# Ben Hermans

Ben Hermans (born 8 June 1986) is a Belgian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2024.

## Career

Hermans was born in Hasselt, Flanders, and he turned professional in 2009 with Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator.
Hermans left RadioShack–Leopard at the end of the 2013 season, and joined the BMC Racing Team for the 2014 season. 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. 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. 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.

## Major results
### 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
       1st Mountains classification
    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

| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Giro d'Italia | 73 | — | 72 | — | — | DNF | 45 | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 |
| Vuelta a España | — | 61 | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |