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 in California, Jacques-Maynes took second, from a three-man break that included race-winner Lance Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer. 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 2.HC event on the UCI America Tour. Originally scheduled for eight stages, the race was due to be ...

, 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 Sacramento, just as he was entering downtown Sacramento for the finishing laps. Jacques-Maynes entered every edition of the Tour of California 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 Prologue Mt Hood Classic : 2nd

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;2009 : 1st Copperopolis Road Race : 2nd Nevada City Classic : 7th Overall Tour de San Luis : 7th Overall Tour of Missouri : 7th Overall Herald Sun Tour ;2010 : 1st Merced Credit Union Cycling Classic ;2012 : 1st Mountains classification Tour of Utah : 7th Tour of the Battenkill ;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 ;2014 : 1st Jersey white dots on red

Mountains classification 2014 USA Pro Cycling Challenge ;2015 : 4th Overall Cascade Cycling Classic

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