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Ben Turner (cyclist)

Benjamin Elliott Turner (born 28 May 1999) is a British cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .

Career

In 2021, Turner competed in cyclo-cross and road racing for UCI team .

Ineos Grenadiers

On 2 November 2021, it was announced Turner had signed for UCI WorldTeam on a two-year contract. His first race with the team was the Vuelta a Andalucía his role was being a Domestique for Carlos Rodríguez who ended up finishing fourth overall. In stage 3, Turner finished fourth after leading out teammate Magnus Sheffield to victory.

His next set of races were the Cobbled classics where once again he was in a domestique role. In the Grand Prix de Denain Turner was part of a five man breakaway with teammates Jhonatan Narváez and Sheffield who attacked with 30 km to go but sadly were caught by the peloton with 2 km to go, with Turner finishing in 41st position. Gent–Wevelgem was the next race where Turner showed his good form. He managed 28th which was the best placed from his team after spending the day working for Dylan van Baarle who finished in 41st, 17 seconds behind Turner. Turner made the decisive 11-man group with leader Tom Pidcock also there. His work as a domestique chasing down attacks helped Pidcock finish in 3rd position and Turner was able to hold on to finish in 8th, his first top 10 One-day result. Another strong performance by Turner, at the Brabantse Pijl, after working once again as a domestique this time for Sheffield he crossed the line in 4th out sprinting teammate Pidcock and his other 5 breakaway companions. 35 km into Paris–Roubaix the bunch was met with cross-winds so Turner went to the front with his Ineos squad and begin to increase the pace, this caused a split with many favourites missing out. By 67 km to go the race was mostly together again except for a few riders out in front. came to the front to drive the pace in doing so caused a split which Turner and teammate van Baarle were a part of. Turner unfortunately crashed on a cobble sector and lost contact with the front bunch. He did manage to keep riding finishing in 11th 4' 30" down on winner Dylan van Baarle.

He rode in the 2025 Vuelta, where he won stage 4 in an uphill sprint finish to notch his first stage win in a Grand Tour.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2016–2017
1st Junior Boom
2nd National Junior Championships
UCI Junior World Cup
:2nd Hoogerheide
Junior DVV Trophy
:2nd Hamme
Junior Brico Cross
:2nd Bredene
2nd Junior Sint-Niklaas
3rd UCI World Junior Championships
2017–2018
2nd National Under-23 Championships
3rd Under-23 Overijse
2018–2019
Under-23 DVV Trophy
:1st Niel
:1st Loenhout
:1st Baal
:3rd Koppenberg
:3rd Lille
2nd National Championships
2nd Overall Under-23 Superprestige
UCI Under-23 World Cup
:3rd Hoogerheide
:4th Koksijde
4th UEC European Under-23 Championships
2019–2020
3rd National Under-23 Championships
3rd Overall Under-23 Superprestige
UCI Under-23 World Cup
:5th Bern
2020–2021
UCI Under-23 World Cup
:2nd Tábor

Road

2021
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
7th Overall Tour d'Eure-et-Loir
2022
4th Road race, National Championships
4th Brabantse Pijl
5th Overall ZLM Toer
7th Road race, Commonwealth Games
8th Dwars door Vlaanderen
2023 <small>(1 pro win)</small>
1st Vuelta a Murcia
2nd Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
2024
7th Overall Renewi Tour
2025 <small>(2)</small>
Tour de Pologne
:1st Points classification
:1st Stage 3
1st Stage 4 Vuelta a España
2026
8th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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