Benjamin Thomas (cyclist)

{{Short description|French cyclist (born 1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Benjamin Thomas | honorific_suffix = [[Legion of Honour|CLH]] [[OLY]] | image = 2015 UEC Track Elite European Championships 233.JPG | caption = Thomas at the [[2015 UEC European Track Championships]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|9|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Lavaur, Tarn|Lavaur]], France | height = 1.79 m | weight = 68 kg | currentteam = {{UCI team code|COF}} | discipline = {{ubl|Road|Track<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/fdj-sign-track-rider-benjamin-thomas/|title=FDJ sign track rider Benjamin Thomas|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Immediate Media Company]]|date=25 August 2017|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>}} | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = 2012–2013 | amateurteam1 = EC Giroussens Lavaur Junior | amateuryears2 = 2014 | amateurteam2 = Bourges EC 18 | proyears1 = 2015–2017 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|ADT|2015}}<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.procyclingstats.com/team/Equipe_Cycliste_Armee_De_Terre_2015|title = Equipe Cycliste Armée de Terre 2015|access-date = 27 February 2015|website = ProCyclingStats}}</ref> | proyears2 = 2018–2021 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|FDJ|2018a}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/groupama-fdj-confirm-28-riders-for-2019/|title=Groupama-FDJ confirm 28 riders for 2019|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Immediate Media Company]]|date=15 November 2018|access-date=3 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13988/1000562/260|title=Groupama – FDJ|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102031051/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13988/1000562/260|archive-date=2 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15240/1000562/279|title=Groupama – FDJ|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=1 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101153609/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15240/1000562/279|archive-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> | proyears3 = 2022– | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|COF men|2022}} | majorwins = ;''Road'' '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]''' :'''[[Giro d'Italia]]''' ::1 individual stage ([[2024 Giro d'Italia|2024]]) '''[[Race stage|Stage races]]''' : [[Boucles de la Mayenne]] ([[2022 Boucles de la Mayenne|2022]]) '''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]''' :{{nowrap|[[French National Time Trial Championships|National Time Trial Championships]] (2019, 2021)}} ;''Track'' : '''[[Cycling at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]''' ::[[Cycling at the Summer Olympics|Omnium]] ([[Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's omnium|2024]]) : '''[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|World Championships]]''' ::[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|Madison]] ([[2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|2017]], [[2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|2022]]) ::[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]] ([[2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|2017]], [[2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|2020]]) ::[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race|Points race]] ([[2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race|2021]]) | medaltemplates ={{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}} {{MedalSport|Men's [[track cycling]]}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalGold|[[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's omnium|Omnium]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Madison|Madison]]}} {{MedalComp|[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2017 Hong Kong]]|[[2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]]}} {{MedalGold|2017 Hong Kong|[[2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|Madison]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2020 Berlin]]|[[2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2021 Roubaix]]|[[2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race|Points race]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines]]|[[2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|Madison]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2016 London]]|[[2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|Madison]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2019 Pruszków]]|[[2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]]}} {{MedalSilver|2021 Roubaix|[[2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|{{nowrap|Team pursuit}}]]}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines|[[2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2023 Glasgow]]|[[2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]]}} {{MedalComp|[[UEC European Track Championships|European Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2014 UEC European Track Championships|2014 Guadeloupe]]|[[2014 UEC European Track Championships – Men's points race|Points race]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2016 UEC European Track Championships|2016 Yvelines]]|[[2016 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2017 UEC European Track Championships|2017 Berlin]]|[[2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison|Madison]]}} {{MedalGold|2017 Berlin|[[2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2019 UEC European Track Championships|2019 Apeldoorn]]|[[2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2021 UEC European Track Championships|2021 Grenchen]]|[[2021 UEC European Track Championships – Men's points race|Points race]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2022 UEC European Track Championships|2022 Munich]]|[[2022 UEC European Track Championships – Men's points race|Points race]]}} {{MedalGold|2022 Munich|[[2022 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2023 UEC European Track Championships|2023 Grenchen]]|[[2023 UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2015 UEC European Track Championships|2015 Grenchen]]|[[2015 UEC European Track Championships – Men's points race|Points race]]}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Yvelines|[[2016 UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison|Madison]]}} {{MedalBronze|2016 Yvelines|[[2016 UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]]}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Berlin|[[2017 UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]]}} {{Medal|Bronze|2023 Grenchen|[[2023 UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison|Madison]]}} {{MedalBronze|2023 Grenchen|[[2023 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalSport|Men's [[road bicycle racing]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Road Championships|European Championships]]}} {{MedalGold |[[2023 European Road Championships|2023 Drenthe]]|{{nowrap|Mixed team relay}}}} }}

