Benjamin Thomas (cyclist)
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Born | Lavaur, Tarn, France | 12 September 1995||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Groupama–FDJ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2012–2013 | EC Giroussens Lavaur Junior | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Bourges EC 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2015–2017 | Armée de Terre[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018– | FDJ[3][4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
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Benjamin Thomas (born 12 September 1995) is a French professional road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.[5] He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[6] In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Vuelta a España.[7] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.[8]
Major results[]
Track[]
- 2016
- UEC European Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Madison (with Morgan Kneisky)
- 3rd Omnium
- 2nd Madison (with Morgan Kneisky), UCI Track World Championships
- 2017
- UCI Track World Championships
- 1st Madison (with Morgan Kneisky)
- 1st Omnium
- UEC European Track Championships
- 1st Madison (with Florian Maitre)
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Omnium
- UCI Track World Cup
- 1st Omnium – Manchester
- 2nd Madison – Manchester
- 3rd Team pursuit – Manchester
- 1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Morgan Kneisky)
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Morgan Kneisky)
- 2018
- 1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Morgan Kneisky)
- 2019
- 1st Omnium, UEC European Track Championships
- 2nd Omnium, UCI Track World Championships
- 2020
- 1st Omnium, UCI Track World Championships
- 2021
- UCI Track World Championships
- 1st Points race
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st Points race, UEC European Track Championships
- 3rd Madison (with Donavan Grondin), Olympic Games
Road[]
- 2016
- 8th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2017
- 1st Stage 3 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 4th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 4th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 4th Ronde van Limburg
- 9th Boucles de l'Aulne
- 2018
- 1st Young rider classification Étoile de Bessèges
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2019
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Tour du Finistère
- 2020
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 2021
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2022
- 1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 3
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | DNF | — |
Tour de France | — | — | — | — |
Vuelta a España | 121 | DNF | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References[]
- ^ "FDJ sign track rider Benjamin Thomas". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Equipe Cycliste Armée de Terre 2015". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "Groupama-FDJ confirm 28 riders for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Groupama – FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Groupama – FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "En try List: Men" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
External links[]
- Benjamin Thomas at Cycling Archives
- Benjamin Thomas at ProCyclingStats
- Benjamin Thomas at Cycling Quotient
- Benjamin Thomas at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1995 births
- Living people
- French male cyclists
- French track cyclists
- People from Lavaur, Tarn
- Sportspeople from Tarn (department)
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of France
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in cycling