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

With early career stage wins in both the

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents ...

and

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. He came to international prominence in 2023 after a strong spring classics season with notable podium finishes 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 ...

. With podium finishes in the 2023 Amstel Gold Race, between Tadej Pogačar and

Tom Pidcock Thomas Pidcock (born 30 July 1999) is a British cyclist who currently competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain bike and road bicycle racing disciplines of the sport for UCI WorldTeam . After a prodigious junior and under-23 career with World Cha ...

, and Brabantse Pijl. His strong showings across early season stage races helped build his form to a 4th place finish in the Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Following his successful classics season, Healy made his grand tour debut in the

2023 Giro d'Italia The 2023 Giro d'Italia was the 106th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race. The race started on 6 May in Fossacesia and finished on 28 May in Rome. There were 3 individual time trial stages and 6 stages longer ...

, and on 13 May won his first grand tour stage a week later, winning after a solo break of 50 kilometres on

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Major results

Sources: ;2017 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Bizkaiko Itzulia ::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Overall

Junior Tour of Wales The Junior Tour of Wales is an annual cycle race for junior male riders, held around Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. First held in 1981, the race is the final round of the British Cycling Junior Road Series – and as such attracts the best jun ...

::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 MaillotIrlanda

Time trial ::2nd Road race : 5th Overall Ronde des Vallées : 7th Overall Driedaagse van Axel ::1st Stage 3 : 9th Guido Reybrouck Classic ;2019 : 1st Stage 5

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

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Stage 4

Ronde de l'Isard The Ronde de l'Isard is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It is organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union C ...

;2021 : 1st Stage 10 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia : 4th Time trial, National Road Championships ;2022 (1) : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Time trial ::3rd Road race : 6th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships ;2023 (5) : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race ::2nd Time trial : 1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 8 ::Held MaillotAzul

after Stages 16–17 :: Jersey red number

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Stages 8 & 15 : 2nd Amstel Gold Race : 2nd Brabantse Pijl : 2nd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia : 3rd Overall

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ( en, International Week of Coppi and Bartali), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle sport, cycle Road bicycle racing, road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in t ...

::1st

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

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the ...

::1st Stage 3 : 3rd

Trofeo Calvia The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca ( en, Tour of Majorca, ca, Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or ear ...

: 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 5th Overall

Région Pays de la Loire Tour The Région Pays de la Loire Tour, formerly Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire, ( en, Circuit of Sarthe) is an early-season short road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. Since 2005, it has been organis ...

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Young rider classification

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* 2000 births Living people Irish male cyclists Irish Giro d'Italia stage winners People from Kingswinford Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley {{Ireland-cycling-bio-stub