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Benjamin Thomas (cyclist)

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Benjamin Thomas (born 12 September 1995) is a French professional road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis.[6]

Benjamin Thomas
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Thomas at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships
Personal information
Born (1995-09-12) 12 September 1995 (age 26)
Lavaur, Tarn, France
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current teamCofidis
Discipline
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2012–2013EC Giroussens Lavaur Junior
2014Bourges EC 18
Professional teams
2015–2017Armée de Terre[2]
2018–2021FDJ[3][4][5]
2022–Cofidis
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Time Trial Championships (2019, 2021)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Madison
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Hong Kong Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2017 Hong Kong Madison
Gold medal – first place 2020 Berlin Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2021 Roubaix Points race
Silver medal – second place 2016 London Madison
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pruszków Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Guadeloupe Points race
Gold medal – first place 2016 Yvelines Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2017 Berlin Madison
Gold medal – first place 2017 Berlin Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apeldoorn Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2021 Grenchen Points race
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Points race
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2015 Grenchen Points race
Silver medal – second place 2016 Yvelines Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Yvelines Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Berlin Omnium

He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[7] In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Vuelta a España.[8] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.[9]

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."[10]

Major resultsEdit

TrackEdit

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

RoadEdit

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
1st   Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
1st Stage 2
National Road Championships
3rd Time trial
5th Road race

Grand Tour general classification results timelineEdit

Grand Tour 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
  Giro d'Italia — — DNF — —
  Tour de France — — — — IP
  Vuelta a España 121 DNF — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "FDJ sign track rider Benjamin Thomas". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Equipe Cycliste Armée de Terre 2015". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Groupama-FDJ confirm 28 riders for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Groupama – FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Groupama – FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Cofidis". UCI. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  7. ^ "En try List: Men" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  8. ^ "2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  9. ^ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  10. ^ Reports, Newswire (17 July 2022). "Tour de France: Belgium's Jasper Philipsen wins stage 15, Vingegaard retains lead despite crash". France 24. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

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