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, Andy Jacques-Maynes, 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), was a one-day road cycling race held in Nevada City, California. Established in 1960, the Nevada City Classic commonly occurs on Father's Day and brought th ...

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

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, 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

Tour of California The Tour of California (officially sponsored as the Amgen Tour of California) was an annual professional road cycling stage race on the UCI World Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour that ran from 2006 to 2019. It was the only event on the ...

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 The North Star Grand Prix is a men's and women's road bicycle racing stage race held each June in Minnesota, United States, as part of the North Star Bicycle Festival. An event was added in North Mankato in 2016. The North Star Grand Prix is one ...

;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

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;2009 : 1st Copperopolis Road Race : 2nd Nevada City Classic : 7th Overall

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: 7th Overall

Tour of Missouri The Tour of Missouri was a professional road bicycle racing stage race in Missouri that started on September 11, 2007 with six days of racing. The organizers, who also run the Tour de Georgia and the Amgen Tour of California, billed it as the thir ...

: 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

Tour of Utah The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, was an annual multi-day road cycling race; traversing the states of Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming.Stage 5, in the 2014 edition, started in Evanston, Wyoming. Stage 1, in the 2015 edition, looped through Bear Lake C ...

: 7th

Tour of the Battenkill The Tour of the Battenkill was a single-day road cycling race held in the Battenkill valley, in Washington County, New York Washington County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 61,302. The ...

;2013 : 7th

Bucks County Classic The Reading 120, Thompson Bucks County Classic and Univest Grand Prix were professional bicycle road races founded in 1998 by former professional cyclist and two-time US national champion John Eustice, and sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Interna ...

: 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 UCI ...

;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 was held again in 2019, but then canceled due to Covid in 20 ...

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