George Bennett (born 7 April 1990) is a New Zealand professional

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, who currently rides for

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. He represented New Zealand at the

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and

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. He was the winner of the

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, the 2020 Gran Piemonte and the 2021 New Zealand road cycling championships. He came second in the 2020 Il Lombardia.

Career

Bennett was born in

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in 1990, where he was educated at

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. He originally took up cycle racing as a mountain biker, moving to Switzerland in 2009 to pursue his amateur career. Bennett turned professional in 2012. In 2013, George Bennett nearly won the New Zealand road cycling championships. The 183.7 kilometre race in Christchurch had 10 climbs up the steep Dyers Pass road and Bennett was leading by 45 seconds over

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with the final flat 12 kilometres to go. Roulston was able to chase down Bennett and pass him on the line. Bennett commented that "I had everybody on the hill, but 21km solo n the flat when you're like me on a really windy day like this, it's just too far". He competed with the squad for two seasons before moving to in 2014.

2015

In October 2014, it was announced that he would join for the 2015 season. In May 2015, he was barred from starting the Giro d'Italia due to low cortisol levels (later discovered to have been caused by illness), as per

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(MPCC) rules. He was not replaced by his team.

2016

George Bennett was named in the start list for the

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and finished in 53rd place. His most impressive performance in the Tour de France was finishing seventh on stage nine at

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, judged by some as the toughest stage that year. He commented that "You are there in front of millions of people and it is some kind of dream. Especially that first stage, stage 9 where I was seventh. You start attacking them 30km from the line and think you are going to maybe get a result or something. It is good for growing and good for learning but I wouldn’t do that again. I really did enjoy it. I definitely felt the pressure, though, not personally, but you could sense a different atmosphere at the Tour. You could feel that people were a lot more stressed and things like that. I didn’t take any of that stress on because I was there as last minute call up and everything I did was a bonus really." George Bennett competed in the Men's individual road race at the

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and came 33rd; he described the race as "absolutely" the toughest in his career, and 79 riders did not finish. After the Olympics, He was selected to ride in the

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as a support rider for

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. When Kruijswijk withdrew, Bennett became the team leader. On stage 14, Bennett made the breakaway and came 4th in the mountainous stage to Aubisque 31 seconds behind the stage winner

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. He came 25th in the time trial on stage 19 to improve his overall standing to 10th on general classification, the highest ever placing for a New Zealander in a grand tour. Bennett said that the season "started off reasonable and just got better and better...It's pretty hard to go past tenth at the Vuelta on a results base. That was pretty special".

2017 - Victory in the Tour of California

George Bennett was forced off the bike after contracting glandular fever, and this meant that he missed the 2017 New Zealand National road race championships and the Tour Down Under. In 2017, George Bennett became the first New Zealander to win the general classification at a UCI World Tour cycling event, when he won the

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. After making the breakaway, he came second in the hilly stage 2. On the uphill finish, Bennett got away with Rafal Majka and finished two seconds down on the stage. He said of the stage, "We all worked together well. We had the same ambitions...None of us can beat ndrewTalansky in a time trial so we wanted to put space between us." In stage 5 where the stage finished at the top of Mt Baldy, Bennett came third, two seconds behind Andrew Talansky and Rafal Majka, leaving him in second place over all. The individual time trial (stage 6) became the stage that would decide the Tour of California Bennett, finished fourth in the 24 km time trial which put him into the race lead with a 35-second gap back to Rafal Majka. Bennett said "I was riding and I didn’t hear much over the radio, then just about halfway my director suddenly lit up and just got super excited, yelling in my ear and I knew that something was happening. It wasn’t really until a couple of K to go that I really stepped into it. I crossed the line and knew I had a good time. I was like third or fourth or something. I was waiting for the clock to tick down and it was a pretty nervous few minutes." Bennett also entered the

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, and finished 7th on Stage 9, but retired midway through stage 16 when he came down with

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. He returned to

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to recover.

