Juan Sebastián Molano

Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides (born 11 April 1994) is a Colombian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.[4]

Juan Sebastián Molano
Molano in 2018
Personal information
Full nameJuan Sebastián Molano Benavides
Born (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994
Paipa, Colombia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current teamUAE Team Emirates
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur teams
2011–2012Proyectos Alcaldía Paipa
2013Fuerzas Armadas–Ejército Nacional
2014Coldeportes–Claro
Professional teams
2015Colombia
2016–2018Team Manzana Postobón[1]
2019–UAE Team Emirates[2][3]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
2 individual stages (2022, 2023)

One-day races and Classics

GP de Denain (2023)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Molano and the second or maternal family name is Benavides.

Career

Molano was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[5]

He started riding in the 2019 Giro d'Italia,[6] but he was suspended by his team following stage 3 after "seemingly unusual physiological results". The team refrained from commenting further until more tests were carried out. Molano did not start stage 4.[7] Molano was later cleared to resume racing at the Adriatica Ionica Race in late-July 2019 after further tests found he was "highly sensitive to altitude changes."[8]

In June 2022, Molano was disqualified from the Critérium du Dauphiné after he punched Hugo Page in the head.[9][10] In September of the same year, he won the final stage of the 2022 Vuelta a España ahead of his team-mate Pascal Ackermann, despite the expectation that Ackermann would be the final man in the team's lead-out train.[11]

Molano competed in the 2023 Vuelta a España. He took a win on Stage 12 of the race, finishing ahead of Kaden Groves.[12]

Major results
2014
Pan American Track Championships
1st Omnium
1st Team pursuit
2016 (1 pro win)
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Colombia
2017 (2)
Volta ao Alentejo
1st Stages 3 & 5
3rd Road race, Pan American Road Championships
3rd Grand Prix de Denain
2018 (6)
1st Road race, Pan American Road Championships
1st Overall Tour of China I
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2
Tour of Xingtai
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Stage 2 Tour of China II
10th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
2019 (1)
1st Stage 3 Tour Colombia
2020 (3)
Tour Colombia
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2, 3 & 5
2021 (4)
Vuelta a Burgos
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 4
Giro di Sicilia
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
7th Coppa Bernocchi
2022 (2)
1st Stage 21 Vuelta a España
1st Stage 4 Boucles de la Mayenne
2nd Trofeo Playa de Palma
5th Clásica de Almería
2023 (5)
1st Grand Prix de Denain
1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España
1st Stage 4 UAE Tour
1st Stage 5 Tour of Guangxi
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos
5th Trofeo Palma
7th Bredene Koksijde Classic
9th Classic Brugge–De Panne
10th Clásica de Almería

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — DNF DNF 126 — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 152 — 143 — DNF 126 147
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. "Manzana Postobon confirms 2018 squad". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. "UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. "UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. "UAE Team Emirates". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  6. "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  7. "Molano suspended by UAE Team Emirates during Giro d'Italia after internal testing". cyclingnews.com. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  8. "UAE Team Emirates gives Juan Sebastian Molano green light to return to competition". cyclingpub.com. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  9. "Juan Sebastian Molano disqualified after hitting opponent twice in Criterium du Dauphine". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  10. "'No need for that!' - Juan Sebastian Molano punches Hugo Page in shocking moment at Criterium du Dauphine". EuroSport. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  11. Madgwick, Katy (11 September 2022). "Remco Evenepoel wins 2022 Vuelta a España". Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  12. "Vuelta a España: Juan Sebastián Molano denies Kaden Groves in stage 12 sprint". The Guardian. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
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