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Canadian cyclist (born 1982)

Zachary Bell

Bell at the 2014 Tour of Alberta
Personal information
Full name Zachary Bell
Nickname Zach
Born (1982-11-14) November 14, 1982 (age 42)Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Team information
Current team Human Powered Health
Disciplines TrackRoad
Role Rider (retired)Directeur sportif
Rider type Endurance (track)Sprinter (road)
Professional teams
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
Managerial teams
2016– Rally Cycling (women)
2018–2019 Rally Cycling (men)
Major wins
UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Omnium (2010–2011)National Road Race Championships (2013)
Medal record Representing Canada Men's track cycling World Championships Silver medal – second place 2009 Pruszków Omnium Silver medal – second place 2012 Melbourne Omnium Men's road bicycle racing Pan American Championships Silver medal – second place 2007 Valencia Time trial

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]

At 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]

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 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

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 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "North American team Rallying for Santos WTDU debut". Tour Down Under. Events South Australia. December 21, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "Olympics Fan Guide, Zach Bell". ESPN. 2008. Archived from the original on January 5, 2012.
  4. ^ "Canada's Zach Bell wins silver at world track cycling championships". www.theglobeandmail.com. April 6, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
  5. ^ "Canada's Zach Bell places 8th in men's omnium". www.cbc.ca. August 5, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2012.