Juan Sebastián Molano
Colombian cyclist
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Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides (born 11 April 1994) is a Colombian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG.[5]
Paipa, Colombia
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| Full name | Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 April 1994 Paipa, Colombia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | UAE Team Emirates XRG | |||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2011–2012 | Proyectos Alcaldía Paipa | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Fuerzas Armadas–Ejército Nacional | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Coldeportes–Claro | |||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Colombia | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Team Manzana Postobón[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | UAE Team Emirates[3][4] | |||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
Molano was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[6]
He started riding in the 2019 Giro d'Italia,[7] 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.[8] 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."[9]
In June 2022, Molano was disqualified from the Critérium du Dauphiné after he punched Hugo Page in the head.[10][11] 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.[12]
Molano competed in the 2023 Vuelta a España. He took a win on Stage 12 of the race, finishing ahead of Kaden Groves.[13]
Major results
- 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
- 2025 (2)
- 1st Classic Brugge–De Panne
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Hongrie
- 1st
Points classification, Tour of Belgium - 2026 (1)
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Oman
- 3rd Nokere Koerse
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | DNF | DNF | 126 | — | — | 125 |
 Tour de France |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España |
152 | — | 143 | — | DNF | 126 | 147 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
