Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides (born 11 April 1994) is a Colombian professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

, who currently rides for

UCI WorldTeam A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road cycling, the UCI World Tour or UCI ProTour ...

Career

Molano was named in the startlist for the

2017 Vuelta a España The 2017 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 19 August and 10 September 2017. The race was the 72nd edition of the Vuelta a España and the final Grand Tour of the 2017 cycling season. ...

. He started riding in the

2019 Giro d'Italia The 2019 Giro d'Italia was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race organised by RCS Sport that took place mainly in Italy, between 11 May and 2 June 2019. The race was the 102nd edition of the Giro d'Italia and was the first Grand Tour of the ...

, but he was suspended by his team following stage 3 after "seemingly unusual physiological results". The team refrained from commenting further until more tests were carried out. Molano did not start stage 4. Molano was later cleared to resume racing at the

Adriatica Ionica Race The Adriatica Ionica Race is an Italian annual professional men's road bicycle race introduced in the 2018 season as a part of the UCI Europe Tour, and currently classified as a 2.1 event. The race is organised by former professional cyclist Mo ...

in late-July 2019 after further tests found he was "highly sensitive to altitude changes." In June 2022, Molano was disqualified from the

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycling road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during the first half of June. It is part ...

after he punched Hugo Page in the head. In September of the same year, he won the final stage of the

2022 Vuelta a España The 2022 Vuelta a España was a three-week cycling race which took place in the Netherlands and Spain between 19 August and 11 September 2022. It was the 77th edition of the Vuelta a España and the third and final Grand Tour (cycling), grand tou ...

ahead of his team-mate

Pascal Ackermann Pascal Ackermann (born 17 January 1994) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Born in Kandel, Ackermann joined the team in 2013, and spent four seasons with the team. In August 2016 announced that Ackermann would ...

, despite the expectation that Ackermann would be the final man in the team's lead-out train. Molano competed in the

2023 Vuelta a España The 2023 Vuelta a España is a three-week cycling race taking place in the Spain. It will be the 78th edition of the Vuelta a España. It will start in Barcelona. The race will also go through parts of Andorra and France. Teams 22 teams are sc ...

. He took a win on Stage 12 of the race, finishing ahead of

Kaden Groves Kaden Groves (born 23 December 1998) is an Australian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Groves was the 2016 winner of the junior race at the Australian National Road Race Championships. In 2017, Groves finished runner-up i ...

Major results

;2014 :

Pan American Track Championships The Pan American Track Championships are the continental cycling championships for track cycling held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation. Riders competing in the Pan American Cycling Championships are selected ...

::1st

Omnium ::1st PanAmericanJersey

Team pursuit ;2016 (1 pro win) : 1st Stage 1

Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid is a stage road bicycle race held annually in and around Madrid, Spain. Between 2005 and 2012, the race was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2013 the event was organised as a single-day race, for ...

: 1st Stage 4

Vuelta a Colombia The Vuelta a Colombia (Spanish for ''Tour of Colombia'') is an annual cycling road race, run over many stages throughout different regions in Colombia and sometimes Venezuela and Ecuador during the first days of August. It is organized by the ...

;2017 (2) :

Volta ao Alentejo The Volta ao Alentejo (Portuguese; en, Tour of Alentejo) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Alentejo, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a seri ...

::1st Stages 3 & 5 : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Road race, Pan American Road Championships : 3rd

Grand Prix de Denain Grand Prix de Denain is a professional cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whi ...

;2018 (6) : 1st PanAmericanJersey

Road race, Pan American Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Tour of China The Tour of China is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in China since 1995. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits ...

I ::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 2 :

Tour of Xingtai The Tour of Xingtai is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in China since 2017. The race is part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 20 ...

::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 1st Stage 2

II : 10th Overall

Tour of Taihu Lake The Tour of Taihu Lake is a stage race (cycling), multi-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in China annually in November. It has been held since 2010, but the first edition was a one-day race. The 2010 and 2011 editions were rated 1.2 ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 2 ;2019 (1) : 1st Stage 3

Tour Colombia The Tour Colombia, called earlier Colombia Oro y Paz is a stage professional cycling race held annually in Colombia since 2018. It is part of UCI America Tour in category 2.1. Winners See also * Vuelta a Colombia * Vuelta a Colombia Femeni ...

;2020 (3) :

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 3 & 5 ;2021 (4) :

Vuelta a Burgos Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos province of Spain. The men's Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005. In 2019, a multi-day wo ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 :

Giro di Sicilia Giro di Sicilia (English: Tour of Sicily) is a men's multi-stage bicycle race held on Sicily, Italy. The race was first held in 1907 and was won by Carlo Galetti. The race disappeared from the calendar after the 1977 edition won by Giuseppe Saron ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 7th

Coppa Bernocchi The Coppa Bernocchi is a European bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 1919 the business magnate Antonio Bernocchi founded the Coppa Bernocchi (or Bernocchi Cup) ...

;2022 (2) : 1st Stage 21

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 ...

: 1st Stage 4

Boucles de la Mayenne The Boucles de la Mayenne is a road bicycle race held annually in the Mayenne department and Pays de la Loire region in France. It was first held in 1975 and from 2006 until 2019, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race b ...

: 2nd Trofeo Playa de Palma : 5th

Clásica de Almería The Clásica de Almería ( en, Classic of Almería) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February or March in Almería, Spain, starting and finishing in Almería itself. Established in 1986, the race was run as an amateur event in i ...

;2023 (5) : 1st

: 1st Stage 12

: 1st Stage 4

UAE Tour The UAE Tour ( ar, جولة الإمارات) is a road cycling stage race in the United Arab Emirates. It was first held in 2019 as part of the UCI World Tour. It was created as a result of the merging of the Abu Dhabi Tour and the Dubai Tour. Hi ...

: 1st Stage 5

Tour of Guangxi The Tour of Guangxi (officially known as the GREE-Tour of Guangxi for sponsorship purposes) is an annual professional cycling stage race held in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The race consists of multi-stage and is part of the UCI ...

: 1st Stage 1

: 5th Trofeo Palma : 7th

Bredene Koksijde Classic The Bredene Koksijde Classic, previously Handzame Classic, is a European single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders, starting in Bredene and finishing in Koksijde. Having been a part of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen from 2 ...

: 9th

Classic Brugge–De Panne The Classic Brugge–De Panne is a road cycling race in Belgium in late March. Since 2018 it is raced over two days with a men's race on Wednesday and a women's race on Thursday. Both races start in Bruges and finish in the seaside resort of De Pa ...

: 10th

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Molano, Juan Sebastian 1994 births Living people Colombian male cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) Cyclists from Boyacá Department Colombian Vuelta a España stage winners 21st-century Colombian people