Ben Turner points out that "there's plenty of time" to rise to the top despite brilliant spring
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INEOS Grenadiers' Ben Turner has talked in a recent interview about his first months with the World Tour team and where his ambitions stand after what has so far been a rather successful classics stint.
"I'm definitely in a good place. I don't feel like I've got anything to prove, I'm a first year professional. Just go and do my job successfully, and to the best I can, which of course I'll do anyway, and then just soak up to the whole environment - the day, the atmosphere - and learn from that for the future," Turner said in a long interview with Cycling Weekly.
After a promising under-23 stint in cyclocross and road, Turner was brought from Trinity Racing just as Tom Pidcock did the year before. It didn't take long for Turner to show his talent as he finished fourth in the Vuelta a Andalucia's third stage, but it was in the cobbled classics that the young Briton has been showing his true talent.
"Nowadays I'm not too bad, with the road it's not too stressful, not as stressful as cross with the start,. You can ride yourself into the race. But I guess in the morning, with all the crowds and that, it's more excitement than nervousness. It's a good feeling," he added.
The tall figure of the 22-year old was a constant in the classics, most noticeably with attacks at the GP de Denain, Dwars door Vlaanderen and INEOS Grenadiers where he proved to be an essential piece of the team's tactics. Despite being in a support role, he's managed to get himself a first World Tour Top10 at Dwars door Vlaanderen, aswell as finishing in the Top35 at the E3 Saxo Bank Classic, Gent-Wevelgem and Tour des Flandres.
"I've got many dreams, I think about how we're doing at the moment, and hopefully one day I can win one of these big races. There's plenty of time," he concluded. He will be at the start of Amstel Gold Race tomorrow, and will wrap off his first spring campaign at Paris-Roubaix in the coming week," he concluded.
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