# Benjamin Thomas (cyclist)

Benjamin Thomas (born 12 September 1995) is a French professional road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis.
He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Vuelta a España. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.
He rode 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 maybe it would have been different… I'm completely dead, I'm seeing stars. I was not thinking anymore."

## Major results
### Road
#### 2017 (2 pro wins)

    1st Stage 3 Four Days of Dunkirk
    3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 1
    4th Road race, National Under-23 Championships
    4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
    4th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
    4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
    4th Ronde van Limburg
    9th Boucles de l'Aulne

#### 2018

    1st Young rider classification, Étoile de Bessèges
    3rd Time trial, National Championships

#### 2019 (1)

    1st Time trial, National Championships
    6th Tour du Finistère

#### 2020

    2nd Time trial, National Championships
    6th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine

#### 2021 (1)

    1st Time trial, National Championships

#### 2022 (4)

    1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges
       1st Stage 3
    1st Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
       1st Stage 2
    National Championships
       3rd Time trial
       5th Road race
    4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
    4th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
    5th Tour du Doubs
    8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
    8th Bretagne Classic

#### 2023 (1)

    1st Team relay, UEC European Championships
    1st Stage 3 (ITT) Four Days of Dunkirk
    4th Time trial, National Championships

#### 2024 (1)

    1st Stage 5 Giro d'Italia
    6th Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx

#### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | IP |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | 53 | — | |
| Vuelta a España | 121 | DNF | — | — | — | — | |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |

### Track
#### 2013

    1st Points race, UCI World Junior Championships

#### 2014

    1st Points race, UEC European Championships
    1st Scratch, UEC European Under-23 Championships
    2nd Scratch, National Championships

#### 2015

    2nd Points race, UEC European Championships
    2nd Madison, UEC European Under-23 Championships (with Thomas Boudat)
    National Championships
       2nd Madison (with Julien Duval)
       2nd Points race

#### 2016

    UEC European Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       2nd Madison (with Morgan Kneisky)
       3rd Omnium
    National Championships
       1st Madison (with Jordan Levasseur)
       1st Omnium
       2nd Points race
       2nd Scratch
       3rd Team pursuit
    2nd Madison, UCI World Championships (with Morgan Kneisky)
    2nd Madison, UEC European Under-23 Championships (with Florian Maitre)

#### 2017

    UCI World Championships
       1st Madison (with Morgan Kneisky)
       1st Omnium
    UEC European Championships
       1st Madison (with Florian Maitre)
       1st Team pursuit
       3rd Omnium
    UCI World Cup, Manchester
       1st Omnium
       2nd Madison
       3rd Team pursuit
    1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Morgan Kneisky)
    2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Morgan Kneisky)
    National Championships
       1st Omnium
       2nd Points race
       3rd Madison (with Kilian Evenot)

#### 2018

    1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Morgan Kneisky)

#### 2019

    1st Omnium, UEC European Championships
    2nd Omnium, UCI World Championships
    2nd Madison, UCI World Cup, Minsk (with Bryan Coquard)

#### 2020

    1st Omnium, UCI World Championships

#### 2021

    UCI World Championships
       1st Points race
       2nd Team pursuit
    1st Points race, UEC European Championships
    3rd Madison, Olympic Games (with Donavan Grondin)

#### 2022

    UCI World Championships
       1st Madison (with Donavan Grondin)
       2nd Omnium

#### 2023

    UEC European Championships
       1st Omnium
       3rd Madison (with Donavan Grondin)
       3rd Team pursuit
    2nd Omnium, UCI World Championships
    UCI Nations Cup
       3rd Madison, Milton (with Thomas Boudat)
       3rd Team pursuit, Milton
    3rd Elimination, National Championships

#### 2024

    1st Omnium, Olympic Games

## Awards and honours
### Orders

* Knight of the Legion of Honour: 2024