Ben Hill (cyclist)
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| Full name | Benjamin Hill | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 February 1990 Scone, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 2022– | Team CCS Canberra Men[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| 2013 | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Charter Mason–Giant Racing Team | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Attaque Team Gusto | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Team BridgeLane[2] | ||||||||||||||
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Benjamin Hill (born 5 February 1990) is an Australian cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Team BridgeLane.[3]
Career[edit]
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[edit]
- 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 Championships
References[edit]
- ^ "Ben Hill". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Team BridgeLane". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Team Bridgelane". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ van Boheemen, Sarah (7 April 2015). "Hill on the rise after suspension setback". SBS Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ Hill, Ben (2 August 2019). "I can tell you how Shayna Jack feels. I've been through the same doping ordeal | Ben Hill". the Guardian. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ Stokes, Shane (4 December 2015). "Dyball and many other riders left without a team as Continental squad Dynamo Cover collapses prior to debut". CyclingTips. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ Schuller, Nick (28 August 2016). "Cycling couple clean up". Cootamundra Herald. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ Dutton, Chris (26 December 2017). "Canberra cyclist Ben Hill back home after fracturing seven vertebrae in China". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "400 kilometres of pain equals a sprint jersey for Ben Hill". Australian Cycling Insider. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Meet our support team: Ben Hill". Today's Plan-Smarter training for every athlete. April 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
