George Bennett

Former mountain biker who turned to road racing after winning the GC titles in the New Zealand Cycle Classic and the Tour of Wellington in 2011. George secured a stagiaire role with Radioshack in 2011 which led to a full contract with the UCI World Tour team in 2012 and 2013. He moved to Cannondale in 2014 before advancing to the high-profile Dutch World Tour team, LottoNL-Jumbo (now Jumbo-Visma) where he has remained for seven years. 

At 58kgs he is a noted climber, who has ridden in 14 Grand tours and six Classics. He has three professional wins to his credit including the Gran Piemonte last year, and a narrow second placing at Il Lombardia, both on the World Tour. 

Tokyo 2020 was the second Olympic Games for the current national road champion. In 2020, George was New Zealand’s highest ranked cyclist, rising to 26^th in 2019.