Ben Hermans (born 8 June 1986) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis.[6]
Personal information | |
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Born | Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium | 8 June 1986
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Cofidis |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Puncheur |
Amateur teams | |
1998–2000 | Sport en Steun Leopoldsburg |
2001–2003 | KZLWC Sint-Truiden |
2004 | Avia |
2005–2006 | Beveren 2000 |
2007–2008 | Davo |
Professional teams | |
2009 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator |
2010–2011 | Team RadioShack |
2012–2013 | RadioShack–Nissan[1] |
2014–2017 | BMC Racing Team[2] |
2018–2023 | Israel Cycling Academy[3][4][5] |
2024– | Cofidis |
Major wins | |
Stage races |
Career
editHermans 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
edit- 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
- 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
editGrand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Giro d'Italia | 73 | — | 72 | — | — | DNF | 45 | — | — |
Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 |
Vuelta a España | — | 61 | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Israel Cycling Academy finalises 2019 roster, adds Sorensen as DS". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (11 December 2019). "Israel Cycling Academy become Israel Start-Up Nation as WorldTour beckons". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Israel Start-Up Nation". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Cofidis". UCI. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ Ben Hermans Profile
- ^ "Hermans holds off pack for Brabantse Pijl win". Cyclingnews.com. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ Emil Axelgaard (3 May 2015). "Hermans and Nordhaug share the spoils in Yorkshire". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
External links
editMedia related to Ben Hermans at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Ben Hermans on Twitter
- Ben Hermans at UCI
- Ben Hermans at Cycling Archives
- Ben Hermans at ProCyclingStats
- Ben Hermans at Cycling Quotient
- Ben Hermans at CycleBase