Patrick Bevin

Patrick Bevin
Personal information
Nickname Paddy
Born 2 May 1991
Team information
Current team Avanti Racing Team
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2009 Bici Vida
2010 Rubicon Orbea
Professional team(s)
2010–2013 Bissell
2014 Search2retain-Health.com.au
2015– Avanti Racing Team
Infobox last updated on
23 March 2015

Patrick Bevin (born 2 May 1991) is an New Zealand professional road racing cyclist who rides for the UCI Continental team Avanti Racing Team.[1]

In 2009, Bevin rode for the New Zealand Bici Vida team. During this time, he won two stage victories in the 2009 Tour of Southland and victory in the Oceania Cycling Championships road race. He was the Bike New Zealand Junior Road Cyclist of the Year.[2] Bevin then moved to the United States and briefly raced for the Rubicon–Orbea development team, with significant success, and was noticed by the Bissell, an American Continental-level team.[2] Bevin rode for Bissell until the team ended at the end of the 2013 season.[1] During this time, he won several criterium races and victory in the 2012 Bucks County Classic.[3] Throughout the 2014 season, he rode for the Australian team Search2retain-Health.com.au, winning the National Capital Tour and earning himself a contract with Avanti Racing Team for 2015.[4] In 2014, he also rode for the New Zealand national team at the 2014 An Post Rás, where won two stages and the points competition and briefly led the general classification.[3]

In 2015, now riding for Avanti, Bevin came third in the New Zealand National Time Trial Championships and sixth in the New Zealand National Road Race Championships. After finishing 13th in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, he rode in the 2015 Herald Sun Tour. In this race, he finished in the top 10 in three stages, including victory on the final stage (his first professional-level win) at Arthur's Seat.[5] He came second overall in the race, 11 seconds behind Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEDGE).[6] His next race was The REV Classic in New Zealand, Bevin's home race and newly promoted to 1.2 status; Bevin won the race in a three-man sprint.[7]

Bevin then travelled to Taiwan to take place in the 2.1-ranked 2015 Tour de Taiwan. On the second stage, he won the hill-top finish ahead of Hossein Askari and took the race lead.[8][9] After losing the lead to Samad Pourseyedi (Tabriz Petrochemical Team) the following day, Bevin finished fourth overall and won the points classification, having finished in the top ten in four of the five stages.[10]

Palmares

2009
1st Oceania Cycling Championships
1st Stages 4 & 7 Tour of Southland
2012
1st Bucks County Classic
2014
An Post Rás
1st Stages 2 & 4
1st Points classification
2015
2nd Overall Herald Sun Tour
1st Stage 4
1st The REV Classic
4th overall Tour de Taiwan
1st Stage 2
1st Points classification

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Patrick Bevin". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Holcombe, Brian (12 July 2010). "Who is Patrick Bevin, the winner of this weekend’s Grand Cycling Classic?". Velonews. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Patrick Bevin". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  4. Woodpower, Zeb (31 October 2014). "Bevin looking ahead to a big 2015 with Avanti". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  5. "Patrick Bevin". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  6. Woodpower, Zeb (8 February 2015). "Stage win for Bevin secures second overall at Jayco Herald Sun Tour". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  7. Price, Steve. "Bevin Takes REV Classic Again!". Avanti Racing Team. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  8. "Tour de Taiwan 2015 - Stage 2". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  9. "Nieuw-Zeelander grijpt de macht in Ronde van Taiwan". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 23 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  10. "Pourseyedigolakhour wins Tour de Taiwan overall". Cyclingnews.com. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.