Ben Hermans
Introduction '''Ben Hermans''' (born 8 June 1986) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career Hermans was born in Hasselt, Flanders, and he turned professional in 2009 with .Hermans left  at the end of the 2013 season, and joined the  for the 2014 season. In April 2015, he won the Belgian classic Brabantse Pijl with a late attack and resisted to the return of the peloton by a few seconds to cross the line solo. A couple of weeks later, he went on to win the third stage of the Tour de Yorkshire in solo fashion, attacking the leading group with twelve kilometers remaining. He also finished sixth overall in the race.In 2017 he won the Tour of Oman. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.
Major results ;2004: 1st 20px Time trial, National Junior Road Championships: 3rd Overall Giro della Lunigiana: 7th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships;2006: 2nd Overall Ronde de l'Isard: 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs: 7th Overall Tour des Pyrénées;2007: 10th Overall Circuit des Ardennes: 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs;2008: 1st Circuit de Wallonie: 1st Grand Prix des Marbriers: 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships: 6th Chrono des Nations Espoirs;2009: 2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton: 6th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise: 7th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda: 9th De Vlaamse Pijl;2010: 6th Overall Tour of Belgium::1st Stage 5: 9th Overall Critérium International: 9th Overall Tour of Austria;2011: 1st Trofeo Inca: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships: 3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie: 3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami: 6th Overall Giro di Sardegna: 6th Binche–Tournai–Binche: 8th Amstel Gold Race: 9th Overall Eneco Tour;2012: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships: 10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes: 10th Paris–Bourges;2013: 5th Overall Tour Down Under;2014: 4th Overall Tour of Utah: 7th GP Ouest–France: 9th Overall Tour Méditerranéen: 9th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge;2015: 1st Brabantse Pijl: 2nd Overall Tour of Austria: 3rd Overall Tour de Pologne: 6th Overall Tour de Yorkshire::1st Stage 3: 8th Overall Tour of Oman: 9th Overall Arctic Race of Norway::1st Stage 3;2016: 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos: 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships: 5th Vuelta a Murcia: 7th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour;2017: 1st 20px Overall Tour of Oman::1st Stages 2 & 5: 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya: 2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana::1st Stage 1 (TTT): 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships: 5th Overall Tour of Guangxi: 10th Giro dell'Emilia;2018: 1st 20px Overall Tour of Austria::1st Stage 3: 2nd Overall Tour of Utah: 4th Overall Okolo Slovenska: 9th Trofeo Laigueglia;2019: 1st 20px Overall Tour of Utah::1st Stages 2 & 3: 1st 20px Overall Tour of Austria::1st Stage 4: 2nd Overall Adriatica Ionica Race::1st 20px Mountains classification: 3rd Volta Limburg Classic: 8th Overall Tour of Slovenia;2020: 7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos: 9th Giro di Lombardia;2021: 1st  Overall Arctic Race of Norway::1st Stage 3: 1st Giro dell'Appennino: 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine: 2nd Overall Tour de Hongrie: 3rd Gran Premio di Lugano: 6th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali::1st Stage 1b (TTT): 8th Road race, UEC European Road Championships: 8th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Italiana: 9th Giro dell'Emilia;2023: 4th Overall Tour of Hainan: 8th Overall Tour of Belgium: 9th Eschborn–Frankfurt===Grand Tour general classification results timeline=== Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 73— 72—— DNF 45—— alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France————————68 alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España— 61—— 14————+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
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