# Tiesj Benoot

Tiesj Benoot (born 11 March 1994) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.

## Career
### Lotto–Soudal (2015–19)

Benoot turned professional with the Belgian UCI World Tour team Lotto–Soudal in 2015, after riding for the Lotto–Belisol U23 outfit in 2013 and 2014, and riding some races as a stagiaire in autumn 2014.
Benoot made an instant impact in the professional ranks by placing fifth in his first Tour of Flanders. Later in the season he showed his abilities in stage races, finishing second overall behind Greg Van Avermaet at the 2015 Tour of Belgium. He also claimed three top-10 finishes in stages of the Critérium du Dauphiné.
Benoot showed climbing ability at the 2017 Critérium du Dauphiné, where he finished 12th overall. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France. Benoot finished 20th overall in his first Grand Tour.
Benoot won his first professional race in March 2018, soloing to victory in the UCI World Tour's Strade Bianche in torrential rain after attacking from a chasing group to catch leaders Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) and Wout van Aert (Vérandas Willems–Crelan) before dropping them in the final sector of dirt roads. Benoot soloed to victory by 39 seconds ahead of Bardet.
In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Vuelta a España.

### Team Sunweb (2020–21)

In August 2019, Benoot signed an initial two-year deal with Team Sunweb starting from 2020. He finished second overall at the 2020 Paris–Nice, winning a stage and the points classification. Following the COVID-19 pandemic-enforced suspension of racing, Benoot took top-ten finishes at Liège–Bastogne–Liège (eighth) and the Tour of Flanders (tenth). He also extended his contract with the team until the end of the 2022 season in August 2020. Benoot took no wins in 2021, with a best result of fifth overall at Paris–Nice.

### Team Jumbo–Visma

In December 2021, Benoot was released from his Team DSM contract a year early, and subsequently signed a two-year deal with Team Jumbo–Visma starting from 2022. He made his first start with the team at February's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, and recorded his first top-ten finish with ninth at the E3 Saxo Bank Classic the following month. He finished second at Dwars door Vlaanderen, having attacked the lead group in the final two kilometres, before being out-sprinted by Mathieu van der Poel at the finish in Waregem. With team leader Wout van Aert sidelined due to COVID-19, Benoot shared team leadership of Team Jumbo–Visma for the following weekend's Tour of Flanders, with Christophe Laporte; Laporte finished ninth while Benoot was thirteenth. The following weekend, Benoot finished third in the Amstel Gold Race, having attacked from the main group in the final kilometre of the race. Team Jumbo-Visma had a historic performance in the 2022 Tour de France. Benoot played a key role supporting the team leaders, especially as injuries and abandons took their toll throughout the race. He survived the race and crossed the finish line in triumph with his surviving teammates.

## Personal life

Outside of cycling, Benoot studied economics at Ghent University.
Benoot's uncommon first name derives from American singer/songwriter Tish Hinojosa, due to his parents' affinity with both the music and the first name of the artist.

## Major results
### 2011

    7th Overall Tour du Valromey

### 2012

    2nd Overall Junior Oberösterreichrundfahrt
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2
    3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
    3rd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
    5th Bernaudeau Junior
    6th Overall GP Général Patton
    8th Overall Liège–La Gleize
    8th Overall Keizer der Juniores
       1st Stage 1

### 2013

    1st Tour de Moselle
    2nd Overall Vuelta a Palencia
       1st Stage 4
    4th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
       1st Points classification
       1st Young rider classification
    8th Grand Prix des Marbriers
    8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
    10th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Under-23
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 2

### 2014

    2nd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
       1st Points classification
    3rd Overall Ronde de l'Isard
       1st Young rider classification
    3rd Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
    4th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
    4th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
    5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
    5th Flèche Ardennaise
    6th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    8th Binche–Chimay–Binche
    10th Overall Danmark Rundt

### 2015

    2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
    3rd Handzame Classic
    4th Le Samyn
    4th Paris–Tours
    5th Tour of Flanders
    5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
    6th Overall World Ports Classic
    6th Ronde van Zeeland Seaports
    6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
    6th Druivenkoers Overijse
    8th Overall Eneco Tour
    8th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana

