Zachary "Zach" Bell (born November 14, 1982) is a Canadian former professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2015 for the Jet Fuel Coffee–Sympatico, Rite Aid Pro Cycling, Symmetrics, Kelly Benefit Strategies, SpiderTech–C10, Champion System, and Team SmartStop teams.[1] Born in Whitehorse, Yukon, Bell resides in Watson Lake, Yukon, and now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's Team Human Powered Health.[2]
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| Full name | Zachary Bell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Zach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 14, 1982 Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Human Powered Health | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005 | Jet Fuel Coffee–Sympatico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Rite Aid Pro Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Symmetrics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Kelly Benefit Strategies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | SpiderTech–C10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Champion System | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Team SmartStop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2016– | Rally Cycling (women) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Rally Cycling (men) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Omnium (2010–2011) National Road Race Championships (2013) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAt the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bell finished 7th in the men's points race and 12th in the men's madison (cycling).[3] He finished 2nd in the men's omnium at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne.[4] Later that year, Bell finished 8th in the men's omnium at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5]
Major results
edit- 2003
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Delta
- 2004
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2005
- 1st Stampede Road Race
- 2006
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Shenandoah
- 2007
- 1st Overall Tour de Delta
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Burnaby Six Days
- Tour de Bowness
- 1st Criterium
- 1st Hill Climb
- Vuelta a El Salvador
- 1st Stages 4 & 7
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de White Rock
- 2nd Scratch, 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Sydney
- 2nd
Time trial, Pan American Road Championships - National Road Championships
- 2nd Criterium
- 3rd Time trial
- 2008
- Pan American Road and Track Championships
- 1st
Madison - 1st Omnium
- 5th Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Burnaby Six Days
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2009
- 1st Overall Fitchburg Longsjo Classic
- 2nd Omnium, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Tour of Thailand
- 2010
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- Commonwealth Games
- 3rd
Scratch - 7th Time trial
- 3rd
- 2011
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2012
- 2nd Omnium, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Taiwan
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Korea
- 2014
- 1st Bucks County Classic
- 3rd Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
- 2015
- 8th Overall Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional
References
edit- ^ Malach, Pat (November 7, 2013). "Team SmartStop unveils re-vamped roster for 2014". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
New signings for the UCI Continental team next season include Canadian national road race champion Zach Bell, who won stages at the Tour of Korea and Tour of Taiwan in 2013 while riding for Champion System, and former Bissell rider Mike Torckler, who won the mountains classification at the 2013 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah.
- ^ "North American team Rallying for Santos WTDU debut". Tour Down Under. Events South Australia. December 21, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ^ "Olympics Fan Guide, Zach Bell". ESPN. 2008. Archived from the original on January 5, 2012.
- ^ "Canada's Zach Bell wins silver at world track cycling championships". www.theglobeandmail.com. April 6, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
- ^ "Canada's Zach Bell places 8th in men's omnium". www.cbc.ca. August 5, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
External links
edit- Zachary Bell at Cycling Archives (archived)
- COC Profile
- Official website
- Zachary Bell at ProCyclingStats
