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In brief

Climber
Born on 25.11.1995 at Subiaco (Australia)
Height : 1m88 / Weight : 67 kg
Professional since 2017
With the DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE team since 2021
Number of pro wins: 10

Questions and answers

  • Your nickname : Benno
  • Your favorite phrase: "Live life to its fullest extent
  • Your favorite race: any race where you have fun and are successful!
  • Your best memory on the bike: finishing my first Tour de France with great results
  • Your worst memory on the bike: breaking my collarbone on stage 19 of the 2018 Giro d'Italia and dropping out of the top 10
  • Where did you start cycling: in Perth (Australia) in 2013
  • Your interests outside of cycling: wine, gastronomy, skiing and reading
  • Your style of music : the Black Keys and Disclosure
  • If you were a movie: a movie whose title and trailer would be exciting but which would turn out to be a flop
  • If you were a dish: a bottle of wine (Charles Dufour)
  • If you were a famous person: I wouldn't like to be famous!
  • If you had to do another job, what would it be? Winegrower
  • What is dearest to you: my fiancée (Sarah), my family and friends
  • Your qualities: determined, energetic, emotional
  • Your faults : impatient and emotional

Victories

2024 (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM)

  • Winner of a stage of the Vuelta a España
  • Winner of the Vuelta a la Region de Murcia
  • UAE Tour stage winner

2022 (AG2R CITROËN TEAM)

  • Winner of a stage of the Volta a Catalunya
  • Winner of the Tour du Jura

2021 (AG2R CITROËN TEAM)

  • Tour de France stage winner

2020 (NTT Pro Cycling)

  • Winner of a stage of the Etoile de Bessèges
  • Winner of a stage at the Giro d'Italia

2018 (Team Dimension Data)

  • Winner of a stage of the Tour of the Alps / Winner of the best young rider classification

2017 (Team Dimension Data)

  • Winner of a stage of the Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt - Tour of Austria

Career highlights

2024 (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM)

  • Winner of a stage in the Vuelta a España / 2nd overall / Wore the red jersey for 13 days
  • Winner of the Vuelta a la Region de Murcia
  • UAE Tour stage winner / 2nd overall
  • 2nd overall in the Tour des Alpes / 3rd, 4th and 8th stages
  • 4th overall in the Giro d'Italia / 3rd, 7th and 8th in stages
  • 5th overall in Tirreno-Adriatico / 4th and 6th in stages

2023 (AG2R CITROËN TEAM)

  • 3rd in two stages of the Tour de France / 17th overall
  • 3rd overall Critérium du Dauphiné / 3rd, 4th and 5th stages
  • 3rd of a stage of the Santos Tour Down Under / 6th of the general classification
  • 5th of the Tour du Jura Cycling
  • 7th G.P. Cycliste de Montréal
  • 8th in a stage of the Skoda Tour de Luxembourg / 9th overall
  • 10th Tre Valli Varesine

2022 (AG2R CITROËN TEAM)

  • Winner of a stage of the Volta a Catalunya
  • Winner of the Tour du Jura
  • 3rd in the general classification of the Critérium du Dauphiné / 3rd and 4th in stages
  • 5th of the general classification of the Tour de Romandie / 4th and 6th of stages
  • 6th of the Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
  • 8th in the general classification of the Vuelta a España / 6th and 7th in stages
  • 7th in the general classification of the Vuelta a Andalucia / 9th in a stage

2021 (AG2R CITROËN TEAM)

  • Winner of a stage of the Tour de France / 5th and 8th of stages / 4th of the general classification
  • 2nd of a stage of the Tour de Romandie / 6th of the general classification
  • 3rd and 7th stage of the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var / 5th overall
  • 4th and 5th stages of the Critérium du Dauphiné / 8th overall
  • 4th of the Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge

2020 (NTT Pro Cycling)

  • Winner of a stage of the Etoile de Bessèges
  • Winner and 2nd of stages in the Giro d'Italia
  • 4th of a stage of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali

2019 (Team Dimension Data)

  • 2nd of a stage of the Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt-Tour of Austria / 6th of the general classification
  • 5th of the Australian CLM individual championship
  • 6th of a stage of the Vuelta a España

2018 (Team Dimension Data)

  • Winner of a stage of the Tour of the Alps / Winner of the best young rider classification / 7th of the general classification
  • 10th of the Australian CLM individual championship
  • 10th of the Trofeo Matteotti

2017 (Team Dimension Data)

  • Winner of a stage of the Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt - Tour of Austria / 5th overall
  • 8th overall in the Tour de Langkawi / 6th in a stage

2016 (Avanti IsoWhey Sport)

  • Stage and overall winner of the New Zealand Cycle Classic
  • 3rd of the general classification of the Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc / 3rd of a stage
  • 3rd of the general classification of the Tour de Taïwan
  • 3rd of the Australian Espoirs individual CLM championship
  • 6th of a stage of the ZLM-Roompot Tour
  • 9th in the Australian U23 road race championship

2015 (Navitas Satalyst Racing Team)

  • 6th of the Oceania Espoirs CLM individual championship

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