Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides (born 11 April 1994) is a Colombian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.[4]
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| Full name | Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 April 1994 Paipa, Colombia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | UAE Team Emirates | |||||||||||||||||
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| Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2011–2012 | Proyectos Alcaldía Paipa | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Fuerzas Armadas–Ejército Nacional | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Coldeportes–Claro | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2015 | Colombia | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Team Manzana Postobón[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | UAE Team Emirates[2][3] | |||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editMolano was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[5]
He started riding in the 2019 Giro d'Italia,[6] 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.[7] 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."[8]
In June 2022, Molano was disqualified from the Critérium du Dauphiné after he punched Hugo Page in the head.[9][10] 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.[11]
Molano competed in the 2023 Vuelta a España. He took a win on Stage 12 of the race, finishing ahead of Kaden Groves.[12]
Major results
edit- 2014
- Pan American Track Championships
- 1st
Omnium - 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- 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
Road race, Pan American Road Championships - 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
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 2019 (1)
- 1st Stage 3 Tour Colombia
- 2020 (3)
- Tour Colombia
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2, 3 & 5
- 1st
- 2021 (4)
- Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 1st
- Giro di Sicilia
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- 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
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | DNF | DNF | 126 | — | — | 125 |
 Tour de France
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
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152 | — | 143 | — | DNF | 126 | 147 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Manzana Postobon confirms 2018 squad". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "UAE Team Emirates". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Molano suspended by UAE Team Emirates during Giro d'Italia after internal testing". cyclingnews.com. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "UAE Team Emirates gives Juan Sebastian Molano green light to return to competition". cyclingpub.com. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Juan Sebastian Molano disqualified after hitting opponent twice in Criterium du Dauphine". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ "'No need for that!' - Juan Sebastian Molano punches Hugo Page in shocking moment at Criterium du Dauphine". EuroSport. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ Madgwick, Katy (11 September 2022). "Remco Evenepoel wins 2022 Vuelta a España". Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ "Vuelta a España: Juan Sebastián Molano denies Kaden Groves in stage 12 sprint". The Guardian. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
External links
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- Juan Sebastián Molano at UCI
- Juan Sebastián Molano at Cycling Archives
- Juan Sebastián Molano at ProCyclingStats
- Juan Sebastián Molano at Cycling Quotient
- Juan Sebastián Molano at CycleBase
