Benjamin T. "Ben" King (born March 22, 1989) is an American professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for

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. King turned professional in 2008.

Personal

Born in Richmond, Virginia, King spent his adolescence in

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, United States. He now resides in North Garden and

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, Italy. King graduated from Monticello High School, in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2007. He attended

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, in

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, between 2008 and 2009.

Career

King rode for

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teams (2008), and (2009 and 2010), winning the

United States National Road Race Championships The United States National Professional Road Race Championships began in 1985. They are run by the governing body, USA Cycling. Until 2006 the race was open to all nationalities, the first American to finish being named the winner and given a di ...

in September 2010. King signed with , a

, for the 2011 season, remaining with them as they renamed to for the 2012 season, then continuing with the following year. King signed with , a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. In March 2015, King won Stage 1 of the

Critérium International The Critérium International was a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring from 1932 until 2016, typically the last weekend of March. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in 1932. For many years ...

. He was named in the start list for the

2015 Vuelta a España The 2015 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling race. The race was the 70th edition of the Vuelta a España and took place principally in Spain, although two stages took place partly or wholly in Andorra, and was the 22nd race in ...

. After a 2016 season in which he took a stage win at 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 ...

, in September of that year confirmed that King would join them for 2017 with a role as a leader and mentor for the team's younger climbers. The move will reunite King with former Garmin team-mates

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and

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. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the

2018 Giro d'Italia The 2018 Giro d'Italia was the 101st edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The race started in Jerusalem on 4 May, with a individual time trial followed by two additional stages within Israel. After a rest day, there ...

and finished 44th in the General Classification out of 149 finishing cyclists. In August 2018, he won the first Grand Tour stage of his career at the

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 ...

on stage 4 and backed this up with another victory on stage 9. He would finish the race in 24th overall.

Major results

;2007 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st MaillotUSA

Road race ::1st MaillotUSA

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: 5th Overall

Tour de l'Abitibi The ''Tour de l'Abitibi'' is a junior bicycle stage race taking place in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. The race was first held in 1969 and had only Canadian teams. It has since become an international competition part of ...

;2009 : 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 8th Overall

Univest Grand Prix 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 ...

;2010 : 1st MaillotUSA

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st MaillotUSA

Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Overall

Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay The Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay was a bicycle stage race held annually in Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. It was part of the UCI America Tour and the race was reserved to riders between 19 and 22 of age and was rated 2.Ncup by the UCI. It was the o ...

: 6th

Paris–Roubaix Espoirs Paris–Roubaix Espoirs is a one-day road cycling race held annually in France. In 2005 the race was integrated into the UCI Europe Tour as a category 1.2U race. Held since 1967, it is the under-23 version of the Monument classic Paris–Roubaix ...

: 7th Overall

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 on ...

::1st

Young rider classification : Pan American Road Championships ::9th

::10th Road race : 9th 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 took place in the Central Oregon region and was based in ...

::1st

Young rider classification ;2011 : 1st Jersey white

Young rider classification,

Tour of Beijing The Tour of Beijing was an annual professional stage bicycle road race held in Beijing, China. History Its first edition took place in October 2011, as the penultimate event in the 2011 UCI World Tour. The tour was a partnership between the UCI a ...

: 5th Road race, National Road Championships ;2013 : 1st

Shenandoah 100 The Shenandoah 100 is an ultra-endurance 100 mile (162 km) mountain bike race held in central Western Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United ...

Most Aggressive,

USA Pro Cycling Challenge The USA Pro Cycling Challenge, also known as USA Pro Challenge, was an annual multi-day professional road bicycle racing stage race that first took place in Colorado in 2011. Originally announced on August 4, 2010 by Colorado Governor Bill Ritt ...

;2014 : 8th

GP Miguel Induráin The Grand Prix Miguel Induráin ( es, Gran Premio Miguel Induráin), formerly the "Grand Prix Navarre" is a Spanish one-day road bicycle race. History The race was inaugurated in 1951, but was limited to local competition. It was rebranded after ...

;2015 : 1st Stage 1

: 2nd

, National Road Championships ;2016 : 1st Stage 2

;2018 :

::1st Stages 4 & 9 : 1st Jersey blue

Mountains classification,

Volta ao Algarve The Volta ao Algarve (Portuguese; en, Tour of the Algarve) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Algarve, Portugal. Since 2017, it has been organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the new UCI ...

: 5th Road race, National Road Championships ;2020 : 8th Faun-Ardèche Classic ;2021 : 1st Stage 6

Volta a Portugal The Volta a Portugal ( en, Tour of Portugal), also known as Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta ( en, Tour of Portugal on Bicycle), is an annual multi-stage road bicycle racing competition held in Portugal. The competition takes place during a two-week ...

: 8th

Vuelta a Castilla y León The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, Vuelta a Castilla y León has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bi ...

;2022 : 1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification,

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is ofte ...

: 4th Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:King, Ben 1989 births Living people American male cyclists American cycling road race champions American Vuelta a España stage winners Sportspeople from Richmond, Virginia Cyclists from Virginia