### 2016

    1st Young rider classification, Volta ao Algarve
    3rd Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
    3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    4th Trofeo Pollenca–Port de Andratx
    5th Overall Tour de Pologne
    6th Grand Prix de Wallonie
    7th E3 Harelbeke
    7th Brussels Cycling Classic
    8th Strade Bianche
    9th Heistse Pijl

### 2017

    3rd Brabantse Pijl
    3rd Trofeo Pollenca–Port de Andratx
    4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
    4th Grand Prix de Wallonie
    7th Overall Tour of Belgium
    7th Dwars door Vlaanderen
    8th Overall Volta ao Algarve
       1st Young rider classification
    8th Strade Bianche
    8th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
    8th Vuelta a Murcia
    9th Clásica de San Sebastián

### 2018 (1 pro win)

    1st Strade Bianche
    3rd Brabantse Pijl
    4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Young rider classification
    5th E3 Harelbeke
    5th Tour de l'Eurométropole
    6th Overall Vuelta a San Juan
    6th Paris–Tours
    7th Dwars door Vlaanderen
    8th Tour of Flanders

### 2019 (1)

    1st Stage 1 Danmark Rundt
    2nd Bretagne Classic
    4th Overall Tour de Suisse
    4th Milano–Torino
    5th Strade Bianche
    5th Dwars door Vlaanderen
    6th Tre Valli Varesine
    9th Overall Tour of Britain
    9th Tour of Flanders
    10th Overall Vuelta a San Juan
    Combativity award Stage 9 Tour de France

### 2020 (1)

    2nd Overall Paris–Nice
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 6
    8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    10th Tour of Flanders

### 2021

    5th Overall Paris–Nice
    7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    8th Overall Benelux Tour
    9th Grand Prix de Wallonie
    10th Antwerp Port Epic

### 2022

    2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen
    3rd Amstel Gold Race
    3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
    9th E3 Saxo Bank Classic

### 2023 (1)

    1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
    3rd Strade Bianche
    4th Road race, National Road Championships
    6th Coppa Bernocchi
    7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    7th La Flèche Wallonne
    7th Bretagne Classic
    9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    10th Clásica de San Sebastián

### 2024

    3rd Amstel Gold Race
    4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
    4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
    7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
    9th La Flèche Wallonne

### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career |
| Tour de France | — | — | 20 | DNF | 59 | 75 | DNF | 36 | 24 | 49 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Major stage race general classification results |||||||||||
| Race | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | 61 | 66 | 4 | 12 | — | — | — | 34 | — |
| Volta a Catalunya | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | — | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | — | — |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | 26 | — | 12 | 14 | — | DNF | — | 71 | 28 | 33 |
| Tour de Suisse | — | DNF | — | — | 4 | NH | 15 | — | — | — |

### Classics results timeline

| Monument | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | 133 | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | 5 | DNF | DNF | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 |
| Paris–Roubaix | 100 | 114 | — | — | DNF | NH | — | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | 23 | — | 8 | 7 | DNS | 7 | 12 |
| Giro di Lombardia | DNF | — | 57 | 25 | 24 | — | 29 | — | 63 | |
| Classic | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 36 | 3 | DNF | 59 | DNF | 14 | 29 | 66 | 15 | 35 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | — | 4 | 35 | — | 64 | 21 | 24 | 1 | DNF |
| Strade Bianche | — | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | DNF | — | DNF | 3 | — |
| E3 Harelbeke | 18 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 16 | NH | 15 | 9 | DNF | DNF |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | 15 | — | — | 13 | — | — | 34 | — | 40 |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | 6 | 39 | 7 | 7 | 5 | NH | 23 | 2 | 26 | 4 |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | DNF | 15 | DNF | — | NH | 15 | 3 | 15 | 3 |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | — | 52 | — | — | — | 11 | 7 | 9 |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | 19 | DNF | 9 | — | DNF | NH | — | 3 | 10 | — |
| Hamburg Cyclassics | 46 | — | — | 19 | — | Not held | Not held | — | — | — |
| Bretagne Classic | 22 | 27 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 7 | 17 |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | DNF | 18 | 12 | — | — | Not held | Not held | — | 46 | 4 |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | 5 | 13 | 15 | — | — | Not held | Not held | — | 11 | 7 |
| Paris–Tours | 4 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
| IP | In progress |