Tiesj Benoot

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Tiesj Benoot
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Benoot in 2023
Personal information
Full nameTiesj Benoot
NicknameFantastiesj
Born (1994-03-11) 11 March 1994 (age 30)
Ghent, Flanders, Belgium
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb) [2]
Team information
Current team Visma–Lease a Bike
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Classics specialist
  • Puncheur
Amateur teams
2012Avia–Fuji–Youth
2013–2014 Lotto–Belisol U23
2014 Lotto–Belisol (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2015–2019 Lotto–Soudal [3]
2020–2021 Team Sunweb [4] [5]
2022– Team Jumbo–Visma
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
Strade Bianche (2018)
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (2023)

Tiesj Benoot (born 11 March 1994) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. [6]

Contents

Career

Lotto–Soudal (2015–19)

Benoot turned professional with the Belgian UCI World Tour team Lotto–Soudal in 2015, after riding for the Lotto–Belisol U23 outfit in 2013 and 2014, and riding some races as a stagiaire in autumn 2014. [7]

Benoot made an instant impact in the professional ranks by placing fifth in his first Tour of Flanders. [8] Later in the season he showed his abilities in stage races, finishing second overall behind Greg Van Avermaet at the 2015 Tour of Belgium. [8] He also claimed three top-10 finishes in stages of the Critérium du Dauphiné.

Benoot at the 2017 Tour de France Tour de France 2017, benoot (36031820651).jpg
Benoot at the 2017 Tour de France

Benoot showed climbing ability at the 2017 Critérium du Dauphiné, where he finished 12th overall. [9] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France. [10] Benoot finished 20th overall in his first Grand Tour.

Benoot won his first professional race in March 2018, soloing to victory in the UCI World Tour's Strade Bianche in torrential rain after attacking from a chasing group to catch leaders Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) and Wout van Aert (Vérandas Willems–Crelan) before dropping them in the final sector of dirt roads. Benoot soloed to victory by 39 seconds ahead of Bardet. [11]

In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Vuelta a España. [12]

Team Sunweb (2020–21)

In August 2019, Benoot signed an initial two-year deal with Team Sunweb starting from 2020. [4] He finished second overall at the 2020 Paris–Nice, winning a stage and the points classification. [13] [14] Following the COVID-19 pandemic-enforced suspension of racing, Benoot took top-ten finishes at Liège–Bastogne–Liège (eighth) and the Tour of Flanders (tenth). [15] [16] He also extended his contract with the team until the end of the 2022 season in August 2020. [17] Benoot took no wins in 2021, with a best result of fifth overall at Paris–Nice. [18]

Team Jumbo–Visma

Benoot at the 2022 Tour de France TDF10070 benoot (52243449143).jpg
Benoot at the 2022 Tour de France

In December 2021, Benoot was released from his Team DSM contract a year early, and subsequently signed a two-year deal with Team Jumbo–Visma starting from 2022. [6] He made his first start with the team at February's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, [19] and recorded his first top-ten finish with ninth at the E3 Saxo Bank Classic the following month. [20] He finished second at Dwars door Vlaanderen, having attacked the lead group in the final two kilometres, before being out-sprinted by Mathieu van der Poel at the finish in Waregem. [21] With team leader Wout van Aert sidelined due to COVID-19, Benoot shared team leadership of Team Jumbo–Visma for the following weekend's Tour of Flanders, [22] with Christophe Laporte; Laporte finished ninth while Benoot was thirteenth. [23] The following weekend, Benoot finished third in the Amstel Gold Race, [24] having attacked from the main group in the final kilometre of the race. Team Jumbo-Visma had a historic performance in the 2022 Tour de France. Benoot played a key role supporting the team leaders, especially as injuries and abandons took their toll throughout the race. [25] He survived the race and crossed the finish line in triumph with his surviving teammates.

Personal life

Outside of cycling, Benoot studied economics at Ghent University. [26]

Benoot's uncommon first name derives from American singer/songwriter Tish Hinojosa, due to his parents' affinity with both the music and the first name of the artist. [27]

