Ben Hermans

Ben Hermans (born 8 June 1986) is a Belgian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2024.

Ben Hermans

Hermans at the 2008 Belgian National Time Trial Championships
Personal information
Born	(1986-06-08) 8 June 1986 (age 38) Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Puncheur
Amateur teams
1998–2000	Sport en Steun Leopoldsburg
2001–2003	KZLWC Sint-Truiden
2004	Avia
2005–2006	Beveren 2000
2007–2008	Davo
Professional teams
2009	Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
2010–2011	Team RadioShack
2012–2013	RadioShack–Nissan[1]
2014–2017	BMC Racing Team[2]
2018–2023	Israel Cycling Academy[3][4][5]
2024	Cofidis[6]
Major wins
Stage races Tour of Oman (2017) Tour of Utah (2019) Arctic Race of Norway (2021) One-day races and Classics Brabantse Pijl (2015)

Career

Hermans was born in Hasselt, Flanders, and he turned professional in 2009 with Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator.^[7]

Hermans left RadioShack–Leopard at the end of the 2013 season, and joined the BMC Racing Team for the 2014 season.^[2] 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.^[8] 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.^[9] 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.^[10]

Major results

2004

1st 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 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 Overall Tour of Austria

1st Stage 3

2nd Overall Tour of Utah

4th Overall Okolo Slovenska

9th Trofeo Laigueglia

2019

1st Overall Tour of Utah

1st Stages 2 & 3

1st Overall Tour of Austria

1st Stage 4

2nd Overall Adriatica Ionica Race

1st 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

2024

8th Overall Tour de l'Ain

9th Giro della Toscana

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Giro d'Italia	73	—	72	—	—	DNF	45	—	—
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	68
Vuelta a España	—	61	—	—	14	—	—	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish