Sam Bewley

Samuel Ryan Bewley (born 22 July 1987) is a New Zealand racing cyclist,[3] who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Mitchelton–Scott.[4] Bewley has also competed for UCI ProTeam Team RadioShack,[5] as well as the BikeNZ PureBlack Racing team.[6]

Sam Bewley
Bewley at the 2015 Giro d'Italia.
Personal information
Full nameSamuel Ryan Bewley[1]
NicknameBewls, Wagon
Born (1987-07-22) 22 July 1987
Rotorua, New Zealand
Height1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Team information
Current teamMitchelton–Scott
DisciplineRoad and track
RoleRider
Rider typeDomestique/Time trialist (road)
Endurance (track)
Professional teams
2009Trek–Livestrong
2010–2011Team RadioShack
2012BikeNZ PureBlack Racing
2012–Orica–GreenEDGE[2]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 TTT stage (2015)

Career

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Bewley won the bronze medal as part of the New Zealand team in team pursuit, together with Hayden Roulston, Marc Ryan, and Jesse Sergent. He attended Glenholme Primary School, Rotorua Intermediate School and Rotorua Boys' High School.[7]

On 8 October 2009, Team RadioShack announced that Bewley would join its new cycling team, that was led by Lance Armstrong and included Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was part of the New Zealand team that won the bronze in the men's pursuit.[8]

Major results

2003
1st Road race, National Novice Road Championships
2005
UCI Junior Track World Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Individual pursuit
3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
2006
1st Stage 6a Tour of Southland
2007
1st Stage 1 New Zealand Cycle Classic
7th Chrono Champenois
2008
3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
2010
1st Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Cali
2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2011
1st Team pursuit, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali
4th Road race, National Road Championships
2012
1st Stage 3 New Zealand Cycle Classic
3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2015
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
4th Road race, National Road Championships
2019
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Giro d'Italia 122 125 130
Tour de France Has not contested during his career
Vuelta a España DNF 135 140 143 100
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
gollark: I refuse to lose my complex-number part.
gollark: Lua does it nicely, although I think it's just `longjmp` internally.
gollark: I don't care *that* much about mildly worse performance in case of errors, and you can put `try`/`catch`s close to errors as appropriate.
gollark: I disagree, actually, it's much more verbose and loses information.
gollark: Yes, but it won't because there are consistent and good standards for it which cover the common usecases.

References

  1. "Sam Bewley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  2. "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  3. "Sam Bewley". Beijing Olympics. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
  4. "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott. New Global Cycling Services. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. "Sam Bewley joins Lance Armstrong on team Radioshack". Team RadioShack Cycling News. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  6. "BikeNZ PureBlack Racing prepare for debut in Malaysia". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  7. Bingham, Eugene (18 August 2008). "Cycling: I'm not finished yet, says Roulston". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
  8. "Sam Bewley Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

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