Ben Hermans
.jpg) Hermans at the 2008 Belgian National Time Trial Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin Hermans |
| Born |
8 June 1986 Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Israel Cycling Academy |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Puncheur |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2005–2006 | Beveren 2000 |
| 2007–2008 | Davo |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2009 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator |
| 2010–2011 | Team RadioShack |
| 2012–2013 | RadioShack–Nissan[1] |
| 2014–2017 | BMC Racing Team[2] |
| 2018– | Israel Cycling Academy |
| Major wins | |
| |
Benjamin Hermans (born 8 June 1986) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Professional Continental team, Israel Cycling Academy.[3]
Career
Hermans was born in Hasselt, Flanders, and he turned professional in 2009 with Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator.[4]
Hermans left RadioShack–Leopard at the end of the 2013 season, and joined the BMC Racing Team for the 2014 season.[2] In April 2015, he won the Belgian classic Brabantse Pijl with a late attack and resisted to the return of the peloton by a few seconds to cross the line solo.[5] A couple of weeks later, he went on to win the third stage of the Tour de Yorkshire in solo fashion, attacking the leading group with twelve kilometers remaining.[6] He also finished sixth overall in the race. In 2017 he won the Tour of Oman.
Career achievements
Major results
- 2004
- 1st
- 2006
- 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 2007
- 10th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 2008
- 1st Circuit du Hainaut
- 2009
- 2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 6th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 7th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 9th Vlaamse Pijl
- 2010
- 6th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stage 5
- 9th Overall Critérium International
- 9th Overall Tour of Austria
- 2011
- 1st Trofeo Inca
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 6th Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 6th Binche–Tournai–Binche
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 9th Overall Eneco Tour
- 2012
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 10th Paris–Bourges
- 2013
- 5th Overall Tour Down Under
- 2014
- 7th GP Ouest-France
- 9th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 9th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
- 2015
- 1st Brabantse Pijl
- 2nd Overall Tour of Austria
- 3rd Overall Tour de Pologne
- 6th Overall Tour de Yorkshire
- 1st Stage 3
- 8th Overall Tour of Oman
- 9th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 1st Stage 3
- 2016
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Vuelta a Murcia
- 7th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
- 2017
- 1st
- 1st Stages 2 & 5
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya
- 2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Overall Tour of Guangxi
- 10th Giro dell'Emilia
- 2018
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Overall Tour of Utah
- 4th Overall Okolo Slovenska
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
73 | — | 72 | — | — | DNF | 45 |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
— | 61 | — | — | 14 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- 1 2 "BMC Racing Team Signs Ben Hermans". BMC Racing Team. BMC Trading. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ↑ Malach, Pat (24 August 2017). "Cycling Academy add Hermans and Plaza for 2018". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ↑ Ben Hermans Profile
- ↑ "Hermans holds off pack for Brabantse Pijl win". Cyclingnews.com. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ Emil Axelgaard (3 May 2015). "Hermans and Nordhaug share the spoils in Yorkshire". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Ben Hermans on Twitter
- Ben Hermans at ProCyclingStats
- Ben Hermans at Cycling Archives