Ben Hermans

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

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. 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

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 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 Stage 3 2nd Overall Tour of Utah 4th Overall Okolo Slovenska 9th Trofeo Laigueglia 2019

1st Stages 2 & 3

1st Stage 4 2nd Overall Adriatica Ionica Race

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

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish