Rick Zabel (born 7 December 1993) is a road bicycle racer from

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

, who currently rides for

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. He is the son of

Erik Zabel Erik Zabel (; born 7 July 1970) is a German former professional road bicycle racer who raced most of his career with Telekom. With 152 professional wins and 211 wins in his career, he is considered by some to be one of the greatest German cycl ...

and grandson of Detlef Zabel.

Cycling career

Born in

Unna Unna is a city of around 59,000 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the seat of the Unna district. The newly refurbished Unna station has trains to all major cities in North Rhine Westphalia including Dortmund, Cologne, Münster, Hamm, D ...

, Zabel won the National Novice Track Championships in 2009, in the Madison event. In 2010 he enjoyed more success in track events, and in 2011, at the

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, he was fifth in the men's junior road race. By summer of 2011 Zabel visited the

Pierre de Coubertin Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (; born Pierre de Frédy; ...

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. He left high school without a diploma, in order to sign his first professional contract with the for the 2012 season. In 2012 he triumphed in the German road championship in the U23 class. In 2013, Zabel won the under-23 Tour of Flanders, and won a stage at the

Tour de Normandie Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandy, France. The race started in 1939, but was not held in the periods of 1940–1955 and 1960–1980. It was originally a race for amateurs, but was opened for professi ...

. For the 2014 season, Zabel turned professional with the . On 6 May 2015, Zabel was named in BMC's team for the Giro d'Italia, giving him his first

Grand Tour The Grand Tour was the principally 17th- to early 19th-century custom of a traditional trip through Europe, with Italy as a key destination, undertaken by upper-class young European men of sufficient means and rank (typically accompanied by a tu ...

start. 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 The Tour of Austria (german: Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt) is a stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. In 2005 and 2006 it was organised as a 2 ...

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

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consist ...

Major results

;2009 : 1st MaillotAlemania

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 Road racing, road race of road racer may refer to: * Road racing in motorsport * Road running on foot * Road bicycle racing * ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game) * Roadracers (1994 film) * Roadracers (1959 fi ...

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;2012 : 1st MaillotAlemania

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Ronde van Limburg : 9th GP Raf Jonckheere ;2013 : 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 : 1st Stage 5

: 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 The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

: 6th Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop ;2015 : 1st Stage 3

;2016 : 4th

Volta Limburg Classic Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road ...

;2017 : 2nd

Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn–Frankfurt, previously Rund um den Henninger Turm Frankfurt, is an annual semi classic cycling race in Germany, starting in Eschborn and finishing in Frankfurt. The event, sometimes referred to as the Frankfurt Grand Prix, is held annua ...

: 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 MaillotAzul

after Stage 1 ;2022 : Giro d'Italia ::Held MaillotAzul

after Stage 3

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zabel, Rick 1993 births Living people German male cyclists People from Unna Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region) Cyclists from North Rhine-Westphalia