Discipline Road Name Benoit Joachim 2009 Differdange | 2007–2008 Astana 1999–2006 Discovery Channel | |
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Role Professional Road Racing Cyclist Olympic medals Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men\'s individual road race Similar People Kim Kirchen, Max van Heeswijk, Michael Barry, Andrey Mizurov, Bobby Julich | ||
Benoît Joachim (born 14 January 1976) is a retired professional road racing cyclist from Luxembourg.
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Biography
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 the bigger, De Nardi who were interesting him. After riding with De Nardi for 3 years, he joined the Us Postall Pro Cycling Team and rode as a super-domestique for the team. He has competed in eleven Grand Tours, including the Tour de France (2000, 2002), the Giro d'Italia (2005, 2006, 2007), and the Vuelta a España (1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006). His career highlight is becoming crowned many Luxembourg National Road Race Champion titels and 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, but left them after two seasons, and rode for Differdange during 2009. At the end of the season, he ended his professional career.
His younger brother Aurélien is a Luxembourg international footballer.
Tour de France
2 participations
Giro d'Italia
3 participations
Vuelta a España
6 participations