Ben Samuel Tulett (born 26 August 2001) is a British cyclo-cross and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.[4][5]
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| Full name | Ben Samuel Tulett | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 August 2001 Sevenoaks, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Visma–Lease a Bike | |||||||||||||||||
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| Rider type | Climber | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2019 | Willebrord Wil Vooruit | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2019–2021 | Corendon–Circus[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Ineos Grenadiers[3] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Visma–Lease a Bike | |||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editEarly career
editIn 2018, he won the Junior World Cyclo-cross Championships in Valkenburg[6] and repeated the feat 12 months later in Bogense.[7] In 2018, he also won the British junior road race championships.
Professional career
editTulett shifted his focus solely to road racing in 2020, joining UCI ProTeam Alpecin–Fenix.[1] He finished fifth overall in the Tour of Antalya that year, his first race with the team. In October, he became at 19 years old the youngest rider in 100 years to complete Liège–Bastogne–Liège.[8] The following year, he further showed his promise as a classics rider with top 20 finishes at the Amstel Gold Race and the La Flèche Wallonne. In August, he finished ninth overall at the Tour de Pologne.[9]
In 2022, he signed with UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers, taking his first pro win on stage three of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali in March.[3][10] He ultimately finished second overall in the race, nine seconds down on winner Eddie Dunbar.[11] The following season, he took his biggest victory yet, winning the first stage and overall title of the Tour of Norway.[12]
He again moved teams in 2024, signing a two-year contract with Visma–Lease a Bike.[13]
Major results
editCyclo-cross
edit- 2017–2018
- 1st
UCI World Junior Championships - 1st Junior Overijse
- 1st Junior Sint-Niklaas
- Junior DVV Trophy
- 1st Koppenberg
- 3rd Hamme
- Junior National Trophy Series
- 1st Derby
- 1st Shrewsbury
- 3rd Abergavenny
- 2nd National Junior Championships
- Junior Brico Cross
- 2nd Kruibeke
- UCI Junior World Cup
- 3rd Namur
- 3rd
UEC European Junior Championships - 2018–2019
- 1st UCI World Junior Championships
- 1st
National Junior Championships - Junior National Trophy Series
- 1st Derby
- UCI Junior World Cup
- 2nd Namur
- Junior Superprestige
- Junior DVV Trophy
- 2nd Loenhout
- 2nd Junior Overijse
- 2019–2020
- 1st National Under-23 Championships
- 2nd National Championships
Road
edit- 2018
- 1st Road race, National Junior Championships
- 1st
Overall Junior Tour of Wales - 3rd Overall Ronde des Vallées
- 2019
- 4th Gent–Wevelgem Junioren
- 2020
- 5th Overall Tour of Antalya
- 2021
- 8th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 9th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2022 (1 pro win)
- 2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 5th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2023 (2)
- 1st Overall Tour of Norway
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Prologue
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour de Hongrie
- 6th Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
Grand Tour results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2022 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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38 |
 Tour de France
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— |
 Vuelta a España
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— |
Classics results timeline
edit| Monument | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | NH | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | 53 | 54 | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 21 | DNF |
| Classic | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | 61 | — |
| Amstel Gold Race | NH | 17 | — |
| La Flèche Wallonne | 35 | 12 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | Race in Progress |
References
edit- ^ a b "De nieuwe speelkameraadjes van MVDP: "Er zal meer naar ons gekeken worden"" [The new playmates for MVDP: "We will be looked at more"]. Sporza (in Dutch). Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Alpecin-Fenix". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ a b Fletcher, Patrick (2 September 2021). "Ineos Grenadiers sign British talent Ben Tulett". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Team Visma–Lease a Bike". UCI. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Ben TULETT". UCI. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships: Ben Tullett and Evie Richards win gold for Great Britain". road.cc. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "Tom Pidcock and Ben Tullett triumph as Britain wins two golds at 2019 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships". Robert Dineen. telegraph.co.uk. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ 6 conclusions from the men’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- ^ Gadzała, Paweł (15 August 2021). "João Almeida wins Tour de Pologne". CyclingNews. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ Tyson, Jackie (24 March 2022). "Coppi e Bartali: Ben Tulett climbs to victory on stage 3". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ Tyson, Jackie (26 March 2022). "QuickStep win Settimana Coppi e Bartali finale with Cerny-Cavagna 1-2". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (29 May 2023). "Tour of Norway: Tulett secures overall win as Kristoff nails final stage". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ "Ben Tulett set to join Jumbo-Visma in 2024". Cycling Today. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
External links
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- Ben Tulett at UCI
- Ben Tulett at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Ben Tulett at ProCyclingStats
- Ben Tulett at Cycling Quotient
