Walter Bénéteau

Walter Bénéteau
	Walter Bénéteau in 2006
Personal information
Born	28 July 1972; Les Essarts, Vendée, France
Died	10 December 2022 (aged 50); Bali, Indonesia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Current team
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur team
1991–1999	Vendée U
Professional teams
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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]

Career

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 You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Miscellaneous

{{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia..^[16]^[17]

Death

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]

Major results

Sources:^[2]

1996: 3rd Tro-Bro Léon
1997: 1st Tour du Finistère
1999: 7th Tour du Doubs
2000: 1st Châteauroux Classic; 1st Boucles de l'Aulne; 3rd GP Ouest-France; 3rd Trophée des Grimpeurs; 10th Tour de Berne
2001: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2002: 2nd Tour de Vendée; 2nd Tro-Bro Léon; 8th Trophée des Grimpeurs
2003: 1st Boucles de l'Aulne; 3rd La Poly Normande; 8th Overall Tour du Limousin; 8th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise; 8th Grand Prix de Wallonie; 9th Tour de Vendée
2004: 9th Road race, National Road Championships
2005: 3rd Bordeaux-Caudéran
2006: 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne; 4th Trophée des Grimpeurs

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Sources:^[7]

Grand Tour	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	105	—
Tour de France	71	42	117	59	102	68	109
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	83

Legend
—	Did not compete

References

^ "Walter Beneteau - Player Profile - Cycling". Eurosport. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Walter Bénéteau". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ Les Herbiers. Walter Bénéteau, un cycliste au grand cœur s'en est allé (in French)
^ ^a ^b "Walter BENETEAU". UCI. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b "L'ancien coureur professionnel Walter Beneteau est mort". 11 December 2022.
^ "L'Ancien coureur professionnel Walter Bénéteau est mort".
^ ^a ^b "Grand tour starts Walter Bénéteau". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "Stage 1 wrap-up". cyclingnews.com. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "Fisticuffs over mountain points?". cyclingnews.com. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "Tour de France 2006: Stage 9 Results". cyclingnews.com. 20 July 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "Tour de France 2006 Stage 9 results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "Vuelta a España 2006 Stage 11 results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "61st Vuelta a España 2006: Stage 11 Results". cyclingnews.com. 6 September 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "61st Vuelta a España 2006: Stage 21 Results". cyclingnews.com. 17 September 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "Vuelta a España 2006 Stage 21 results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ Prell, Monika (8 January 2007). "Bénéteau ends career". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "Saturday's EuroFile: Bénéteau calls it quits; Dessel, Gerrans for Tour Down Under". VeloNews.com. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ Les Herbiers. Walter Bénéteau, un cycliste au grand cœur s'en est allé (in French)

External links

Walter Bénéteau at UCI
Walter Bénéteau at Cycling Archives (archived)
Walter Bénéteau at ProCyclingStats
Walter Bénéteau at Cycling Quotient

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[1] "Walter Beneteau - Player Profile - Cycling". Eurosport. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[PCS-2] "Walter Bénéteau". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[3] Les Herbiers. Walter Bénéteau, un cycliste au grand cœur s'en est allé (in French)

[UCI-4] "Walter BENETEAU". UCI. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[death-5] "L'ancien coureur professionnel Walter Beneteau est mort". 11 December 2022.

[6] "L'Ancien coureur professionnel Walter Bénéteau est mort".

[PCSGT-7] "Grand tour starts Walter Bénéteau". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[8] "Stage 1 wrap-up". cyclingnews.com. 3 July 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[9] "Fisticuffs over mountain points?". cyclingnews.com. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[10] "Tour de France 2006: Stage 9 Results". cyclingnews.com. 20 July 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[11] "Tour de France 2006 Stage 9 results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[12] "Vuelta a España 2006 Stage 11 results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[13] "61st Vuelta a España 2006: Stage 11 Results". cyclingnews.com. 6 September 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[14] "61st Vuelta a España 2006: Stage 21 Results". cyclingnews.com. 17 September 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[15] "Vuelta a España 2006 Stage 21 results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[16] Prell, Monika (8 January 2007). "Bénéteau ends career". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[17] "Saturday's EuroFile: Bénéteau calls it quits; Dessel, Gerrans for Tour Down Under". VeloNews.com. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[18] Les Herbiers. Walter Bénéteau, un cycliste au grand cœur s'en est allé (in French)

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