# Ben Turner (cyclist)

Benjamin Elliott Turner (born 28 May 1999) is a British cyclist, who currently ride for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.

## Career

In 2021, Turner competed in cyclo-cross and road racing for UCI team Trinity Racing.

### 2022 Ineos Grenadiers

On 2 November 2021, it was announced Turner had signed for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers on a two-year contract. His first race with the team was the Vuelta a Andalucía his role was being a Domestique for Carlos Rodríguez who ended up finishing fourth overall. In stage 3, Turner finished fourth after leading out teammate Magnus Sheffield to victory.
His next set of races were the Cobbled classics where once again he was in a domestique role. In the Grand Prix de Denain Turner was part of a five man breakaway with teammates Jhonatan Narváez and Sheffield who attacked with 30 km to go but sadly were caught by the peloton with 2 km to go, with Turner finishing in 41st position. Gent–Wevelgem was the next race where Turner showed his good form. He managed 28th which was the best placed from his team after spending the day working for Dylan van Baarle who finished in 41st, 17 seconds behind Turner. Turner made the decisive 11-man group with leader Tom Pidcock also there. His work as a domestique chasing down attacks helped Pidcock finish in 3rd position and Turner was able to hold on to finish in 8th, his first top 10 One-day result. Another strong performance by Turner, at the Brabantse Pijl, after working once again as a domestique this time for Sheffield he crossed the line in 4th out sprinting teammate Pidcock and his other 5 breakaway companions. 35 km into Paris–Roubaix the bunch was met with cross-winds so Turner went to the front with his Ineos squad and begin to increase the pace, this caused a split with many favourites missing out. By 67 km to go the race was mostly together again except for a few riders out in front. Team Jumbo–Visma came to the front to drive the pace in doing so caused a split which Turner and teammate van Baarle were a part of. Turner unfortunately crashed on a cobble sector and lost contact with the front bunch. He did manage to keep riding finishing in 11th 4' 30" down on winner Dylan van Baarle.

## Major results
### Cyclo-cross
#### 2016–2017

    1st Junior Boom
    2nd National Junior Championships
    UCI Junior World Cup
       2nd Hoogerheide
    Junior DVV Trophy
       2nd Hamme
    Junior Brico Cross
       2nd Bredene
    2nd Junior Sint-Niklaas
    3rd UCI World Junior Championships

#### 2017–2018

    2nd National Under-23 Championships
    3rd Under-23 Overijse

#### 2018–2019

    Under-23 DVV Trophy
       1st Niel
       1st Loenhout
       1st Baal
       3rd Koppenberg
       3rd Lille
    2nd National Championships
    2nd Overall Under-23 Superprestige
    UCI Under-23 World Cup
       3rd Hoogerheide
       4th Koksijde
    4th UEC European Under-23 Championships

#### 2019–2020

    3rd National Under-23 Championships
    UCI Under-23 World Cup
       5th Bern

#### 2020–2021

    UCI Under-23 World Cup
       2nd Tábor

### Road
#### 2021

    2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
    7th Overall Tour d'Eure-et-Loir

#### 2022

    4th Road race, National Championships
    4th Brabantse Pijl
    5th Overall ZLM Toer
    7th Road race, Commonwealth Games
    8th Dwars door Vlaanderen

#### 2023 (1 pro win)

    1st Vuelta a Murcia
    2nd Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior

#### 2024

    7th Overall Renewi Tour

#### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | DNF | 115 |
| Vuelta a España | 72 | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |