Benjamin Noval
Benjamín Noval at the Tour de Romandie 2011 | |
To person | |
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Full name | Benjamin Noval González |
Date of birth | January 23, 1979 |
nation | Spain |
discipline | Street |
Driver type | helper |
To the team | |
Current team | End of career |
function | driver |
Team (s) | |
2001–2003 2004–2007 2008–2010 2011–2013 |
Relax-Fuenlabrada Discovery Channel Astana Team Saxo-Tinkoff |
Last updated: November 14, 2015 |
Benjamín Noval González (born January 23, 1979 in Mieres , Asturias ) is a former Spanish cyclist .
Career
Noval became a professional at Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada in 2001 . In the three years he drove for the team, he achieved some good results. He finished sixth and ninth in the Tour of Catalonia , twelfth in the Tour of the Basque Country and third in the Spanish Championships. He then moved to US Postal , which has been called the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team since 2005 , and rode in the Tour de France 2005 as a helper for Lance Armstrong .
After the Discovery Team dissolved, Noval moved to Team Astana along with eight drivers . In all of these stations he worked as a helper for his team captains and was able to celebrate a total of five Tour de France victories with them: 2004 and 2005 with Lance Armstrong , 2007, 2009 and 2010 with Alberto Contador . Between 2004 and 2013, Noval competed seven times in the Tour and four times in the Vuelta a España . In 2011, he and Contador signed a contract with Team Saxo Bank to be a team driver there too. Noval began his 2012 season in February with the Mediterranean Tour , which he completed in 49th place.
At the end of the 2013 season he ended his career as a professional cyclist.
Teams
- 2001 Relax-Fuenlabrada
- 2002 Relax-Fuenlabrada
- 2003 Relax-Fuenlabrada
- 2004 US Postal
- 2005 Discovery Channel
- 2006 Discovery Channel
- 2007 Discovery Channel
- 2008 Astana
- 2009 Astana
- 2010 Astana
- 2011 Saxo Bank-SunGard
- 2012 Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
- 2013 Team Saxo-Tinkoff
Web links
- Benjamín Noval in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Benjamín Noval in the Tour de France database(French / English )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Noval, Benjamin |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Noval González, Benjamin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mieres , Asturias , Spain |