Benjamin Thomas (born 12 September 1995) is a French professionalroad andtrack cyclist, who currently rides forUCI WorldTeamCofidis.[6]
He rode at the2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[7] In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the2018 Vuelta a España.[8] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the2020 Giro d'Italia.[9]
He rodethe Tour de France for the first time in 2022. On stage 15, Thomas broke away from thepeloton and was attempting to get the first French win in over thirty stages, but was caught inside the final few hundred meters. After the stage he commented, "I believed I could make it. If we could have stayed together withAlexis maybe it would have been different… I'm completely dead, I'm seeing stars. I was not thinking anymore."[10]
| Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | — | |
| — | — | — | — | 53 | — | — | ||
| 121 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |