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 The 2010 season started off in January when he took part in La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, a stage race in Gabon. There he finished in fifth position in stage 3, third position in stage 6 and 18th overall. Also this year he prepared for the Giro d'Italia in the Giro del Trentino, improving his 2009 result to 22nd. However this time he did not manage to complete the 2010 Giro d'Italia as he did not finish stage 6 towards Marina di Carrara. In the 2010 Critérium du Dauphiné he finished in 66th position overall and in 8th position in the mountains classification. The second grand tour he completed was the 2010 Vuelta a España, which he did in 57th place. Late he would ride to the 22nd spot in the Giro di Lombardia to finish the season. In the 2011 pre-season Bonnafond tried his luck in some of the classic races. He started off with a 32nd spot in Paris–Camembert, but did not finish the 2011 Amstel Gold Race and the 2011 Liège-Bastogne-Liège. 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 1st Overall Tour du Valromey Juniors 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 Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie 1st Stages 2 & 3 1st Overall Ronde de l'Isard 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 References External links 1987 births Living people French male cyclists Sportspeople from Drôme Cyclists from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes