.