2018

With good early season form (4th New Zealand National road race championship, 11th Santos Tour Down Under, 9th Tirreno-Adriatico, 6th

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) George Bennett achieved his highest GC result in a Grand Tour when he came in eighth place overall in the

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. Bennett was disappointed with the result, having hoped for a higher place. He said of it "I came here for a lot more than that. But that's all I could do in the end. I'll take it and it's better than 11th. At the start of the Giro I wouldn't have signed up for it but some things were out of my control and maybe I got the build up wrong as I was a bit too good too soon." In August, he rode the

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, coming third on stage four and seventh on stage six to finish in fourth place on general classification, 24 seconds behind the winner Michal Kwiatkowski. George Bennett competed at the World Road Cycling Championships at Innsbrook in Austria. In the 265 kilometre mountainous race, Bennett finished in 18th place. He said of the New Zealand team riding for him "The biggest thing was riding with a great bunch of Kiwi guys. This was the big difference to be well supported here. The race was super-hard from the start which surprised us. It meant that Paddy (Bevin), Dion (Smith) and Sam (Bewley) had to work harder much earlier. But they looked after me and it was a really well-run team. That's the big positive for me."

2019

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George Bennett competed in the 2019 Tour of California and took third place on stage six which finished at the top of Mt Baldy, five seconds behind Tadej Pogacar and Sergio Andres Higuita. He said "Both of them were ahead of me on GC, and I knew that, so I had to try to drop them, and I tried to drop them fairly early on and paid the price for that. But I had to try." He came in fourth place in the general classification for the seven stage race. George Bennett raced in support of

at the 2019 Tour de France. Bennett found himself in 5th place after Jumbo Visma won the team time trial in stage two. He increased this by one place in stage 3 and maintained 4th position until stage ten where he lost 9 minutes 41 seconds in the cross winds after riding back to get water bottles from the team car and missing the split. Bennett commented that "It's one of the downsides of being in a really stacked team where they all can win. Then you have a guy like me who would be a GC leader on another team, you are on helping duties." George Bennett was involved in two crashes in stage 18, the first on a descent when he and Nicholas Roche fell and the second was in the last descent of the stage. Bennett crossed the line in 27th position. He completed the Tour De France in 24th position. In November 2019, Bennett underwent surgery to remove three ribs due to experiencing chronic

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2020

Bennett started his 2020 season at the

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where he placed 8th overall. In February at the National Championships, Bennett finished second in the road race after spending out in front by himself only for Shane Archbold to catch and sprint past him on the line. When the season resumed after the interruption by the

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, he managed to get 5th overall in both the

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and the

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. He participated in the

, where he wore

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-themed Shimano S-Phyre shoes painted by his artist girlfriend, Caitlin Fielder. Bennett's form continued in August at

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where he attained his first ever one-day win. This was the one of only two days in the season where Bennett was able to ride as the team leader. He said of the victory "I’m really happy that I could do it today. I told the boys that I wanted to try and they really did a wonderful job". Three days later at Il Lombardia, he got the highest ever result by a New Zealander in a

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by placing second behind

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. Bennett attacked on the final climb with 6.5 kilometres to go, but Jakob Fuglsang managed to stay on Bennett's wheel and then counterattacked. Bennett finished 31 seconds behind Fuglsang.

2021

George Bennett won the New Zealand road race title in February 2021 by almost two minutes. He attacked the group of Mark Stewart, Michael Torckler, Ryan Christensen and

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, successfully dropping them with to go in the race. Bennett said of the race "I've been trying for this title for 10 years. I have always wanted to win the jersey and to be able to wear it with my team all year on the World Tour is so special," George Bennett came second in the km time trial two days earlier, finishing 0.7 seconds behind the winner

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. Bennett was named as the team leader for Jumbo Visma for the 2021 Giro d'Italia. He was aiming for a top 5 finish. However the first week was very disappointing as he struggled in the cold and wet conditions, losing time to his rivals on stage six. He commented that "I would say it's by quite a long way the biggest disappointment, not one of, the biggest disappointment." In the second half of the race, Bennett found better form, with a third place on stage 12 and a 7th place on stage 14 which finished with the climb up

