Rick Zabel

Rick Zabel (born 7 December 1993) is a road bicycle racer from Germany, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Israel–Premier Tech.[6] He is the son of Erik Zabel and grandson of Detlef Zabel.

Rick Zabel
Zabel at the 2018 Rund um Köln
Personal information
Full nameRick Zabel
NicknameThe Lion[1]
Born (1993-12-07) 7 December 1993
Unna, Germany
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[2]
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)[2]
Team information
Current teamIsrael–Premier Tech
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClassics specialist[3]
Amateur team
2012–2013Rabobank Continental Team
Professional teams
2014–2016BMC Racing Team
2017–2019Team Katusha–Alpecin[4]
2020–Israel Start-Up Nation[5]

Cycling career

Born in Unna, Zabel won the National Novice Track Championships in 2009, in the Madison event.[7] In 2010 he enjoyed more success in track events, and in 2011, at the UCI Road World Championships in Copenhagen, he was fifth in the men's junior road race.

By summer of 2011 Zabel visited the Pierre de Coubertin sport gymnasium in Erfurt.[8] He left high school without a diploma, in order to sign his first professional contract with the Rabobank Continental Team for the 2012 season.[9] In 2012 he triumphed in the German road championship in the U23 class.[9][10] 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.[11]

On 6 May 2015, Zabel was named in BMC's team for the Giro d'Italia, giving him his first Grand Tour start.[12] On 7 July 2015, his father's 45th birthday, Zabel celebrated his first victory as a professional, winning stage 3 of the Tour of Austria.[13]

In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[14]

Major results
2009
1st Madison, National Novice Track Championships
2010
National Junior Track Championships
2nd Madison
3rd Points race
3rd Team pursuit
2011
4th Overall Driedaagse van Axel
5th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
2012
1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2nd Ronde van Limburg
9th GP Raf Jonckheere
2013
1st Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
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
2016
4th Volta Limburg Classic
2017
2nd Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
9th Paris–Bourges
2018
10th Overall Dubai Tour
2019
1st Stage 2 Tour de Yorkshire
8th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
2020
Giro d'Italia
Held after Stage 1
2022
Giro d'Italia
Held after Stage 3
Combativity award Stage 2

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 142 140 — — — 123 — 137
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 145 DNF DNF — 134 —
A red jersey Vuelta a España Has not contested during his career
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. Ryan, Barry (8 July 2021). "Greipel passes on advice to training partner Politt in Tour de France breakaway". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. "Rick Zabel - Team KATUSHA ALPECIN". Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. Fretz, Caley (5 February 2015). "A cobbled future for Zabel, son of the sprint king". VeloNews. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  4. "Katusha-Alpecin announce reduced 24-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  5. Ostanek, Daniel (11 December 2019). "Israel Cycling Academy become Israel Start-Up Nation as WorldTour beckons". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. "Israel Start-Up Nation". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. "Thomas Schneider und Rick Zabel neue Deutsche Meister im Zweier Mannschaftsfahren der Jugend" (in German). Radrennen in Köln. 10 August 2009. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  8. "Rick Zabel träumt mit 17 schon von der Profikarriere". radsport-news.com (in German). 25 September 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  9. "Rabobank haalt zoon Erik Zabel". nu.nl (in Dutch). 21 September 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  10. "Rick Zabel ist neuer U23-Meister". radsport-news.com (in German). 9 September 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  11. "Rick Zabel fährt ab 2014 für BMC". radsport-news.com (in German). 3 June 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  12. "Giro d'Italia: Zabel-Sohn Rick vor erster großer Rundfahrt" (in German). Spiegel Online. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  13. "Rick Zabels erster Profi-Sieg: "Es war brutal schwer"" (in German). Kicker. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  14. "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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