Benjamin Thomas (cyclist) explained
Benjamin Thomas (born 12 September 1995) is a French professional road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[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]
He rode the Tour de France for the first time in 2022. On stage 15, Thomas broke away from the Peloton and was attempting to get the first French win in over thirty stages, but was caught inside the final few hundred meters. After the stage he commented, "I believed I could make it. If we could have stayed together with Alexis maybe it would have been different… I'm completely dead, I'm seeing stars. I was not thinking anymore."[9]
Major results
Road
- 2017 (2 pro wins)
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 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 Championships
- 2019 (1)
1st Time trial, National Championships
6th Tour du Finistère
- 2020
2nd Time trial, National Championships
6th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 2021 (1)
1st Time trial, National Championships
- 2022 (4)
1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1st Stage 3
1st Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
1st Stage 2
National Championships
3rd Time trial
5th Road race
4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
4th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
5th Tour du Doubs
8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
8th Bretagne Classic
- 2023 (1)
1st Team relay, UEC European Championships
1st Stage 3 (ITT) Four Days of Dunkirk
4th Time trial, National Championships
- 2024 (1)
1st Stage 5 Giro d'Italia
6th Trofeo Pollença–Port d'AndratxGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend| — | Did not compete |
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Track
- 2013
1st Points race, UCI World Junior Championships
- 2014
1st Points race, UEC European Championships
1st Scratch, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2nd Scratch, National Championships
- 2015
2nd Points race, UEC European Championships
2nd Madison, UEC European Under-23 Championships (with Thomas Boudat)
National Championships
2nd Madison (with Julien Duval)
2nd Points race
- 2016
UEC European Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Madison (with Morgan Kneisky)
3rd Omnium
National Championships
1st Madison (with Jordan Levasseur)
1st Omnium
2nd Points race
2nd Scratch
3rd Team pursuit
2nd Madison, UCI World Championships (with Morgan Kneisky)
2nd Madison, UEC European Under-23 Championships (with Florian Maitre)
- 2017
UCI World Championships
1st Madison (with Morgan Kneisky)
1st Omnium
UEC European Championships
1st Madison (with Florian Maitre)
1st Team pursuit
3rd Omnium
UCI World Cup, Manchester
1st Omnium
2nd Madison
3rd Team pursuit
1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Morgan Kneisky)
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Morgan Kneisky)
National Championships
1st Omnium
2nd Points race
3rd Madison (with Kilian Evenot)
- 2018
1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Morgan Kneisky)
- 2019
1st Omnium, UEC European Championships
2nd Omnium, UCI World Championships
2nd Madison, UCI World Cup, Minsk (with Bryan Coquard)
- 2020
1st Omnium, UCI World Championships
- 2021
UCI World Championships
1st Points race
2nd Team pursuit
1st Points race, UEC European Championships
3rd Madison, Olympic Games (with Donavan Grondin)
- 2022
UCI World Championships
1st Madison (with Donavan Grondin)
2nd Omnium
- 2023
UEC European Championships
1st Omnium
3rd Madison (with Donavan Grondin)
3rd Team pursuit
2nd Omnium, UCI World Championships
UCI Nations Cup
3rd Madison, Milton (with Thomas Boudat)
3rd Team pursuit, Milton
3rd Elimination, National Championships
- 2024
1st Omnium, Olympic GamesNotes and References
- Web site: Equipe Cycliste Armée de Terre 2015. 27 February 2015. ProCyclingStats.
- Web site: Groupama-FDJ confirm 28 riders for 2019. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. 3 January 2019.
- Web site: Groupama – FDJ. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102031051/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13988/1000562/260. 2 January 2020.
- Web site: Groupama – FDJ. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210101153609/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15240/1000562/279. 1 January 2021.
- Web site: Cofidis. UCI. 29 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220128092005/https://www.uci.org/team-details/17175. 28 January 2022.
- Web site: En try List: Men . 25 February 2015 . UCI.
- Web site: 2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List . 22 August 2018 . Pro Cycling Stats.
- Web site: 103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist . ProCyclingStats . 2 October 2020.
- Web site: Tour de France: Belgium's Jasper Philipsen wins stage 15, Vingegaard retains lead despite crash. Newswire. Reports. France 24. 17 July 2022. 19 July 2022.
