Ben Hermans

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Ben Hermans
Hermans at the 2008 Belgian National Time Trial Championships
Personal information
Born (1986-06-08) 8 June 1986 (age 39)
Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typePuncheur
Amateur teams
1998–2000Sport en Steun Leopoldsburg
2001–2003KZLWC Sint-Truiden
2004Avia
2005–2006Beveren 2000
2007–2008Davo
Professional teams
2009Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
2010–2011Team RadioShack
2012–2013RadioShack–Nissan[1]
2014–2017BMC Racing Team[2]
2018–2023Israel Cycling Academy[3][4][5]
2024Cofidis[6]
Major wins
Stage races Tour of Oman (2017) Tour of Utah (2019) Arctic Race of Norway (2021)

One-day races and Classics

Brabantse Pijl (2015)

Ben Hermans (born 8 June 1986) is a Belgian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2024.

Career

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Hermans was born in Hasselt, Flanders, and he turned professional in 2009 with Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator.[7]

Hermans left RadioShack–Leopard at the end of the 2013 season, and joined the BMC Racing Team for the 2014 season.[2] In April 2015, he won the Belgian classic Brabantse Pijl with a late attack and resisted to the return of the peloton by a few seconds to cross the line solo.[8] A couple of weeks later, he went on to win the third stage of the Tour de Yorkshire in solo fashion, attacking the leading group with twelve kilometers remaining.[9] He also finished sixth overall in the race. In 2017 he won the Tour of Oman. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.[10]

Major results

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2004 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 3rd Overall Giro della Lunigiana 7th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships 2006 2nd Overall Ronde de l'Isard 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs 7th Overall Tour des Pyrénées 2007 10th Overall Circuit des Ardennes 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs 2008 1st Circuit de Wallonie 1st Grand Prix des Marbriers 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships 6th Chrono des Nations Espoirs 2009 2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 6th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 7th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda 9th De Vlaamse Pijl 2010 6th Overall Tour of Belgium 1st Stage 5 9th Overall Critérium International 9th Overall Tour of Austria 2011 1st Trofeo Inca 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie 3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami 6th Overall Giro di Sardegna 6th Binche–Tournai–Binche 8th Amstel Gold Race 9th Overall Eneco Tour 2012 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes 10th Paris–Bourges 2013 5th Overall Tour Down Under 2014 4th Overall Tour of Utah 7th GP Ouest–France 9th Overall Tour Méditerranéen 9th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge 2015 1st Brabantse Pijl 2nd Overall Tour of Austria 3rd Overall Tour de Pologne 6th Overall Tour de Yorkshire 1st Stage 3 8th Overall Tour of Oman 9th Overall Arctic Race of Norway 1st Stage 3 2016 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 5th Vuelta a Murcia 7th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour 2017 1st Overall Tour of Oman 1st Stages 2 & 5 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya 2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 1st Stage 1 (TTT) 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 5th Overall Tour of Guangxi 10th Giro dell'Emilia 2018 1st Overall Tour of Austria 1st Stage 3 2nd Overall Tour of Utah 4th Overall Okolo Slovenska 9th Trofeo Laigueglia 2019 1st Overall Tour of Utah 1st Stages 2 & 3 1st Overall Tour of Austria 1st Stage 4 2nd Overall Adriatica Ionica Race 1st Mountains classification 3rd Volta Limburg Classic 8th Overall Tour of Slovenia 2020 7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 9th Giro di Lombardia 2021 1st Overall Arctic Race of Norway 1st Stage 3 1st Giro dell'Appennino 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine 2nd Overall Tour de Hongrie 3rd Gran Premio di Lugano 6th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 1st Stage 1b (TTT) 8th Road race, UEC European Road Championships 8th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Italiana 9th Giro dell'Emilia 2023 4th Overall Tour of Hainan 8th Overall Tour of Belgium 9th Eschborn–Frankfurt 2024 8th Overall Tour de l'Ain 9th Giro della Toscana

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 73 — 72 — — DNF 45 — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — — — — — 68
A red jersey Vuelta a España — 61 — — 14 — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b "BMC Racing Team Signs Ben Hermans". BMC Racing Team. BMC Trading. 10 October 2013. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Israel Cycling Academy finalises 2019 roster, adds Sorensen as DS". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  4. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (11 December 2019). "Israel Cycling Academy become Israel Start-Up Nation as WorldTour beckons". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Israel Start-Up Nation". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Cofidis". UCI. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  7. ^ Ben Hermans Profile
  8. ^ "Hermans holds off pack for Brabantse Pijl win". Cyclingnews.com. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  9. ^ Emil Axelgaard (3 May 2015). "Hermans and Nordhaug share the spoils in Yorkshire". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  10. ^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
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