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. He finished in 10th position on the uphill finish on stage 17. He eventually finished in 11th position in the general classification. Bennett, instead of racing in that year's

, spent July preparing for the Tokyo Olympics where he was expected to ride in the time trial and the road race. The men's road race, which featured 4865m of elevation gain, was expected to suit his climbing style. Bennett ended up finishing the road race in twenty-sixth place, 6:20 down on winner

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. He said of the race "I'm sure New Zealand just wasted six and a half hours watching that... I just didn't have it. It's a tough day. It happens".

2022

George Bennett started 2022 racing in the

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where he came fourth in the general classification. He came third in the stage one team time trial and third in stage four from

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to Te Wharau hill. He came seventh in the individual time trial at the New Zealand National Championships and 22nd in the road race. The road race was shortened to due to howling winds from

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. Bennett competed in the

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coming in 36th place on General Classification after working for

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, who won. He then came 42nd in the

, this time working for João Almeida who came third. He did not finish Itzulia Basque Country or

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. He said his lack of success in the spring was due to his performance being "derailed by sickness". In early June, he competed in the

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coming in 12th place in stage eight and 20th in the General classification. Of his 12th place in stage eight, Bennett said "I'm happy to leave the race with a bit of confidence, actually, because you start to doubt yourself, of course you do. I had that feeling back - the feeling I need for the Tour." Bennett started the

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as lieutenant for Tadej Pogačar. His efforts in the mountains helped Pogačar hold a 40 second advantage over

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until Bennett tested positive for COVID-19 and withdrew from the race before Stage 10. Polish teammate

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also tested positive but due to him not being contagious he could continue. On Stage 9, Bennett and teammate

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put in most of the hard work on the

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which dropped Daniel Martínez () out of the top 10 overall. Bennett came second overall at the 36th edition of the

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. He attacked in the final kilometres of stage 2, finishing behind Simon Yates, who took the stage victory and the overall classification. Bennett also came third in the points classification. He commented that "It felt good to be back on the bike and back at the races after the disappointment I had at the Tour. I actually didn't feel that good today but hung on and had the legs to do something at the end. I'm confident the form is still in the body from all the work I've done and I'm confident we'll see it over the coming weeks." He finished 13th at the

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, coming in 4:09 behind the winner,

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. The next day at the

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Bennett came home in eighth after helping teammate

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win the race. The following month at the

, during Stage 1,

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attacked and Bennett along with

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were the only ones able to hold his wheel. Bennett led over the final climb with to go. This gave him enough mountain points to lead the classification going into stage 2. brought them back to make a bunch sprint where Bennett finished 26th. In stage 3, Bennett came in third place and placed seventh overall in the general classification.

Personal life

Bennett is in a relationship with Caitlin Fielder, an artist and pro athlete.

Major results

;2009 : 2nd Overall

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: 9th Overall

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;2010 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 6th Overall

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: 9th Overall

;2011 : 1st Overall

: 2nd Overall

: 3rd Overall

: 4th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2012 : 4th Overall

;2013 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 8th Overall

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;2014 : 9th Overall

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: 9th Overall

;2015 : 5th Road race, National Road Championships : 10th Overall

;2016 : 7th Overall

: 10th Overall

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the r ...

;2017 : 1st Overall

: 7th Overall

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: 9th Overall

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...

;2018 : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Overall

: 5th Overall

Tour of the Alps The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

: 6th Overall

: 8th Overall Giro d'Italia : 9th Overall

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: 10th

Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cy ...

;2019 : 1st Stage 2 ( TTT)

: 4th

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, National Road Championships : 4th Overall

: 6th Overall

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;2020 : 1st

: National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd

: 2nd

: 5th Overall

: 8th Overall

;2021 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::2nd

: 8th

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;2022 : 4th Overall

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: 4th Overall

: 7th Overall

: 8th

General classification results timeline

Monuments results timeline

References

External links

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