Ben Hill (cyclist) explained
Ben Hill |
Fullname: | Benjamin Hill |
Birth Date: | 5 February 1990 |
Birth Place: | Scone, New South Wales, Australia |
Height: | 1.79 m |
Weight: | 67 kg |
Discipline: | Road |
Role: | Rider |
Amateuryears1: | 2022– |
Amateurteam1: | Team CCS Canberra Men[1] |
Proyears1: | 2013 |
Proyears2: | 2015 |
Proyears3: | 2016–2017 |
Proyears4: | 2018–2019 |
Proyears5: | 2020 |
Proteam5: | [2] |
Benjamin Hill (born 5 February 1990) is an Australian cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team .[3]
Career
Hill was suspended for 2 years from cycling by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority for testing positive for Methylhexanamine during the 2012 Tour of Tasmania. Hill admitted the error immediately after a teammate gave him the substance instead of caffeine.[4] Hill tried to fight his suspension stating it was unfair he was given 2 years when people who purposely blood doped got 6 months.[5] In the 2016 cycling season Hill was supposed to ride for Dynamo Cover, a new UCI Continental team which folded before it even started racing. This left Hill among others looking for a new team for 2016.[6] At the National race, Cootamundra Annual Classic, Hill finished in first place, his partner Rebecca Wiasak also won her event.[7] In 2017 at the Tour of Hainan Hill crashed during stage 8 and fractured 7 vertebrae ending his season early.[8] At the 2020 Herald Sun Tour Hill spent every stage in the breakaway earning himself enough points to win the green sprinters jersey.[9]
Since 2020 Hill has been working as a cycling coach at Today's Plan.[10]
Major results
- 2016
1st Overall Tour of Thailand
1st Sprints classification Herald Sun Tour
6th Tour of Yancheng Coastal Wetlands
- 2017
1st Overall Tour de Tochigi
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Mountains classification Herald Sun Tour
7th Japan Cup Cycle Road Race
8th National Criterium Championships
- 2019
1st Stage 3 Tour of Japan
- 1st Trofeo Alcide Degasperi 2020
1st Sprints classification Herald Sun Tour
5th UCI Esports World Championships
8th Overall Tour de Taiwan
- 2022
4th UCI Esports World ChampionshipsNotes and References
- Web site: Ben Hill . FirstCycling.com . 30 July 2022 . en.
- Web site: Team BridgeLane. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 8 May 2020. https://archive.today/20200508154930/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14134/1003109/257. 8 May 2020. live.
- Web site: Team Bridgelane. French. Directvelo. Association Le Peloton. 26 February 2021. https://archive.today/20210226130500/https://www.directvelo.com/equipe/2835/team-bridgelane. 26 February 2021.
- Web site: van Boheemen . Sarah . Hill on the rise after suspension setback . SBS Sport . 30 July 2022 . en . 7 April 2015.
- Web site: Hill . Ben . I can tell you how Shayna Jack feels. I've been through the same doping ordeal Ben Hill . the Guardian . 30 July 2022 . en . 2 August 2019.
- Web site: Stokes . Shane . Dyball and many other riders left without a team as Continental squad Dynamo Cover collapses prior to debut . CyclingTips . 30 July 2022 . en . 4 December 2015.
- Web site: Schuller . Nick . Cycling couple clean up . Cootamundra Herald . 30 July 2022 . en-AU . 28 August 2016.
- Web site: Dutton . Chris . Canberra cyclist Ben Hill back home after fracturing seven vertebrae in China . The Sydney Morning Herald . 30 July 2022 . en . 26 December 2017.
- Web site: 400 kilometres of pain equals a sprint jersey for Ben Hill . Australian Cycling Insider . 30 July 2022 . en . 9 February 2020.
- Web site: Meet our support team: Ben Hill . Today's Plan-Smarter training for every athlete . 30 July 2022 . en . April 2022.