'''Benjamin Thomas''' (born 12 September 1995) is a French professional [[Road bicycle racing|road]] and [[Track cycling|track]] cyclist, who currently rides for [[UCI WorldTeam]] {{UCI team code|COF}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17175|title=Cofidis|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]]|access-date=29 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128092005/https://www.uci.org/team-details/17175|archive-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>

He rode at the [[2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships]].<ref name="UCI">{{cite web |url=http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/NewsGeneral/16/85/15/20150212_SQEY_ME_EntryListUCIwebsite_English.PDF |title=En try List: Men |access-date=25 February 2015 |work=UCI}}</ref> In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the [[2018 Vuelta a España]].<ref name="2018Vuelta">{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2018/startlist |title=2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List |access-date=22 August 2018 |work=Pro Cycling Stats}}</ref> In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the [[2020 Giro d'Italia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/2020/gc/startlist |title=103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist |work=ProCyclingStats |access-date=2 October 2020}}</ref>

He rode [[2022 Tour de France|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 Gougeard|Alexis]] maybe it would have been different… I'm completely dead, I'm seeing stars. I was not thinking anymore."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/sport/20220717-tour-de-france-belgium-s-jasper-philipsen-wins-stage-15-vingegaard-retains-lead-despite-crash |title=Tour de France: Belgium's Jasper Philipsen wins stage 15, Vingegaard retains lead despite crash |first=Newswire |last=Reports |publisher=France 24 |date=17 July 2022 |access-date=19 July 2022}}</ref>

==Major results== ===Road=== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} ;2017 (2 pro wins) : 1st Stage 3 [[Four Days of Dunkirk]] : 3rd Overall [[2017 Tour de Wallonie|Tour de Wallonie]] ::1st {{cjersey|red}} Young rider classification ::1st Stage 1 : 4th [[French National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Under-23 Championships : 4th Overall [[2017 Tour de Luxembourg|Tour de Luxembourg]] : 4th Overall [[Tour du Poitou-Charentes]] : 4th [[Grand Prix Pino Cerami]] : 4th [[Ronde van Limburg (Belgium)|Ronde van Limburg]] : 9th [[Boucles de l'Aulne]] ;2018 : 1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification, [[2018 Étoile de Bessèges|Étoile de Bessèges]] : 3rd [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships ;2019 (1) : 1st {{cjersey|france}} [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships : 6th [[Tour du Finistère]] ;2020 : 2nd [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships : 6th Overall [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] ;2021 (1) : 1st {{cjersey|france}} [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships ;2022 (4) : 1st {{cjersey|salmon}} Overall [[2022 Étoile de Bessèges|Étoile de Bessèges]] ::1st Stage 3 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[Boucles de la Mayenne]] ::1st Stage 2 : National Championships ::3rd [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]] ::5th [[French National Road Race Championships|Road race]] : 4th Overall [[2022 Four Days of Dunkirk|Four Days of Dunkirk]] : 4th Overall [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] : 5th [[Tour du Doubs]] : 8th Overall [[2022 Tour de Luxembourg|Tour de Luxembourg]] : 8th [[2022 Bretagne Classic Ouest–France|Bretagne Classic]] ;2023 (1) : 1st {{cjersey|europe}} Team relay, [[2023 European Road Championships|UEC European Championships]] : 1st Stage 3 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) [[2023 Four Days of Dunkirk|Four Days of Dunkirk]] : 4th [[French National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships ;2024 (1) : 1st Stage 5 [[2024 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] : 6th [[Vuelta a Mallorca|Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx]] ;2025 : 2nd [[2025 Coppa Sabatini|Coppa Sabatini]] : 2nd [[Cholet-Pays de la Loire|Cholet Agglo Tour]] : 8th Overall [[2025 Four Days of Dunkirk|Four Days of Dunkirk]] : 9th [[Paris–Camembert]] : [[2025 Tour de France|Tour de France]] ::Held {{cjersey|polkadot}} after Stage 1 {{Div col end}}

====Grand Tour general classification results timeline==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]] ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 ! scope="col" | 2025 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|pink}} [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] | — | — | [[2020 Giro d'Italia|DNF]] | — | — | — | [[2024 Giro d'Italia|DNF]] | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]] | — | — | — | — | [[2022 Tour de France|53]] | — | — | |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|red}} [[General classification in the Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] | [[2018 Vuelta a España|121]] | [[2019 Vuelta a España|DNF]] | — | — | — | — | — | |}

{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | [[Did not finish|DNF]] | Did not finish |}

