Patrick Bevin (born 15 February 1991) is a New Zealand former professional

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, who last rode the 2024 season for

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Personal life

Bevin grew up in

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. He moved to

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in 2014 when the Avantidrome opened to train with the High Performance team of

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. His sister Kate is an elite martial artist.

Career

In 2009, Bevin rode for the New Zealand Bici Vida team. During this time, he won two stage victories in the 2009

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and victory in the

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road race. He was the Bike New Zealand Junior Road Cyclist of the Year. Bevin then moved to the United States and briefly raced for the Rubicon–Orbea development team, with significant success, and was noticed by , an American Continental-level team. Bevin rode for Bissell until the team ended at the end of the 2013 season. During this time, he won several

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races and victory in the 2012 Bucks County Classic. Throughout the 2014 season, he rode for the Australian team , winning the National Capital Tour and earning himself a contract with for 2015. In 2014, he also rode for the New Zealand national team at the 2014 An Post Rás, where he won two stages and the points competition and briefly led the general classification. In 2015, now riding for Avanti, Bevin came third in the

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and sixth in the

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. After finishing 13th in the

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, he rode in the

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. In this race, he finished in the top 10 in three stages, including victory on the final stage (his first professional-level win) at Arthurs Seat. He came second overall in the race, 11 seconds behind

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(). 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. Bevin then travelled to Taiwan to compete in the 2.1-ranked

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. In the second stage, he won the hill-top finish ahead of

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and took the race lead. After losing the lead to

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() the following day, Bevin finished fourth overall and won the points classification, having finished in the top ten in four of the five stages. His next professional race was the

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. Bevin finished first on stage 4 (beating

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in the sprint) and second on five others. He also finished second in both the general and the points classifications. In August 2015, it was announced that Bevin had signed a two-year contract to ride in the

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for , with

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describing him as "a rider who seems to have it all". He was named in the startlist for the

2016 Vuelta a España The 2016 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 20 August and 11 September 2016. The race was the 71st edition of the Vuelta a España and the final Grand Tour of the ...

. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the

2017 Tour de France The 2017 Tour de France was the 104th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 21-stage race took place across , commencing with an individual time trial in Düsseldorf, Germany on 1 July, and concluding with the Champs ...

. In August 2020, it was announced that Bevin was to join from the 2021 season, on a two-year contract. In 2022 he won stage seven and the overall classification at the Presidential Tour of Turkey, and won stage three of the

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He signed a three year contact with TeamDSM starting in 2023, but announced his retirement from professional cycling at the end of the 2024 season.

Major results

;2009 : 1st Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships :

::1st Stages 4 & 7 ;2010 : 1st The REV Classic : 4th Overall Tour de Vineyards ::1st Stages 1 & 2 ;2011 : 1st Overall Tour de Vineyards ::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 8 ;2012 : 1st Bucks County Classic : 2nd Overall

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::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Overall

New Zealand Cycle Classic The New Zealand Cycle Classic (previously known as the Tour of Wellington) was a road cycling race held in and around the Wairarapa near Wellington, New Zealand. The race was a men's competition over five stages and part of the UCI Oceania To ...

;2014 : 1st Overall Tour of Tasmania : 1st The REV Classic : An Post Rás ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 ;2015 (3 pro wins) : 1st The REV Classic : 2nd Overall

Herald Sun Tour The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annuall ...

::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 3rd

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, National Road Championships : 4th Time trial, Oceania Road Championships : 4th Overall

Tour de Taiwan The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It was classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012. History The Tour ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 ;2016 (1) : 1st

, National Road Championships : 5th Overall

Czech Cycling Tour The Czech Tour is an annual men's professional multiple stage bicycle race held in the Czech Republic. It is the largest race of its kind in the country. Since 2015, the Czech Tour has been included in the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 series. The to ...

::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) : 10th Overall

Tour Down Under The Tour Down Under (currently branded as the Santos Tour Down Under for sponsorship reasons) is a cycling race in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It is traditionally the opening event of the UCI World Tour and UCI Women’s WorldTour ...

: 10th Overall

Tour du Haut Var The Tour des Alpes-Maritimes, formerly known as the Tour du Haut Var, () is an early-season two-day road bicycle race in the Var department region in the south of France. Until 2008 it was run as a one-day race, part of the UCI Europe Tour. In 20 ...

;2017 : 6th Overall

Tour of Norway The Tour of Norway is a road bicycle race held annually in Norway. It is considered as a successor to the stage race Ringerike GP, which is now a one-day race. It was started in 2011 as a result of the heightened interest in cycling in Norway, ...

;2018 : 1st Stage 3 ( TTT)

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

: 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...

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::3rd

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::8th

: 4th Overall

Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after th ...

::1st Points classification : 9th Overall

Tour de Yorkshire The Tour de Yorkshire was a road cycling race in the historic county of Yorkshire, England which first took place in May 2015. It was promoted by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and was rated as a 2.HC event as part of the UCI Europe Tou ...

;2019 (2) : National Road Championships ::1st

::5th Road race :

::1st Sprints classification ::1st Stage 2 : 4th

;2021 : 10th

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;2022 (3) : 1st Overall

Tour of Turkey The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey () is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey since 1963. In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, UCI race classifications, rated as a 2.2 event, before bei ...

::1st Stage 7 : 1st Stage 3

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bevin, Patrick 1991 births Living people New Zealand male cyclists New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the United States Place of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Taupō Cyclists from Waikato Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games cyclists for New Zealand Olympic cyclists for New Zealand Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games