Luxembourg
14 January 1976
1.87m
77kg
1999
USPS (1999-2004)
One of the team´s perpetual workhorses, Benoit Joachim continued his super-domestique roll in 2005 with key performances in both the Giro d’Italia victory and the Vuelta a España. Joachim´s now finished his sixth Grand Tour in the last six years, having completed two Tours de France (2002 and 2000), three Vueltas (2004, 2003 and 2001), and has now added a complete Tour of Italy to his palmares. A solid all around rider, Joachim also saw plenty of racing during the early part of the 2005 season contributing to victories at the Tour of the Algarve (first in the team classification), Hincapie´s win at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, and Devolder´s overall victory at Three Days of the Panne.
During the 2004 Tour of Spain he became the first Luxembourger to wear the race´s lead jersey. Joachim wore the jersey for two days. 2004 was also highlighted by Joachim´s victory in his country´s time trial championship.
Wearing the Luxembourg colours as its 2003 national road champion Joachim led the team at the season-opening Ruta del Sol, finishing 15th overall after placing 15th in the deciding stage up the first category Puerto de Alto Virgen de la Sierra. Joachim continued his domestique role in the Classics and such races as Paris-Nice, Languedoc-Roussillon (25th overall) and World Cup events Milan-San Remo, the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and Amstel Gold.
Following the Tour of Catalunya, Joachim dominated his national time trial championship in five years. The following month at the Tour de la Région Wallonne, a top 10 finish in the key third stage enabled Joachim to finish ninth overall. Finally, at the Tour of Spain, on the roads to Soria in stage three, Joachim gained the race lead from teammate Max van Heeswijk to become the third USPS rider to wear the jersey in three days. He held the lead through stage four but relinquished the jersey to teammate Manuel Beltran following stage five. Joachim went on to finish this third Vuelta in 57th place, far ahead of his 81st in 2003 and 88th in 2001.
In 2003, Joachim finished fifth at the Tour of Luxembourg and in the top 20 at the Four Days of Dunkerque, Tour de l’Ain and Tour of Holland. In 2002, Joachim took part in his second Tour de France, finishing 89th. The race was memorable for Joachim as his home country hosted the Grand Départ. In 1999, Joachim scored his first win as a professional at the PruTour in Great Britain. Later that season, Joachim finished in the top 20 at the Tour of Luxembourg and second in his national road race and time trial championship. As an amateur in 1998, Joachim won a stage at the Tour de l’Avenir following a lengthy breakaway and placed 16th in the Espoir road race at the World Championships after leading the event for five laps.
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7th, prologue, Tour of Benelux
28th, Stage 4, Tour of Qatar
1st, Luxembourg time trial Championship
9th overall, Tour de la Région Wallonne
15th overall, Ruta del Sol
25th overall, Languedoc-Roussillon
57th overall, Vuelta a España |
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