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Benoît Joachim
 |
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Benoît Joachim |
| Date of birth |
January 4, 1976 (1976-01-04) (age 32) |
| Country |
Luxembourg |
| Team information |
| Current team |
Astana |
| Discipline |
Road |
| Role |
Rider |
| Professional team(s) |
1999–2006
2007– |
Discovery Channel
Astana |
| Infobox last updated on: |
| July 25, 2007 |
Benoît Joachim (born January 4, 1976 in Luxembourg City) is a professional road racing cyclist from Luxembourg, currently riding for the Swiss-based Astana Team.
Joachim started his professional career at the age of 18 for a small Italian cycling team, Sonego Sport, After racing with them for three months, he was noticed by a bigger, De Nardi who were interesting him. After riding with De Nardi for 3 years, he joined the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team and rides as a super-domestique for the team. He has competed in six Grand Tours, including the Tour de France (2000, 2002), the Giro d'Italia (2005), and the Vuelta a España (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005). His career highlight is becoming crowned the 2003 Luxembourg National Road Race Champion and the 2004 Luxembourg National Time Trial Champion. In addition, Joachim became the first Luxembourger to wear the race leader's golden jersey at the 2004 Vuelta a España. Joachim wore the jersey for two days. In 2007, Joachim transferred to the Astana outfit.
[edit] Major achievements
- 2003 – US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team
- 1st –
Luxembourg National Road Race Championship
- 5th overall – Tour de Luxembourg
- 2004 – US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team presented by Berry Floor
- 1st – Luxembourg National Time Trial Championship
- 9th overall – Tour de Wallonie
- General classification leader (Stages 3 and 4) – Vuelta a España
- 2005 – Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
- 7th, Prologue – Tour of Benelux
- 2006 – Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
- 1st – Luxembourg National Time Trial Championship
- 2007 – Astana
- 1st – Luxembourg National Road Race Championship
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