Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides (born 11 April 1994) is a Colombian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career
Molano was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.
He started riding in the 2019 Giro d'Italia, 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. 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."
In June 2022, Molano was disqualified from the Critérium du Dauphiné after he punched Hugo Page in the head. 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.
Molano competed in the 2023 Vuelta a España. He took a win on Stage 12 of the race, finishing ahead of Kaden Groves.
Major results
2014
Pan American Track Championships
1st Omnium
1st Team pursuit
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 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 2019 (1) 1st Stage 3 Tour Colombia 2020 (3) Tour Colombia 1st Points classification 1st Stages 2, 3 & 5 2021 (4) Vuelta a Burgos 1st Points classification 1st Stages 2 & 4 Giro di Sicilia 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 2 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
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
1994 births
Living people
Colombian male cyclists
Place of birth missing (living people) Cyclists from Boyacá Department Colombian Vuelta a España stage winners 21st-century Colombian people