Rick Zabel

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Rick Zabel

Zabel in 2013
Personal information
Full name Rick Zabel
Born (1993-12-07) 7 December 1993
Unna, Germany
Team information
Current team BMC Racing Team
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2012–2013 Rabobank Continental Team
Professional team(s)
2014– BMC Racing Team
Major wins
National Under-23 Road Race Championships (2012)
Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften (2013)
Infobox last updated on
1 January 2014

Rick Zabel (born 7 December 1993 in Unna) 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.[1]

Cycling career

In 2009, Zabel won the National Novice Track Championships in the Madison event.[2] 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.[3] He left high school without a diploma, in order for the year 2012 his first professional contract with the Rabobank Continental Team to sign.[4] 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 will turn professional with the BMC Racing Team.[7]

Palmarès

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

References

  1. ↑ "BMC Racing Team (BMC) – USA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2014. 
  2. ↑ Kölner Radrennen
  3. ↑ Rick Zabel träumt mit 17 schon von der Profikarriere auf radsport-news.com v. 25. September 2011
  4. ↑ Rabobank verpflichtet Zabel-Sohn (niederländisch)
  5. ↑ Rabobank verpflichtet Zabel-Sohn (niederländisch)
  6. ↑ radsportnews.com vom 9. September 2012: Rick Zabel neuer U23-Meister
  7. ↑ radsportnews.com vom 3. Juni 2013: Rick Zabel fährt ab 2014 für BMC

External links

Riders on BMC Racing Team
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