Juan Sebastián Molano

Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides (born 11 April 1994) is a Colombian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .

Career Molano was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.

He started riding in the 2019 Giro d'Italia, but he was suspended by his team following stage 3 after "seemingly unusual physiological results". The team refrained from commenting further until more tests were carried out. Molano did not start stage 4. Molano was later cleared to resume racing at the Adriatica Ionica Race in late-July 2019 after further tests found he was "highly sensitive to altitude changes."

In June 2022, Molano was disqualified from the Critérium du Dauphiné after he punched Hugo Page in the head. In September of the same year, he won the final stage of the 2022 Vuelta a España ahead of his team-mate Pascal Ackermann, despite the expectation that Ackermann would be the final man in the team's lead-out train.

Molano competed in the 2023 Vuelta a España. He took a win on Stage 12 of the race, finishing ahead of Kaden Groves.

Major results

2014 Pan American Track Championships 1st Omnium 1st Team pursuit 2016 (1 pro win) 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Colombia 2017 (2) Volta ao Alentejo 1st Stages 3 & 5

3rd Grand Prix de Denain 2018 (6) 1st Road race, Pan American Road Championships 1st Overall Tour of China I 1st Points classification 1st Stage 2 Tour of Xingtai 1st Stages 2 & 3 1st Stage 2 Tour of China II 10th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 2 2019 (1) 1st Stage 3 Tour Colombia 2020 (3) Tour Colombia 1st Points classification 1st Stages 2, 3 & 5 2021 (4) Vuelta a Burgos 1st Points classification 1st Stages 2 & 4 Giro di Sicilia 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 2 7th Coppa Bernocchi 2022 (2) 1st Stage 21 Vuelta a España 1st Stage 4 Boucles de la Mayenne 2nd Trofeo Playa de Palma 5th Clásica de Almería 2023 (5) 1st Grand Prix de Denain 1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España 1st Stage 4 UAE Tour 1st Stage 5 Tour of Guangxi 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos 5th Trofeo Palma 7th Bredene Koksijde Classic 9th Classic Brugge–De Panne 10th Clásica de Almería 2024 (1) 1st Stage 2 CRO Race 6th Brussels Cycling Classic 7th Classic Brugge–De Panne 2025 (2) 1st Classic Brugge–De Panne 1st Stage 5 Tour de Hongrie 1st Points classification, Tour of Belgium 2026 (1) 1st Stage 1 Tour of Oman 3rd Nokere Koerse

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Giro d'Italia — — DNF DNF 126 — — 125 Tour de France — — — — — — — — Vuelta a España 152 — 143 — DNF 126 147 —

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish