Ben Hill (cyclist)

Ben Hill
Personal information
Full nameBenjamin Hill
Born (1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 (age 34)
Scone, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2022–Team CCS Canberra Men[1]
Professional teams
2013Hincapie Sportswear Development Team
2015Charter Mason–Giant Racing Team
2016–2017Attaque Team Gusto
2018–2019Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum
2020Team BridgeLane[2]
Medal record
Cycling esports
Representing Team Epic
Olympic Esports Series
Silver medal – second place 2023 Singapore Zwift

Benjamin Hill (born 5 February 1990) is an Australian cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Team BridgeLane.[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 Championships

References

  1. ^ "Ben Hill". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Team BridgeLane". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Team Bridgelane". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  4. ^ van Boheemen, Sarah (7 April 2015). "Hill on the rise after suspension setback". SBS Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Schuller, Nick (28 August 2016). "Cycling couple clean up". Cootamundra Herald. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "400 kilometres of pain equals a sprint jersey for Ben Hill". Australian Cycling Insider. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Meet our support team: Ben Hill". Today's Plan-Smarter training for every athlete. April 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.