![]() Walter Bénéteau in 2006 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | [1] Les Essarts, Vendée, France [2] | 28 July 1972
Died | 10 December 2022[3] Bali, Indonesia | (aged 50)
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2] |
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) [2] |
Team information | |
Current team | [4] |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Amateur team | |
1991–1999 | Vendée U |
Professional teams | |
1995 | Castorama (stagiaire) |
2000–2006 | Bonjour |
Walter Bénéteau (28 July 1972 – 10 December 2022) [5] was a French professional cyclist. [4] He raced in every Tour de France from 2000 until 2006. [6] [7]
Stage 1 of the 2006 Tour de France started with a seven-man break-away with Bénéteau being the last man caught with 7km to go after spending 177km out in front. [8] During Stage 6 Bénéteau was hit in the face by Spaniard David de la Fuente causing his glasses and helmet to go flying. [9] Then in Stage 9 Bénéteau was part of an initial 3-man break-away, caught with only 10km to the finish line. [10] During this stage he won all three intermediate sprint points, moving him to 23rd in the Points classification. [11] Bénéteau's final Grand Tour was the 2006 Vuelta a España; he finished first in the main peloton bunch sprint in stage 11, 15 minutes down on winner Egoi Martínez. [12] [13] He finished 83rd overall in his final Grand Tour. [14] [15] Bénéteau announced he would retire after his contract ended with Bouygues Télécom. [16] [17]
Bénéteau died on 10 December 2022 in a hotel room in Bali, Indonesia. The circumstances of his death have not yet been released by local authorities. [18] [5]
Sources: [2]
Sources: [7]
Grand Tour | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
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— | — | — | — | — | 105 | — |
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71 | 42 | 117 | 59 | 102 | 68 | 109 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 83 |
— | Did not compete |
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![]() Walter Bénéteau in 2006 | |
Personal information | |
---|---|
Born | [1] Les Essarts, Vendée, France [2] | 28 July 1972
Died | 10 December 2022[3] Bali, Indonesia | (aged 50)
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2] |
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) [2] |
Team information | |
Current team | [4] |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Amateur team | |
1991–1999 | Vendée U |
Professional teams | |
1995 | Castorama (stagiaire) |
2000–2006 | Bonjour |
Walter Bénéteau (28 July 1972 – 10 December 2022) [5] was a French professional cyclist. [4] He raced in every Tour de France from 2000 until 2006. [6] [7]
Stage 1 of the 2006 Tour de France started with a seven-man break-away with Bénéteau being the last man caught with 7km to go after spending 177km out in front. [8] During Stage 6 Bénéteau was hit in the face by Spaniard David de la Fuente causing his glasses and helmet to go flying. [9] Then in Stage 9 Bénéteau was part of an initial 3-man break-away, caught with only 10km to the finish line. [10] During this stage he won all three intermediate sprint points, moving him to 23rd in the Points classification. [11] Bénéteau's final Grand Tour was the 2006 Vuelta a España; he finished first in the main peloton bunch sprint in stage 11, 15 minutes down on winner Egoi Martínez. [12] [13] He finished 83rd overall in his final Grand Tour. [14] [15] Bénéteau announced he would retire after his contract ended with Bouygues Télécom. [16] [17]
Bénéteau died on 10 December 2022 in a hotel room in Bali, Indonesia. The circumstances of his death have not yet been released by local authorities. [18] [5]
Sources: [2]
Sources: [7]
Grand Tour | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | 105 | — |
![]() |
71 | 42 | 117 | 59 | 102 | 68 | 109 |
![]() |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 83 |
— | Did not compete |
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