Benjamin Thomas (cyclist)

Benjamin Thomas
Thomas at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships
Personal information
Born (1995-09-12) 12 September 1995 (age 29)
Lavaur, 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
Road

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2024)

Stage races

Boucles de la Mayenne (2022)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2019, 2021)
Track
Omnium, Olympic Games (2024)
World Championships
Madison (2017, 2022)
Omnium (2017, 2020)
Points race (2020)
Medal record
Representing  France
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Omnium
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
Gold medal – first place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Madison
Silver medal – second place 2016 London Madison
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pruszków Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2023 Glasgow Omnium
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
Gold medal – first place 2023 Grenchen Omnium
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
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Grenchen Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Grenchen Team pursuit
Men's road bicycle racing
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Drenthe Mixed team relay

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]

  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.