Rick Zabel
 Zabel at the 2016 Tour of Britain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rick Zabel |
| Born |
7 December 1993 Unna, Germany |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | BMC Racing Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics specialist[1] |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2012–2013 | Rabobank Continental Team |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2014– | BMC Racing Team |
|
Infobox last updated on 12 September 2016 | |
Rick Zabel (born 7 December 1993) is a road bicycle racer from Germany. The son of Erik Zabel and grandson to Detlef Zabel, Rick Zabel currently competes for the BMC Racing Team.[2]
Cycling career
Born in Unna, Zabel won the National Novice Track Championships in 2009, in the Madison event.[3] In 2010 he enjoyed more success in track events. 2011, at UCI Road World Championships Copenhagen, he was fifth in the road race in the juniors.
By summer of 2011 Zabel visited the Pierre-de-Coubertin sports gymnasium in Erfurt.[4] He left high school without a diploma, in order to sign his first professional contract with the Rabobank Continental Team for the 2012 season.[5] In 2012 he triumphed in the German road championship in the U23 class.[5][6] In 2013, Zabel won the under-23 Tour of Flanders, and won a stage at the Tour de Normandie.
For the 2014 season, Zabel turned professional with the BMC Racing Team.[7]
On 6 May 2015, Zabel was named in BMC's team for the 2015 Giro d'Italia, giving him his first Grand Tour start.[8] On 7 July 2015, his father's 45h birthday, Zabel celebrated his first victory as a professional, winning stage 3 of the Tour of Austria.[9]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2009
- 1st
National Novice Track Championships – Madison - 2010
- National Junior Track Championships
- 2nd Madison
- 3rd Points race
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 2011
- 4th Overall Driedaagse van Axel
- 5th UCI Junior World Road Race Championships
- 2012
- 1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 2nd Ronde van Limburg
- 9th GP Raf Jonckheere
- 2013
- 1st Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Normandie
- 4th Overall Tour de Gironde
- 6th Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 7th La Côte Picarde
- 7th Münsterland Giro
- 8th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 10th Arno Wallaard Memorial
- 2014
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro del Trentino
- 6th Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop
- 2015
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Austria
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|
 Giro |
142 | 140 |
 Tour |
- | - |
 Vuelta |
- | - |
WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress
References
- ↑ Fretz, Caley (5 February 2015). "A cobbled future for Zabel, son of the sprint king". VeloNews. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ "BMC Racing Team (BMC) – USA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ "Thomas Schneider und Rick Zabel neue Deutsche Meister im Zweier Mannschaftsfahren der Jugend" (in German). Radrennen in Köln. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ↑ "Rick Zabel träumt mit 17 schon von der Profikarriere". radsport-news.com (in German). 25 September 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- 1 2 "Rabobank haalt zoon Erik Zabel". nu.nl (in Dutch). 21 September 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ↑ "Rick Zabel ist neuer U23-Meister". radsport-news.com (in German). 9 September 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ↑ "Rick Zabel fährt ab 2014 für BMC". radsport-news.com (in German). 3 June 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ↑ "Giro d'Italia: Zabel-Sohn Rick vor erster großer Rundfahrt" (in German). Spiegel Online. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ↑ "Rick Zabels erster Profi-Sieg: "Es war brutal schwer"" (in German). Kicker. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
External links
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