Major results

2011
7th Overall Tour du Valromey
2012
2nd Overall Junior Oberösterreichrundfahrt
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 2
3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
3rd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
5th Bernaudeau Junior
6th Overall GP Général Patton
8th Overall Liège–La Gleize
8th Overall Keizer der Juniores
1st Stage 1
2013
1st Tour de Moselle
2nd Overall Vuelta a Palencia
1st Stage 4
4th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
8th Grand Prix des Marbriers
8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
10th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Under-23
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
2014
2nd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
3rd Overall Ronde de l'Isard
1st Jersey blue.svg Young rider classification
3rd Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
4th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
4th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
5th Flèche Ardennaise
6th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
8th Binche–Chimay–Binche
10th Overall Danmark Rundt
2015
2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
3rd Handzame Classic
4th Le Samyn
4th Paris–Tours
5th Tour of Flanders
5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
6th Overall World Ports Classic
6th Ronde van Zeeland Seaports
6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
6th Druivenkoers Overijse
8th Overall Eneco Tour
8th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
2016
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification, Volta ao Algarve
3rd Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
4th Trofeo Pollenca–Port de Andratx
5th Overall Tour de Pologne
6th Grand Prix de Wallonie
7th E3 Harelbeke
7th Brussels Cycling Classic
8th Strade Bianche
9th Heistse Pijl
2017
3rd Brabantse Pijl
3rd Trofeo Pollenca–Port de Andratx
4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
4th Grand Prix de Wallonie
7th Overall Tour of Belgium
7th Dwars door Vlaanderen
8th Overall Volta ao Algarve
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
8th Strade Bianche
8th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
8th Vuelta a Murcia
9th Clásica de San Sebastián
2018 (1 pro win)
1st Strade Bianche
3rd Brabantse Pijl
4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
5th E3 Harelbeke
5th Tour de l'Eurométropole
6th Overall Vuelta a San Juan
6th Paris–Tours
7th Dwars door Vlaanderen
8th Tour of Flanders
2019 (1)
1st Stage 1 Danmark Rundt
2nd Bretagne Classic
4th Overall Tour de Suisse
4th Milano–Torino
5th Strade Bianche
5th Dwars door Vlaanderen
6th Tre Valli Varesine
9th Overall Tour of Britain
9th Tour of Flanders
10th Overall Vuelta a San Juan
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 9 Tour de France
2020 (1)
2nd Overall Paris–Nice
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 6
8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
10th Tour of Flanders
2021
5th Overall Paris–Nice
7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
8th Overall Benelux Tour
9th Grand Prix de Wallonie
10th Antwerp Port Epic
2022
2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen
3rd Amstel Gold Race
3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
9th E3 Saxo Bank Classic
2023 (1)
1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
3rd Strade Bianche
4th Road race, National Road Championships
6th Coppa Bernocchi
7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
7th La Flèche Wallonne
7th Bretagne Classic
9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
10th Clásica de San Sebastián
2024
3rd Amstel Gold Race
4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
9th La Flèche Wallonne

General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia Has not contested during his career
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France —— 20 DNF 59 75 DNF 36 24 49
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España ——— 95 ——————
Major stage race general classification results
Race2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Jersey yellow.svg Paris–Nice ————— 2 5 ———
MaillotAzul.PNG Tirreno–Adriatico — 61 66 4 12 ——— 34 —
MaillotVolta.png Volta a Catalunya —————NH————
Jersey yellow.svg Tour of the Basque Country —————————
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Romandie —————————
Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg Critérium du Dauphiné 26 — 12 14 — DNF — 71 28 33
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Suisse — DNF —— 4 NH 15 ———

Classics results timeline

Monument2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Milan–San Remo —— 133 —— 20 ————
Tour of Flanders 5 DNF DNF 8 9 10 12 13 13 15
Paris–Roubaix 100 114 —— DNF NH————
Liège–Bastogne–Liège ——— 23 — 8 7 DNS 7 12
Giro di Lombardia DNF — 57 25 24 — 29 — 63
Classic 2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 36 3 DNF 59 DNF 14 29 66 15 35
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne —— 4 35 — 64 21 24 1 DNF
Strade Bianche — 8 8 1 5 DNF — DNF 3 —
E3 Harelbeke 18 7 14 5 16 NH 15 9 DNF DNF
Gent–Wevelgem — 15 —— 13 —— 34 — 40
Dwars door Vlaanderen 6 39 7 7 5 NH 23 2 26 4
Brabantse Pijl —— 3 3 ——————
Amstel Gold Race — DNF 15 DNF —NH 15 3 15 3
La Flèche Wallonne ——— 52 ——— 11 7 9
Clásica de San Sebastián 19 DNF 9 — DNF NH— 3 10 —
Hamburg Cyclassics 46 —— 19 —Not held———
Bretagne Classic 22 27 —— 2 ——— 7 17
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec DNF 18 12 ——Not held— 46 4
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 5 13 15 ——— 11 7
Paris–Tours 4 —— 6 —————
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
NHNot held
IPIn progress

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