Ben Healy (born 11 September 2000) is an Irish professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost.[1][2] A two time national champion (once each in the road race and time trial), he was selected to compete in the road race at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships.
 Healy at the 2024 Liège-Bastogne-Liège | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | "The Miner" |
| Born | 11 September 2000 Kingswinford, England |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | EF Education–EasyPost |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2017–2018 | Zappi Racing |
| 2020 | Trinity Racing |
| Professional teams | |
| 2019 | Team Wiggins Le Col |
| 2021 | Trinity Racing |
| 2022– | EF Education–EasyPost |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Healy was born in England and has Irish heritage on his father's side. He pledged his allegiance to Ireland as a teenager.[3]
Career
editHealy took early career stage wins in both the Tour de l'Avenir and Baby Giro. He came to international prominence in 2023 after a strong spring classics season with results including winning the 2023 GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano and podium finishes in the Amstel Gold Race,[4] between Tadej Pogačar and Tom Pidcock, and Brabantse Pijl,[5] and a 4th place finish in the Liège–Bastogne–Liège.[6]
Following his successful classics season, Healy made his grand tour debut in the 2023 Giro d'Italia, and on 13 May won his first grand tour stage a week later, winning after a solo break of 50 kilometres on stage 8.[7][8]
The following season, he competed in his first Tour de France, where he was part of the breakaway on multiple stages, finishing fifth on stage 9 and winning the combativity award on stage 14.[9] He next competed in the road race at the Olympic Games, where he placed 10th.
Major results
editSources:[10]
- 2017
- 1st
Overall Bizkaiko Itzulia
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Overall Junior Tour of Wales
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Giro di Basilicata
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 4th Overall Ronde des Vallées
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 10th La Philippe Gilbert juniors
- 2018
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 5th Overall Ronde des Vallées
- 7th Overall Driedaagse van Axel
- 1st Stage 3
- 9th Guido Reybrouck Classic
- 2019
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2020 (1 pro win)
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Stage 4 Ronde de l'Isard
- 2021
- 1st Stage 10 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2022 (1)
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 6th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
- 2023 (5)
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 8
- Held
after Stages 16–17 
Combativity award Stages 8 & 15
- 2nd Amstel Gold Race
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 2nd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Trofeo Calvia
- 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 5th Overall Région Pays de la Loire Tour
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2024 (1)
- 4th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 4th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 7th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 1st Stage 5
- 7th Overall Région Pays de la Loire Tour
- 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 10th Road race, Olympic Games
Combativity award Stage 14 Tour de France
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
55 | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | 27 |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — |
Classics results timeline
edit| Monument | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | DNF | 4 | 27 |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 30 | |
| Classic | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Strade Bianche | DNF | — | 12 |
| Brabantse Pijl | 37 | 2 | — |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | 2 | 45 |
| La Flèche Wallonne | 130 | 32 | 34 |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | — | 45 | — |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | 84 | DNF |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | 25 | 22 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Trinity Racing". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ Hickmott, Larry (21 December 2020). "News: Trinity Team for 2021". VeloUK. LH Publishing. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "Introducing Ben Healy: 'I made a statement that I can race with these guys'". 22 April 2023.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (16 April 2023). "Amstel Gold Race: Tadej Pogacar powers to a dominant solo win". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (12 April 2023). "As It Happened: Godon wins De Brabantse Pijl in two-up sprint". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (23 April 2023). "As it happened: Remco Evenepoel conquers Liège-Bastogne-Liège for a second year". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Ben Healy lands solo stage win while Evenepoel loses time". Guardian. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "Irishman Ben Healy makes stunning solo break to win stage eight". BBC Sport. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "TdF Daily - Stage 9 Ben Healy's heroic ride on a historic stage of the Tour de France". efprocycling.com. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "Ben Healy". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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