Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (born September 22, 1978) is an American former

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cyclist, who competed professionally between 2002 and 2015 for the Sierra Nevada–Cannondale, and teams. His identical twin brother,

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, also competed professionally and was also part of the team in 2011.

Career

In the 2009

Nevada City Classic The Nevada City Classic (previously: Tour of Nevada City; Father's Day Bicycle Classic), one of the most historic and challenging professional cycling races in the US, is held in Nevada City, California. Established in 1960, the Nevada City Classi ...

in California, Jacques-Maynes took second, from a three-man break that included race-winner

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and

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. Before an estimated 20,000 fans, the trio was able to lap the field on the very difficult short course. In the spring of 2010, in what ''VeloNews'' called "the first major pro road race of the U.S. season", Jacques-Maynes won the Merco Credit Union Classic, a three-stage event in California. His team won the team time trial, and he won the Merced Foothills Road Race. In Stage 2 of the weather-affected

2011 Tour of California The 2011 Amgen Tour of California was the sixth running of the Tour of California cycling stage race. It was held from May 15–22, and was rated as a UCI race classifications, 2.HC event on the 2010–11 UCI America Tour, UCI America Tour. Origina ...

, Jacques-Maynes played a prominent role in a four-man early breakaway that held off the peloton for approximately . Jacques-Maynes was the last of the four to be caught on the stage from Nevada City to

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, just as he was entering downtown Sacramento for the finishing laps. Jacques-Maynes entered every edition of the

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from its inception, until 2015. In the

2007 Tour of California The Amgen Tour of California 2007 was the second edition of an eight-day, 650-mile (1,045 km) stage race that raced through the California redwoods, wine country and the Pacific Coast. The road bicycle racing event was held February 18, 2007 ...

, he placed third in the prologue time trial.

Major results

;2004 : 1st Nature Valley Grand Prix ;2007 : 1st Cascade Cycling Classic : 1st Mt. Hood Cycling Classic : 1st Exeter TT, Sequoia Cycling Classic ;2008 : 1st Exeter TT, Sequoia Cycling Classic : 1st

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Mt Hood Classic : 2nd Tour de Leelanau ;2009 : 1st Copperopolis Road Race : 2nd Nevada City Classic : 7th Overall

Tour de San Luis The Tour de San Luis was a road cycling race that was held in San Luis Province, Argentina from 2007 to 2016. The race consisted of a competition over an individual time trial, and six stages. The competition carried a UCI rating of 2.1, and i ...

: 7th Overall Tour of Missouri : 7th Overall

Herald Sun Tour The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annuall ...

;2010 : 1st Merced Credit Union Cycling Classic ;2012 : 1st Mountains classification

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: 7th Tour of the Battenkill ;2013 : 7th Bucks County Classic : 9th Overall

Tour of Elk Grove The Tour of Elk Grove was an annual bicycle race held in Elk Grove Village, IL in the United States. First staged in 2006, the race covered more than 277 kilometers (172 Miles) and took place over three days. The event featured 16 professional a ...

;2014 : 1st Jersey white dots on red

Mountains classification

2014 USA Pro Cycling Challenge The 2014 USA Pro Cycling Challenge was the fourth edition of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge stage race. Once again, the race was included on the UCI America Tour, with a UCI classification of 2.HC. As such, the race was only open to teams on the UC ...

;2015 : 4th Overall

Cascade Cycling Classic The Cascade Cycling Classic was the longest running elite road bicycle racing stage race in the United States (1980–2019), with 2018 being the only year the race was not held. The race took place in the Central Oregon region and was based in Be ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacques-Maynes, Ben 1978 births Living people American male cyclists Cyclists from California People from Watsonville, California