Rider Profile

George Bennett

Team Jumbo–Visma

Personal Details:

Nationality New Zealand

Date of birth 07/04/1990

Teams history:

2021 - Team Jumbo–Visma
2020 - Team Jumbo-Visma
2019 - Team Jumbo-Visma
2018 - LottoNL-Jumbo
2017 - Team LottoNL-Jumbo
2016 - Team LottoNl-Jumbo
2015 - Team LottoNL-Jumbo
2014 - Cannondale
2013 - RadioShack Leopard
2012 - RadioShack-Nissan

Biography:

Key Results

1st overall Tour of California 2017

Grid List

Giro d'Italia: Bennett rides Zoncolan for second time to thank teammate Affini

By Daniel Ostanek

News New Zealander snapped accompanying domestique having already ridden back down climb after stage 14

News

George Bennett (Jumbo-Visma) attacks his breakaway companions on the final climb of stage 12 of the 2021 Giro d'Italia

George Bennett defends breakaway strategy in Giro d'Italia after Brambilla incident

By Alasdair Fotheringham

News New Zealander moves up to third following Brambilla's relegation

News

George Bennett and Gianluca Brambilla lead Chris Hamilton in the breakaway on stage 12 of the 2021 Giro d'Ialia

Gianluca Brambilla relegated in Giro d'Italia sprint spat with George Bennett

By Daniel Ostanek

News Brambilla relegated on Giro d'Italia stage 12 after irregular sprint

News

Giro dItalia 2021 104th Edition 4th stage Piacenza Sestola 187 km 11052021 George Bennett NZL Jumbo Visma photo Luca BettiniBettiniPhoto2021

George Bennett 'overcome and broken' by the cold in first big Giro d'Italia test

By Patrick Fletcher

News Kiwi champion loses 1:29 to leading GC rivals in early setback

News

SESTOLA ITALY MAY 11 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez of Colombia and Team INEOS Grenadiers during the 104th Giro dItalia 2021 Stage 4 a 187km stage from Piacenza to Sestola 1020m Rain girodiitalia Giro UCIworldtour on May 11 2021 in Sestola Italy Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Giro d'Italia: Which GC contenders lost time on stage 4

By Daniel Ostanek

News Almeida out of the reckoning as Bernal, Landa, Vlasov, Ciccone and Carthy gain time

News

Team JumboVisma rider New Zealands George Bennett competes in the first stage of the Giro dItalia 2021 cycling race a 86 km individual time trial on May 8 2021 in Turin Photo by Luca Bettini AFP Photo by LUCA BETTINIAFP via Getty Images

George Bennett on track in opening Giro d’Italia TT despite minor pacing errors

By Alasdair Fotheringham

News New Zealander underlines excellent collective Jumbo-Visma performance

News

Trofeo Laigueglia 2021 58th Edition Laigueglia Laigueglia 202 km 03032021 Egan Bernal COL Ineos Grenadiers Clement Champoussin FRA AG2R Citroen Team photo Dario BelingheriBettiniPhoto2021

Philippa York's Giro d'Italia favourites

By Philippa York

Feature York runs her expert eye over Bernal, Yates, Landa, Evenepoel and more

Feature

Paris Nice 2021 79th Edition 7th stage Le Broc Valdebore La Colmiane 1192 km 13032021 George Bennett NZL Jumbo Visma photo Ilario BiondiBettiniPhoto2021

George Bennett: All I'm thinking about is the Giro d'Italia GC

By Daniel Benson

Feature 'The focus for me is to just arrive at the Giro in the best possible shape and then go from there' says New Zealand champion

Feature

Form ranking: Giro d’Italia 2021 contenders

By Patrick Fletcher

From the tuned-up favourites to those running a little rough we comb through the contenders at this year's first Grand Tour

CHIROUBLES FRANCE MARCH 10 Podium Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and Team Jumbo Visma Yellow Leader Jersey Celebration during the 79th Paris Nice 2021 Stage 4 a 1875km stage from ChalonSurSane to Chiroubles 702m Mask Covid safety measures Trophy Flowers Lion Mascot ParisNice on March 10 2021 in Chiroubles France Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images

George Bennett: I've never seen Roglic looking so good

By Peter Cossins

News Jumbo-Visma reveal how they changed their tactics to catch out Paris-Nice rivals

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