Benjamin Thomas (cyclist)

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

Benjamin Thomas
Thomas at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships
Personal information
Born (1995-09-12) 12 September 1995
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 place2020 TokyoMadison
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Hong KongOmnium
Gold medal – first place2017 Hong KongMadison
Gold medal – first place2020 BerlinOmnium
Gold medal – first place2021 RoubaixPoints race
Gold medal – first place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesMadison
Silver medal – second place2016 LondonMadison
Silver medal – second place2019 PruszkówOmnium
Silver medal – second place2021 RoubaixTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesOmnium
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 GuadeloupePoints race
Gold medal – first place2016 YvelinesTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2017 BerlinMadison
Gold medal – first place2017 BerlinTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2019 ApeldoornOmnium
Gold medal – first place2021 GrenchenPoints race
Gold medal – first place2022 MunichPoints race
Gold medal – first place2022 MunichTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2023 GrenchenOmnium
Silver medal – second place2015 GrenchenPoints race
Silver medal – second place2016 YvelinesMadison
Bronze medal – third place2016 YvelinesOmnium
Bronze medal – third place2017 BerlinOmnium
Bronze medal – third place2023 GrenchenMadison
Bronze medal – third place2023 GrenchenTeam pursuit

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

Track
2016
UEC European Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Madison (with Morgan Kneisky)
3rd Omnium
2nd Madison (with Morgan Kneisky), UCI World Championships
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)
2018
1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Morgan Kneisky)
2019
1st Omnium, UEC European Championships
2nd Omnium, UCI World Championships
2020
1st Omnium, UCI World Championships
2021
UCI World Championships
1st Points race
2nd Team pursuit
1st Points race, UEC European Championships
3rd Madison (with Donavan Grondin), Olympic Games
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

Road
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 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
1st Time trial, National Championships
6th Tour du Finistère
2020
2nd Time trial, National Championships
6th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
2021
1st Time trial, National Championships
2022
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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — DNF — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — 54
A red jersey Vuelta a España 121 DNF — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  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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