Ben King (cyclist)

Born in Richmond, Virginia, King spent his adolescence in North Garden, Virginia, United States.^[8][9] He now resides in North Garden^[10][11] and Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.^[12][13] King graduated from Monticello High School, in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2007.^[14][15] He attended Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, Virginia, between 2008 and 2009.^[16][17][18]

King rode for UCI Continental teams Kelly Benefit Strategies–Medifast (2008),^[19][20] and Trek–Livestrong (2009 and 2010),^[21][22] winning the United States National Road Race Championships in September 2010.^[23][24]

King signed with Team RadioShack, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2011 season,^[23][24] remaining with them as they renamed to RadioShack–Nissan for the 2012 season,^[25][26] then continuing with RadioShack–Leopard the following year.^[27][28]

King signed with Garmin–Sharp, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.^[29][30][31] In March 2015, King won Stage 1 of the Critérium International.^[32][33] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.^[34]

After a 2016 season in which he took a stage win at the Tour of California, in September of that year Team Dimension Data confirmed that King would join them for 2017 with a role as a leader and mentor for the team's younger climbers. The move will reunite King with former Garmin team-mates Tyler Farrar, Nathan Haas and Lachlan Morton.^[35]

In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia and finished 44th in the General Classification out of 149 finishing cyclists.^[36]

In August 2018, he won the first Grand Tour stage of his career at the Vuelta a España on stage 4^[37] and backed this up with another victory on stage 9. He would finish the race in 24th overall.

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