Benjamin Elliott Turner (born 28 May 1999) is a

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cyclist, who currently ride for

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Career

In 2021, Turner competed in

cyclo-cross Cyclo-cross (cyclocross, CX, cyclo-X or cross) is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter (the international or "World Cup" season is October–February), and consist of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5&nb ...

and road racing for UCI team .

2022 Ineos Grenadiers

On 2 November 2021, it was announced Turner had signed for

on a two-year contract. His first race with the team was the

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

his role was being a

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for Carlos Rodríguez who ended up finishing fourth overall. In stage 3, Turner finished fourth after leading out teammate

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to victory. His next set of races were the

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where once again he was in a domestique role. In the

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Turner was part of a five man breakaway with teammates

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and Sheffield who attacked with 30 km to go but sadly were caught by the peloton with 2 km to go, with Turner finishing in 41st position.

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

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

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who finished in 41st, 17 seconds behind Turner. Turner made the decisive 11-man group with leader

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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. 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. 35 km into

Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...

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 67 km to go the race was mostly together again except for a few riders out in front. 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

Major results

Cyclo-cross

;2016–2017 : 1st Junior Boom : 2nd National Junior Championships : UCI Junior World Cup ::2nd

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: Junior DVV Trophy ::2nd

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: Junior Brico Cross ::2nd

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: 2nd Junior Sint-Niklaas : 3rd Bronze medal uci

UCI World Junior Championships ;2017–2018 : 2nd National Under-23 Championships : 3rd Under-23 Overijse ;2018–2019 : Under-23 DVV Trophy ::1st

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::1st Loenhout ::1st

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::3rd

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::3rd

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: 2nd

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: 2nd Overall Under-23 Superprestige : UCI Under-23 World Cup ::3rd

::4th

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: 4th UEC European Under-23 Championships ;2019–2020 : 3rd National Under-23 Championships : UCI Under-23 World Cup ::5th Bern ;2020–2021 : UCI Under-23 World Cup ::2nd

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Road

;2021 : 2nd

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, 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,

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: 8th

Dwars door Vlaanderen ''Dwars door Vlaanderen'' ('Across Flanders') is a semi-classic road bicycle race in Belgium, held annually since 1945. The race starts in Roeselare and finishes in Waregem, both in West Flanders. Since 2017 the event is included in the UCI Wor ...

;2023 (1 pro win) : 1st

Vuelta a Murcia The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia () is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs. Originally the race was held in early March and consisted of five stages. However, due to Spain's fina ...

: 2nd

Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior The Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior is an elite men's professional road bicycle racing event held in the Province of Jaén, Spain. Its first edition was held in 2022, being part of the UCI Europe Tour, with a 1.1 classification. The race in t ...

;2024 : 7th Overall Renewi Tour

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Turner, Ben 1999 births Living people English male cyclists British male cyclists Sportspeople from Doncaster British cyclo-cross cyclists Cyclists from Yorkshire 21st-century English sportsmen