Ben Turner (cyclist)

Benjamin Elliott Turner (born 28 May 1999) is a British cyclist, who currently ride for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[7]

Ben Turner
Personal information
Full nameBenjamin Elliott Turner
NicknameThe Clock
Born (1999-05-28) 28 May 1999
Doncaster, United Kingdom
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb)
Team information
Current teamIneos Grenadiers
Disciplines
  • Cyclo-cross
  • Road
RoleRider
Rider typeRouleur Classics specialist
Amateur teams
2012Doncaster Wheelers Cycling Club
2013Dinnington Racing Club
2014–2016Paul Milnes–Bradford Olympic RC
2017HMT Hospitals Giant Cycling Team
2019–2020IKO–Beobank (road)[1][2]
Professional teams
2017–2019Beobank–Corendon (cyclo-cross)[3][4]
2019–2020Creafin–Fristads (cyclo-cross)
2020–2021Trinity Racing[5]
2022–Ineos Grenadiers[6]
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 BielesJunior

Career

In 2021, Turner competed in cyclo-cross and road racing for UCI team Trinity Racing.[8][9]

2022 Ineos Grenadiers

On 2 November 2021, it was announced Turner had signed for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers on a two year contract.[10][11] His first race with the team was the Vuelta a Andalucía his role was being a Domestique for Carlos Rodríguez who ended up finishing fourth overall. In stage 3, Turner finished fourth after leading out teammate Magnus Sheffield to victory.[12]

His next set of races were the Cobbled classics where once again he was in a domestique role. In the Grand Prix de Denain Turner was part of a five man breakaway with teammates Jhonatan Narváez and Sheffield who attacked with 30km to go but sadly were caught by the peloton with 2km to go, with Turner finishing in 41st position.[13][14] Gent–Wevelgem was the next race where Turner showed his good form. He managed 28th which was the best placed from his team after spending the day working for Dylan van Baarle who finished in 41st, 17 seconds behind Turner.[15] Turner made the decisive 11-man group with leader Tom Pidcock also there. His work as a domestique chasing down attacks helped Pidcock finish in 3rd position and Turner was able to hold on to finish in 8th, his first top 10 One-day result.[16][17] Another strong performance by Turner, at the Brabantse Pijl, after working once again as a domestique this time for Sheffield he crossed the line in 4th out sprinting teammate Pidcock and his other 5 breakaway companions.[18] 35km into Paris–Roubaix the bunch was met with cross-winds so Turner went to the front with his Ineos squad and begin to increase the pace, this caused a split with many favourites missing out. By 67km to go the race was mostly together again except for a few riders out in front. Team Jumbo–Visma came to the front to drive the pace in doing so caused a split which Turner and teammate van Baarle were a part of. Turner unfortunately crashed on a cobble sector and lost contact with the front bunch. He did manage to keep riding finishing in 11th 4' 30" down on winner Dylan van Baarle.[19][20]

Major results

Cyclo-cross
2016–2017
1st Junior Boom
2nd National Junior Championships
UCI Junior World Cup
2nd Hoogerheide
Junior DVV Trophy
2nd Hamme
Junior Brico Cross
2nd Bredene
2nd Junior Sint-Niklaas
3rd UCI World Junior Championships
2017–2018
2nd National Under-23 Championships
3rd Under-23 Overijse
2018–2019
Under-23 DVV Trophy
1st Niel
1st Loenhout
1st Baal
3rd Koppenberg
3rd Lille
2nd National Championships
2nd Overall Under-23 Superprestige
UCI Under-23 World Cup
3rd Hoogerheide
4th UEC European Under-23 Championships
2019–2020
3rd National Under-23 Championships
2020–2021
UCI Under-23 World Cup
2nd Tábor

Road
2021
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
7th Overall Tour d'Eure-et-Loir
2022
4th Road race, National Championships
4th Brabantse Pijl
5th Overall ZLM Toer
7th Road race, Commonwealth Games
8th Dwars door Vlaanderen
2023 (1 pro win)
1st Vuelta a Murcia
2nd Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — DNF
A red jersey Vuelta a España 72
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. "Kampioenschap van het Waasland - Belsele (O)". Cycling Vlaanderen (in Dutch). Cycling Vlaanderen VZW. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  2. "Ben Turner". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. "Ben Turner Signs for Belgian Cyclo Cross Team". velouk.net. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  4. "Turner wins GP Sven Nys U23 race". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. "Trinity Racing". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  6. Bonville-Ginn, Tim (1 November 2021). "Brit Ben Turner joins Ineos Grenadiers for 2022". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  7. "Ben TURNER". UCI. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  8. "Trinity Racing". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  9. Hickmott, Larry (21 December 2020). "News: Trinity Team for 2021". VeloUK. LH Publishing. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  10. Bonville-Ginn, Tim (1 November 2021). "Brit Ben Turner joins Ineos Grenadiers for 2022". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  11. "Ben Turner signs with INEOS Grenadiers". www.ineosgrenadiers.com. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  12. Goddard, Ben (18 February 2022). "Ruta del Sol: Magnus Sheffield wins stage 3". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  13. Tyson, Jackie (17 March 2022). "Walscheid wins GP de Denain". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  14. "Trio impress in Denain break". www.ineosgrenadiers.com. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  15. Fletcher, Patrick (28 March 2022). "Ben Turner: A complete package, perhaps the next Luke Rowe". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  16. "Dwars door Vlaanderen: Mathieu van der Poel wins from small bunch". VeloNews.com. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  17. "Pidcock on podium at Dwars door Vlaanderen". www.ineosgrenadiers.com. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  18. Ryan, Barry (13 April 2022). "Magnus Sheffield secures solo win at Brabantse Pijl". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  19. Ryan, Barry; Ostanek, Daniel (17 April 2022). "Dylan van Baarle wins thrilling Paris-Roubaix". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  20. "Van Baarle wins Paris-Roubaix". www.ineosgrenadiers.com. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
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