Ben Jacques-Maynes

Benjamin Jacques-Maynes (born September 22, 1978) is an American former road bicycle racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2002 and 2015 for the Sierra Nevada–Cannondale, and teams. His identical twin brother, Andy Jacques-Maynes, also competed professionally and was also part of the team in 2011.

Career In the 2009 Nevada City Classic in California, Jacques-Maynes took second, from a three-man break that included race-winner Lance Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer. Before an estimated 20,000 fans, the trio was able to lap the field on the very difficult short course.

In the spring of 2010, in what VeloNews called "the first major pro road race of the U.S. season", Jacques-Maynes won the Merco Credit Union Classic, a three-stage event in California. His team won the team time trial, and he won the Merced Foothills Road Race.

In Stage 2 of the weather-affected 2011 Tour of California, Jacques-Maynes played a prominent role in a four-man early breakaway that held off the peloton for approximately . Jacques-Maynes was the last of the four to be caught on the stage from Nevada City to Sacramento, just as he was entering downtown Sacramento for the finishing laps.

Jacques-Maynes entered every edition of the Tour of California from its inception, until 2015. In the 2007 Tour of California, he placed third in the prologue time trial.

Major results

2004 1st Nature Valley Grand Prix 2007 1st Cascade Cycling Classic 1st Mt. Hood Cycling Classic 1st Exeter TT, Sequoia Cycling Classic 2008 1st Exeter TT, Sequoia Cycling Classic 1st Prologue Mt Hood Classic 2nd Tour de Leelanau 2009 1st Copperopolis Road Race 2nd Nevada City Classic 7th Overall Tour de San Luis 7th Overall Tour of Missouri 7th Overall Herald Sun Tour 2010 1st Merced Credit Union Cycling Classic 2012 1st Mountains classification Tour of Utah 7th Tour of the Battenkill 2013 7th Bucks County Classic 9th Overall Tour of Elk Grove 2014

2015 4th Overall Cascade Cycling Classic