After four seasons as Jonas Vingegaard's trusted bodyguard at Visma, Benoot stepped 'out of his comfort zone' and signed for three years with the French project. The Ghent economics graduate rides his tenth Tour as the squad's on-road brain, marshalling a team with two Grand Tour debutants as leaders. In the crosswinds and the chaos of week one, he is Seixas's insurance policy.
Palmarès
- Strade Bianche winner (2018)
- Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne winner (2023)
- 2nd overall + stage win + points jersey, Paris-Nice (2020)
- 3rd Amstel Gold Race (2022, 2024)
- 5th Tour of Flanders on debut (2015)
Cut-out factHis parents named him after Texan folk singer Tish Hinojosa — and his very first professional victory was a Monument-adjacent masterpiece, soloing through a mudstorm to win Strade Bianche 2018.
The squad
Riding the 2026 Tour with Olav Kooij, Daan Hoole, Paul Seixas, Matthew Riccitello, Nicolas Prodhomme, Aurélien Paret-Peintre, Cees Bol — see the full Decathlon CMA CGM team page.
Portrait: AI paper-collage render (gpt-image-2).
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