George Bennett (cyclist)

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George Bennett
Bennett at the 2015 Tour of Belgium
Personal information
Full nameGeorge Bennett
Born (1990-04-07) 7 April 1990 (age 34)
Nelson, New Zealand
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb)[2]
Team information
Current teamIsrael–Premier Tech
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2010Club Routier des 4 Chemins
2011Trek–Livestrong
2011Team RadioShack (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2012–2013RadioShack–Nissan[3]
2014Cannondale[4]
2015–2021LottoNL–Jumbo[5][6][7]
2022–2023UAE Team Emirates[8]
2024–Israel–Premier Tech
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 TTT stage (2019)

Stage races

Tour of California (2017)

One day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2021)
Gran Piemonte (2020)

George Bennett (born 7 April 1990) is a New Zealand professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech.[9] He represented New Zealand at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. He was the winner of the 2017 Tour of California,[10] the 2020 Gran Piemonte[11] and the 2021 New Zealand road cycling championships. He came second in the 2020 Il Lombardia.[12]

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  2. ^ "George Bennett". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Bennett to link up with RadioShack-Nissan-Trek". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  4. ^ Brian Holcombe (19 November 2013). "Bennett survives tough job market with Cannondale deal". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Cheery Christmas for ambitious Team Jumbo-Visma". Team Jumbo–Visma. Team Oranje Road BV. 21 December 2018. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam". Bianchi. F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Jumbo-Visma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  8. ^ "UAE TEAM EMIRATES". UCI. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Israel–Premier Tech". UCI. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Huffman wins stage, Bennett overall at Tour of California". USA TODAY. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  11. ^ Farr, Stephen (12 August 2020). "George Bennett wins Gran Piemonte". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  12. ^ "History and heartbreak: Kiwi cyclist's record-breaking second at famous race". NZ Herald. 16 August 202o. Retrieved 17 September 2022.