George Bennett

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Born
1990 (36 years old)
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Nelson, New Zealand

Position
Cyclist

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

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Height
180cm

Weight
58kg

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Cycling

Team
NSN Cycling Team

League
UCI World Tour

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Description

George Bennett (born 7 April 1990) is a New Zealand professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam NSN Cycling Team. He represented New Zealand at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. He was the winner of the 2017 Tour of California, the 2020 Gran Piemonte and the 2021 New Zealand road cycling championships. He came second in the 2020 Il Lombardia. Bennett has competed in 17 Grand Tours.

Career
Bennett was born in Nelson in 1990, where he was educated at Waimea College. He originally took up cycle racing as a mountain biker, moving to Switzerland in 2009 to pursue his amateur career. Bennett turned professional in 2012.

In 2013, George Bennett nearly won the New Zealand road cycling championships. The 183.7 kilometre race in Christchurch had 10 climbs up the steep Dyers Pass road and Bennett was leading by 45 seconds over Hayden Roulston with the final flat 12 kilometres to go. Roulston was able to chase down Bennett and pass him on the line. Bennett commented that "I had everybody on the hill, but 21km solo , when you're like me on a really windy day like this, it's just too far".

He competed with the RadioShack–Nissan squad for two seasons before moving to Cannondale in 2014.