# Ben King (cyclist)

Benjamin T. King (born March 22, 1989) is an American former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2022.

## Personal

Born in Richmond, Virginia, King spent his adolescence in North Garden, Virginia, United States. He now resides in North Garden and Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. King graduated from Monticello High School, in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2007. He attended Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, Virginia, between 2008 and 2009.

## Career

King rode for UCI Continental teams Kelly Benefit Strategies–Medifast (2008), and Trek–Livestrong (2009 and 2010), winning the United States National Road Race Championships in September 2010.
King signed with Team RadioShack, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2011 season, remaining with them as they renamed to RadioShack–Nissan for the 2012 season, then continuing with RadioShack–Leopard the following year.
King signed with Garmin–Sharp, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. In March 2015, King won Stage 1 of the Critérium International. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.
After a 2016 season in which he took a stage win at the Tour of California, in September of that year Team Dimension Data confirmed that King would join them for 2017 with a role as a leader and mentor for the team's younger climbers. The move will reunite King with former Garmin team-mates Tyler Farrar, Nathan Haas and Lachlan Morton.
In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia and finished 44th in the General Classification out of 149 finishing cyclists.
In August 2018, he won the first Grand Tour stage of his career at the Vuelta a España on stage 4 and backed this up with another victory on stage 9. He would finish the race in 24th overall.

## Major results
### 2007

    National Junior Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    5th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi

### 2009

    3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
    8th Overall Univest Grand Prix

### 2010

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
    3rd Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
    6th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
    7th Overall Nature Valley Grand Prix
       1st Young rider classification
    Pan American Road Championships
       9th Time trial
       10th Road race
    9th Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
       1st Young rider classification

### 2011

    1st Young rider classification, Tour of Beijing
    5th Road race, National Road Championships

### 2013

    1st Shenandoah 100
    Most Aggressive, USA Pro Cycling Challenge

### 2014

    8th GP Miguel Induráin

### 2015

    1st Stage 1 Critérium International
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

### 2016

    1st Stage 2 Tour of California

### 2018

    Vuelta a España
       1st Stages 4 & 9
    1st Mountains classification, Volta ao Algarve
    5th Road race, National Road Championships

### 2020

    8th Ardèche Classic

### 2021

    1st Stage 6 Volta a Portugal
    8th Vuelta a Castilla y León

### 2022

    1st Mountains classification, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    4th Road race, National Road Championships

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | 44 | — |
| Tour de France | 53 | — | — | — | — | 62 |
| Vuelta a España | — | 75 | 46 | DNF | 24 | 38 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |