Ben Kersten (born 21 September 1981 in Wollongong) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He is a member of the Fly V Australia Pro Cycling Team.
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| Full name | Ben Andrew Kersten | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Benny" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 September 1981 Wollongong, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Fly V Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road & Track | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Amateur team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| - | St George CC | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006 Commonwealth Games Gold Medal in 1 km TT | |||||||||||||||||||||
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He was a successful track rider for many years, before switching to road racing in 2009. He was the 2005 and 2006 Australian Male Track Cyclist of the Year. He has won more than 30 Australian Track Titles, was a 3 time Junior World Champion, and held 2 Junior World Records. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[1] He was selected in the 2004 Australian Olympic Games Team but did not compete.[2]
Palmarès edit
- 1998
- 1st Kilo, World Track Championships, Havana – Junior
- 2nd Team Sprint, World Track Championships – Junior
- 1999
- 1st Kilo, World Track Championships, Athens – Junior
- 3rd Sprint, World Track Championships – Junior
- 1st Team Sprint, World Track Championships – Junior
- 2002
- 2nd Kilo, World Cup, Sydney
- 2nd Team Sprint, World Cup, Moscow
- 2003
- 1st Kilo, Australian National Track Championships, Sydney
- 2nd Keirin, Australian National Track Championships, Sydney
- 2004
- 3rd Kilo, World Cup, Aguascalientes (MEX)
- 2nd Kilo, Australian National Track Championships, Sydney
- 1st Keirin, Australian National Track Championships, Sydney
- 3rd Scratch, Australian National Track Championships, Sydney – U23
- 2nd Sprint, Australian National Track Championships, Sydney
- 2nd Sprint, Oceania Games, Melbourne
- 1st Keirin, Oceania Games, Melbourne
- 1st Kilo, Oceania Games, Melbourne
- 1st Team Sprint, Oceania Games, Melbourne
- 3rd Kilo, World Cup, Los Angeles
- 2005
- 2nd Kilo, World Cup, Manchester
- 2nd Pursuit, World Cup, Manchester
- 2nd Team Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
- 1st Kilo, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
- 3rd Team Sprint, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
- 2nd Scratch, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide – U23
- 2nd Keirin, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
- 1st Kilo, World Cup, Sydney
- 3rd Team Sprint, World Cup, Sydney
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of the Murray River, Ouyen Criterium (AUS)
- 2006
- 1st Kilo, World Cup, Los Angeles
- 1st Kilo, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
- 1st Sprint, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
- 1st Team Sprint, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
- 1st Keirin, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
- 1st Kilo, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
- 2nd Kilo, World Track Championships, Bordeaux
- 2007
- 1st Kilo, Australian National Track Championships, Sydney
- 1st Omnium, Australian National Track Championships, Sydney
- 2nd Team Sprint, Australian National Track Championships, Sydney
- 3rd Oceania Cycling Championships, Track, Team Sprint, Invercargill
- 2008
- 3rd Team Sprint, Oceania Championships
- 3rd Team Sprint, World Cup, Los Angeles
- 2009
- 1st USA Pro 100 km Criterium Title, Downers Grove
- 1st Stage 1 Prologue Tour of Atlanta, Georgia
- 1st Stage 6 Gwinnett Bike Festival Tour, Georgia
- 1st Cronulla International Grand Prix, Cronulla
- 1st 3000m Wheelrace Tasmanian Christmas Carnivals
- 2nd Hanes Park Classic Criterium, Winston-Salem
- 3rd General Classification Tour of Atlanta
- 2nd Stage 2 Criterium Tour of Atlanta
- 2010
- 1st Stage 1, Tour of Somerville
- 1st Sunny King Criterium Anniston
- 1st OBCB Cycle Singapore Criterium Singapore
- 1st Boise Twilight Criterium Boise
- 3rd Stage 3 Nature Valley Grand Prix
- 3rd USA Speedweek Walterboro
- 2011
- 3rd Dana Point Criterium, Dana Point
References edit
External links edit
- Interview on Cyclingresults.net
- Profile on Cycling Australia website at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 October 2007)
- Ben Kersten at Cycling Archives