===Track=== {{colbegin|colwidth=25em}} ;2013 : 1st [[File:Rainbow Jersey Track.svg|20px]] Points race, [[2013 UCI Juniors Track World Championships|UCI World Junior Championships]] ;2014 : 1st {{cjersey|european champion}} [[2014 UEC European Track Championships – Men's points race|Points race]], [[2014 UEC European Track Championships|UEC European Championships]] : 1st {{cjersey|european champion}} Scratch, [[2014 European Track Championships (under-23 & junior)|UEC European Under-23 Championships]] : 2nd Scratch, [[French National Track Championships|National Championships]] ;2015 : 2nd [[File:Silver medal europe.svg|15px]] [[2015 UEC European Track Championships – Men's points race|Points race]], [[2015 UEC European Track Championships|UEC European Championships]] : 2nd [[File:Silver medal europe.svg|15px]] Madison, [[2015 European Track Championships (under-23 & junior)|UEC European Under-23 Championships]] (with [[Thomas Boudat]]) : [[French National Track Championships|National Championships]] ::2nd Madison (with [[Julien Duval]]) ::2nd Points race ;2016 : [[2016 UEC European Track Championships|UEC European Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|europe}} [[2016 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]] ::2nd [[File:Silver medal europe.svg|15px]] [[2016 UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison|Madison]] (with [[Morgan Kneisky]]) ::3rd [[File:Bronze medal europe.svg|15px]] [[2016 UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]] : [[French National Track Championships|National Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|france}} Madison (with [[Jordan Levasseur]]) ::1st {{cjersey|france}} Omnium ::2nd Points race ::2nd Scratch ::3rd Team pursuit : 2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|Madison]], [[2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]] (with [[Morgan Kneisky]]) : 2nd [[File:Silver medal europe.svg|15px]] Madison, [[2016 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior)|UEC European Under-23 Championships]] (with [[Florian Maitre]]) ;2017 : [[2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|rainbow}} [[2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|Madison]] (with [[Morgan Kneisky]]) ::1st {{cjersey|rainbow}} [[2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]] : [[2017 UEC European Track Championships|UEC European Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|europe}} [[UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison|Madison]] (with [[Florian Maitre]]) ::1st {{cjersey|europe}} [[UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]] ::3rd [[File:Bronze medal europe.svg|15px]] [[UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]] : [[UCI Track Cycling World Cup|UCI World Cup]], Manchester ::1st [[2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup|Omnium]] ::2nd [[2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup|Madison]] ::3rd [[2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup|Team pursuit]] : 1st [[Six Days of Fiorenzuola]] (with [[Morgan Kneisky]]) : 2nd [[Six Days of Ghent]] (with [[Morgan Kneisky]]) : [[French National Track Championships|National Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|france}} Omnium ::2nd Points race ::3rd Madison (with Kilian Evenot) ;2018 : 1st [[Six Days of Fiorenzuola]] (with [[Morgan Kneisky]]) ;2019 : 1st {{cjersey|europe}} [[2019 UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]], [[2019 UEC European Track Championships|UEC European Championships]] : 2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]], [[2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]] : 2nd Madison, [[2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup|UCI World Cup]], Minsk (with [[Bryan Coquard]]) ;2020 : 1st {{cjersey|rainbow}} [[2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]], [[2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]] ;2021 : [[2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|rainbow}} [[2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race|Points race]] ::2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]] : 1st {{cjersey|europe}} [[2021 UEC European Track Championships – Men's points race|Points race]], [[2021 UEC European Track Championships|UEC European Championships]] : 3rd [[File:Bronze medal olympic.svg|15px]] [[Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Madison|Madison]], [[2020 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] (with [[Donavan Grondin]]) ;2022 : [[2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|rainbow}} [[2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison|Madison]] (with [[Donavan Grondin]]) ::2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]] ;2023 : [[2023 UEC European Track Championships|UEC European Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|europe}} [[2023 UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]] ::3rd [[File:Bronze medal europe.svg|15px]] [[2023 UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison|Madison]] (with [[Donavan Grondin]]) ::3rd [[File:Bronze medal europe.svg|15px]] [[2023 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]] : 2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium|Omnium]], [[2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]] : [[2023 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup|UCI Nations Cup]] ::3rd Madison, [[Milton, Ontario|Milton]] (with [[Thomas Boudat]]) ::3rd Team pursuit, [[Milton, Ontario|Milton]] : 3rd Elimination, [[French National Track Championships|National Championships]] ;2024 : 1st [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|15px]] [[Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's omnium|Omnium]], [[2024 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] : 1st [[Six Days of Ghent]] (with [[Fabio Van den Bossche]]) {{div col end}}

==Awards and honours== ; Orders *[[Legion of Honour|Knight of the Legion of Honour]]: 2024<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000050251619 |title=Décret du 23 septembre 2024 portant nomination dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur |date=23 September 2024 |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons}} * {{Sports links}}

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