Ben Turner (cyclist)
Benjamin Elliott Turner (born 28 May 1999) is a British cyclist, who currently ride for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[7]
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| Full name | Benjamin Elliott Turner | |||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Clock | |||||||||||||
| Born | 28 May 1999 Doncaster, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb) | |||||||||||||
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| Current team | Ineos Grenadiers | |||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Doncaster Wheelers Cycling Club | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | Dinnington Racing Club | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Paul Milnes–Bradford Olympic RC | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | HMT Hospitals Giant Cycling Team | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | IKO–Beobank (road)[1][2] | |||||||||||||
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| 2017–2019 | Beobank–Corendon (cyclo-cross)[3][4] | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Creafin–Fristads (cyclo-cross) | |||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Trinity Racing[5] | |||||||||||||
| 2022– | Ineos Grenadiers[6] | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 one 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
- 6th UCI World 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
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ "Kampioenschap van het Waasland - Belsele (O)". Cycling Vlaanderen (in Dutch). Cycling Vlaanderen VZW. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Ben Turner". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Ben Turner Signs for Belgian Cyclo Cross Team". velouk.net. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Turner wins GP Sven Nys U23 race". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Trinity Racing". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ Bonville-Ginn, Tim (1 November 2021). "Brit Ben Turner joins Ineos Grenadiers for 2022". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Ben TURNER". UCI. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Trinity Racing". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ Hickmott, Larry (21 December 2020). "News: Trinity Team for 2021". VeloUK. LH Publishing. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ Bonville-Ginn, Tim (1 November 2021). "Brit Ben Turner joins Ineos Grenadiers for 2022". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ "Ben Turner signs with INEOS Grenadiers". www.ineosgrenadiers.com. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ Goddard, Ben (18 February 2022). "Ruta del Sol: Magnus Sheffield wins stage 3". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ Tyson, Jackie (17 March 2022). "Walscheid wins GP de Denain". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Trio impress in Denain break". www.ineosgrenadiers.com. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (28 March 2022). "Ben Turner: A complete package, perhaps the next Luke Rowe". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Dwars door Vlaanderen: Mathieu van der Poel wins from small bunch". VeloNews.com. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Pidcock on podium at Dwars door Vlaanderen". www.ineosgrenadiers.com. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (13 April 2022). "Magnus Sheffield secures solo win at Brabantse Pijl". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ Ryan, Barry; Ostanek, Daniel (17 April 2022). "Dylan van Baarle wins thrilling Paris-Roubaix". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Van Baarle wins Paris-Roubaix". www.ineosgrenadiers.com. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.