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French cyclist (born 1995)
Benjamin Thomas (born 12 September 1995) is a French professional
road and
track cyclist, who currently rides for
UCI WorldTeam
Cofidis .
[6]
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 results
Road
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend
—
Did not compete
DNF
Did not finish
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
References
External links
1995 –
96 : Italy (
Silvio Martinello ,
Marco Villa )
1997 : Spain (
Joan Llaneras ,
Miguel Alzamora )
1998 : Belgium (
Etienne De Wilde ,
Matthew Gilmore )
1999 : Spain (
Joan Llaneras ,
Isaac Gálvez )
2000 : Germany (
Stefan Steinweg ,
Erik Weispfennig )
2001 : France (
Robert Sassone ,
Jérôme Neuville )
2002 : France (
Jérôme Neuville ,
Franck Perque )
2003 : Switzerland (
Franco Marvulli ,
Bruno Risi )
2004 : Argentina (
Walter Pérez ,
Juan Curuchet )
2005 : Great Britain (
Mark Cavendish ,
Rob Hayles )
2006 : Spain (
Isaac Gálvez ,
Joan Llaneras )
2007 : Switzerland (
Bruno Risi ,
Franco Marvulli )
2008 : Great Britain (
Mark Cavendish ,
Bradley Wiggins )
2009 : Denmark (
Michael Mørkøv ,
Alex Rasmussen )
2010 –
11 : Australia (
Leigh Howard ,
Cameron Meyer )
2012 : Belgium (
Kenny De Ketele ,
Gijs Van Hoecke )
2013 : France (
Vivien Brisse ,
Morgan Kneisky )
2014 : Spain (
David Muntaner ,
Albert Torres )
2015 : France (
Bryan Coquard ,
Morgan Kneisky )
2016 : Great Britain (
Mark Cavendish ,
Bradley Wiggins )
2017 : France (
Morgan Kneisky ,
Benjamin Thomas )
2018 –
19 : Germany (
Roger Kluge ,
Theo Reinhardt )
2020 –
21 : Denmark (
Michael Mørkøv ,
Lasse Norman Hansen )
2022 : France (
Donavan Grondin ,
Benjamin Thomas )
2023 : Netherlands (
Jan-Willem van Schip ,
Yoeri Havik )
2010 : Great Britain : (
Burke ,
Clancy ,
Queally ,
Tennant )
2011 : Great Britain : (
Burke ,
Clancy ,
Kennaugh ,
Tennant )
2012 : Russia : (
Ershov ,
Markov ,
Serov ,
Kaykov )
2013 : Great Britain : (
Burke ,
Clancy ,
Doull ,
Tennant )
2014 : Great Britain : (
Dibben ,
Clancy ,
Doull ,
Tennant )
2015 : Great Britain : (
Dibben ,
Wiggins ,
Doull ,
Tennant ,
Burke ,
Gibson )
2016 : France : (
Denis ,
Ermenault ,
Maitre ,
Chavanel ,
Thomas )
2017 : France : (
Denis ,
Ermenault ,
Maitre ,
Pijourlet )
2018 : Italy : (
Viviani ,
Bertazzo ,
Ganna ,
Lamon )
2019 : Denmark : (
LN Hansen ,
Pedersen ,
Madsen ,
Johansen )
2020 : Russia : (
Dubchenko ,
Gonov ,
Bersenev ,
Evtushenko )
2021 : Denmark : (
Malmberg ,
Pedersen ,
T Hansen ,
Bévort )
2022 : France : (
Denis ,
Lafargue ,
Tabellion ,
Thomas ,
Boudat )
2023 : Italy : (
Ganna ,
Lamon ),
Milan ,
Moro ,
Consonni )
2024 : Great Britain : (
Bigham ,
Hayter ,
C Tanfield ,
Vernon ,
Wood )
Riders in italics rode in heats only
2010 : Czechia : (
Martin Bláha ,
Jiří Hochmann )
2011 : Belgium : (
Kenny De Ketele ,
Iljo Keisse )
2012 : Czechia : (
Martin Bláha ,
Jiří Hochmann )
2013 : Italy : (
Liam Bertazzo ,
Elia Viviani )
2014 : Austria :
Andreas Graf ,
Andreas Müller )
2015 : Spain : (
Sebastián Mora ,
Albert Torres )
2016 : Spain : (
Sebastián Mora ,
Albert Torres )
2017 : France : (
Florian Maitre ,
Benjamin Thomas )
2018 : Belgium : (
Kenny De Ketele ,
Robbe Ghys )
2019 : Denmark : (
Lasse Norman Hansen ,
Michael Mørkøv )
2020 : Spain : (
Sebastián Mora ,
Albert Torres )
2021 : Netherlands : (
Yoeri Havik ,
Jan-Willem van Schip )
2022 : Germany : (
Roger Kluge ,
Theo Reinhardt )
2023 : Germany : (
Roger Kluge ,
Theo Reinhardt )
2024 : Germany : (
Roger Kluge ,
Theo Reinhardt )
includes only UEC European Track Championships winners (from 2010)