Ben King (cyclist)
Benjamin T. "Ben" King (born March 22, 1989) is an American professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . King turned professional in 2008. 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 (2008), and (2009 and 2010), winning the United States National Road Race Championships in September 2010. King  signed with , a UCI ProTeam, for the 2011 season, remaining with them as they renamed to for the 2012 season, then continuing with the following year. King signed with , 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 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.