Samuel Ryan Bewley (born 22 July 1987) is an amateur

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host and former

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from

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who last rode for

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. Bewley has also competed for UCI ProTeam and BikeNZ PureBlack Racing. He has raced in nine Grand Tours, including five starts at the Vuelta a España and three starts at the Giro d'Italia. He made his sole

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appearance to date in its 2020 edition. On 1 August 2022 he announced that he will retire as a professional cyclist at the end of 2022.

Early life

Bewley attended

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Rotorua Intermediate School Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The city lies on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authority encompass ...

and Rotorua Boys' High School.

Career

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, Bewley won the bronze medal as part of the New Zealand team in team pursuit, together with

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, and Jesse Sergent. On 8 October 2009, it was announced that Bewley would join the new UCI ProTeam , which was led by

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and included Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner. In May 2012, Bewley joined Australian UCI WorldTeam , and made his first appearance for the team at the

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. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, he was again part of the New Zealand team in the men's pursuit, winning bronze for the second successive Games. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the

. After a crash in stage 10 of the race, in January 2021 Bewley postponed his return to racing until March, due to long-term injuries.

Major results

;2003 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

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, National Novice Road Championships ;2005 :

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::1st

Team pursuit ::2nd Silver medal blank

Individual pursuit : 3rd

, National Junior Road Championships ;2006 : 1st Stage 6a

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;2007 : 1st Stage 1

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: 7th

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;2008 : 3rd Bronze medal olympic

Team pursuit,

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;2010 : 1st Gold medal blank

Team pursuit,

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: 2nd

Team pursuit,

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: 3rd

Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships ;2011 : 1st Gold medal blank

Team pursuit, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup,

: 4th

, National Road Championships ;2012 : 1st Stage 3

: 3rd

Team pursuit,

: 3rd

Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Team time trial,

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;2015 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Giro d'Italia : 4th

, National Road Championships ;2019 : 1st Stage 1b ( TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Personal life

Bewley is in a relationship with fellow professional cyclist,

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bewley, Sam Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of New Zealand Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand New Zealand track cyclists 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Rotorua Olympic medalists in cycling New Zealand male cyclists Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics People educated at Rotorua Boys' High School Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand