Rick Zabel

Rick Zabel (born 7 December 1993, Unna ) is a German racing cyclist.

Rick Zabel is the son or grandson of the cyclist Erik Zabel and Zabel Detlef.

Cycling career

2009 Rick Zabel was, who started for the " RSC Turbine Erfurt ", in Albert Richter velodrome in Cologne German champion in the two - team driving in the youth class ( with Thomas Schneider). The following year he gained at the Deutsche Bahn Championships in Cottbus the vice championship of juniors in a two - team approach ( also with Schneider), he won a third place respectively in the points race and team pursuit ( with the train of four of the National Association of Thuringia). In September 2010, Rick Zabel has been named the "Junior Athlete of the Month ". In 2011 he won Rund um Köln and around the financial center of Eschborn -Frankfurt in the age group U19. The UCI Road World Championships 2011 in Copenhagen, he was fifth in the road race in the juniors.

By the summer of 2011 Zabel attended the Pierre de Coubertin -Gymnasium ( High School Sports with adjoining regular school part ) in Erfurt. He left high school without school to sign his first professional contract with Team Rabobank Continental for 2012. The greatest success in his first year in the adult area was the victory in the German road championship in the U23 class. In 2013 he won the UCI Nations Cup scoring for the U23 edition of the classic Tour of Flanders in the sprint of a larger top group.

In June 2013 Zabel signed a contract with the BMC Racing Team, which he will take up in 2014.

Achievements

• German Champion - Road Race ( U23 )

• A stage of the Tour de Normandie
• The U23 Tour of Flanders

Team

• 2012 Rabobank Continental Team
• 2013 Rabobank Development Team
• 2014 BMC