French cyclist (born 1995)
Benjamin Thomas (born 12 September 1995) is a French professional road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis .[6]
He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships .[7] In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Vuelta a España .[8] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia .[9]
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."[10]
UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's omnium
UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's points race
UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's madison
1995–96: Italy (Silvio Martinello , Marco Villa )
1997: Spain (Joan Llaneras , Miguel Alzamora )
1998: Belgium (Etienne De Wilde , Matthew Gilmore )
1999: Spain (Joan Llaneras , Isaac Gálvez )
2000: Germany (Stefan Steinweg , Erik Weispfennig )
2001: France (Robert Sassone , Jérôme Neuville )
2002: France (Jérôme Neuville , Franck Perque )
2003: Switzerland (Franco Marvulli , Bruno Risi )
2004: Argentina (Walter Pérez , Juan Curuchet )
2005: Great Britain (Mark Cavendish , Rob Hayles )
2006: Spain (Isaac Gálvez , Joan Llaneras )
2007 : Switzerland (Bruno Risi , Franco Marvulli )
2008 : Great Britain (Mark Cavendish , Bradley Wiggins )
2009 : Denmark (Michael Mørkøv , Alex Rasmussen )
2010 –11 : Australia (Leigh Howard , Cameron Meyer )
2012 : Belgium (Kenny De Ketele , Gijs Van Hoecke )
2013 : France (Vivien Brisse , Morgan Kneisky )
2014 : Spain (David Muntaner , Albert Torres )
2015 : France (Bryan Coquard , Morgan Kneisky )
2016 : Great Britain (Mark Cavendish , Bradley Wiggins )
2017 : France (Morgan Kneisky , Benjamin Thomas )
2018 –19 : Germany (Roger Kluge , Theo Reinhardt )
2020 –21 : Denmark (Michael Mørkøv , Lasse Norman Hansen )
2022 : France (Donavan Grondin , Benjamin Thomas )
2023 : Netherlands (Jan-Willem van Schip , Yoeri Havik )
UEC European Track Champions – Men’s team pursuit
2010 : Great Britain : (Burke , Clancy , Queally , Tennant )
2011 : Great Britain : (Burke , Clancy , Kennaugh , Tennant )
2012 : Russia : (Ershov , Markov , Serov , Kaykov )
2013 : Great Britain : (Burke , Clancy , Doull , Tennant )
2014 : Great Britain : (Dibben , Clancy , Doull , Tennant )
2015 : Great Britain : (Dibben , Wiggins , Doull , Tennant , Burke , Gibson )
2016 : France : (Denis , Ermenault , Maitre , Chavanel , Thomas )
2017 : France : (Denis , Ermenault , Maitre , Pijourlet )
2018 : Italy : (Viviani , Bertazzo , Ganna , Lamon )
2019 : Denmark : (LN Hansen , Pedersen , Madsen , Johansen )
2020 : Russia : (Dubchenko , Gonov , Bersenev , Evtushenko )
2021 : Denmark : (Malmberg , Pedersen , T Hansen , Bévort )
2022 : France : (Denis , Lafargue , Tabellion , Thomas , Boudat )
2023 : Italy : (Ganna , Lamon ), Milan , Moro , Consonni )
2024 : Great Britain : (Bigham , Hayter , C Tanfield , Vernon , Wood )
Riders in italics rode in heats only
UEC European Track Champions – Men's points race
UEC European Track Champions – Men's omnium
UEC European Track Champions – Men’s madison
2010 : Czechia : (Martin Bláha , Jiří Hochmann )
2011 : Belgium : (Kenny De Ketele , Iljo Keisse )
2012 : Czechia : (Martin Bláha , Jiří Hochmann )
2013 : Italy : (Liam Bertazzo , Elia Viviani )
2014 : Austria : Andreas Graf , Andreas Müller )
2015 : Spain : (Sebastián Mora , Albert Torres )
2016 : Spain : (Sebastián Mora , Albert Torres )
2017 : France : (Florian Maitre , Benjamin Thomas )
2018 : Belgium : (Kenny De Ketele , Robbe Ghys )
2019 : Denmark : (Lasse Norman Hansen , Michael Mørkøv )
2020 : Spain : (Sebastián Mora , Albert Torres )
2021 : Netherlands : (Yoeri Havik , Jan-Willem van Schip )
2022 : Germany : (Roger Kluge , Theo Reinhardt )
2023 : Germany : (Roger Kluge , Theo Reinhardt )
2024 : Germany : (Roger Kluge , Theo Reinhardt )
includes only UEC European Track Championships winners (from 2010)