Zach Bell

2012 Zach Bell news
2011 Zach Bell news

RESIDENCE: North Vancouver, BC, CAN
BORN November 14, 1982
HEIGHT 1.75m / 5’9”
WEIGHT 73kg / 160lbs
PROFESSIONAL SINCE 2005
RACING SINCE 2003
RIDER TYPE Track Endurance, Road Sprinter

Zach grew up in very small town called Watson Lake about 400 km east of Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory in northern Canada. He was raised in a log cabin in the forest. Before cycling he was an Olympic freestyle wrestler and Arctic Winter Games participant. He started cycling at university while as a way to cross train for wrestling and won the first race he ever entered in pro/elite road cycling. Zach won the 2010-2011 UCI track cycling world cup title in the omnium event and is a medal favourite for the London 2012 Olympic Games. He is a nine-time World Cup medalist on the track. He currently lives in North Vancouver with his wife Rebecca and their new puppy Charlie.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Overall Champion, Omnium, UCI Track Cycling World Cup 2010-2011
• Silver, Omnium, 2009 World Track Championships, POL
• Nine-time World Cup medalist on the track
• 7 – Points race, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, CHN

2011

• 1 – Omnium, final UCI Track Cycling World Cup standings
• 3 – Elite road race, Immunity-FX 2011 Canadian Road Championships, CAN
• 4 – Elite time trial, Immunity-FX 2011 Canadian Road Championships, CAN

2010

• 2 – Elite time trial, National Championships, CAN
• 7 – Time trial, XIX Commonwealth Games, IND
• 9 – Stage 1, UCI 2.HC Tour de Langkawi, MAS
• 11 – Road Race, XIX Commonwealth Games, IND

2009

• 2 – Omnium, UCI World Track Cycling Championships, POL
• 2 – Points Race, UCI World Cup IV, CHN
• 3 – Elite time trial, National Championships, CAN
• 2 – Stage 2, UCI 2.2 Princess Mamackakri Sirindhon’s Cup Tour of Thailand, THA
• 3 – Stage 1, UCI 2.2 Princess Mamackakri Sirindhon’s Cup Tour of Thailand, THA
• 2 – Overall GC, UCI 2.2 Princess Mamackakri Sirindhon’s Cup Tour of Thailand, THA
• 8 – Stage 4, UCI 2.2 Princess Mamackakri Sirindhon’s Cup Tour of Thailand, THA