Ben Healy (born 11 September 2000) is an Irish professional cyclist, who currently rides for

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. A two time national champion (once each in the road race and time trial), he was selected to compete in the road race at the

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. Healy was born in England and has Irish heritage on his father's side. He pledged his allegiance to Ireland as a teenager.

Career

Healy took early career stage wins in both the

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and

Baby Giro Giro Next Gen, also known as Baby Giro, Girobio, Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23 or Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race created in 1970. The race is considered to be the most important race on Italy's U23 ...

. He came to international prominence in 2023 after a strong spring classics season with results including winning the

2023 GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano The 2023 GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano () was the 54th edition of the GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano road cycling one-day race that was held on 26 March 2023. It was held as a 1.Pro event on the 2023 UCI ProSeries. Teams Four U ...

and podium finishes in the

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, between

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and

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, and Brabantse Pijl, and a 4th place finish in the

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. Following his successful classics season, Healy made his grand tour debut in the

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, and on 13 May won his first grand tour stage a week later, winning after a solo break of 50 kilometres on stage 8. The following season, he competed in his first

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, where he was part of the breakaway on multiple stages, finishing fifth on stage 9 and winning the

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on stage 14. He next competed in the road race at the

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, where he placed 10th.

Major results

Sources: ;2017 : 1st Overall Bizkaiko Itzulia ::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Overall

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::1st Young rider classification : 3rd Overall Giro di Basilicata ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Young rider classification : 4th Overall Ronde des Vallées ::1st Young rider classification : 10th La Philippe Gilbert juniors ;2018 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::2nd Road race : 5th Overall Ronde des Vallées : 7th Overall

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* Cy ...

::1st Stage 3 : 9th Guido Reybrouck Classic ;2019 : 1st Stage 5

: 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2020 (1 pro win) : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Stage 4

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;2021 : 1st Stage 10

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: 4th Time trial, National Road Championships ;2022 (1) : National Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::3rd Road race : 6th

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;2023 (5) : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::2nd Time trial : 1st

GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano The GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano is a road bicycle race held annually in Larciano, Italy. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2020, the race joined the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the ...

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::1st Stage 8 ::Held after Stages 16–17 ::

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Stages 8 & 15 : 2nd

: 2nd Brabantse Pijl : 2nd

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: 3rd Overall

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. History Between 1999 and 2000 it was cal ...

::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall

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::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Trofeo Calvia : 4th

: 5th Overall

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::1st Young rider classification ;2024 (1) : 4th Overall

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: 4th Overall

Étoile de Bessèges The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a ...

: 7th Overall

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::1st Stage 5 : 7th Overall

: 7th Road race,

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: 10th Road race,

Stage 14

;2025 (1) : 1st Stage 5

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: 3rd

: 4th

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: 5th

La Flèche Wallonne La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the UCI World Tour. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is ...

: 10th

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Healy, Ben 2000 births Living people Irish male cyclists Irish Giro d'Italia stage winners People from Kingswinford Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Ireland 21st-century Irish sportsmen