Dion Smith
Dion Smith (2016) | |
To person | |
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Date of birth | March 3, 1993 |
nation | New Zealand |
discipline | Street |
To the team | |
Current team | Mitchelton-Scott |
function | driver |
Team (s) | |
08 / 13-12 / 13 2014 2015 2016-01 / 17 02 / 17–2018 2019 |
Champion System (Stagiaire) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team Hincapie Racing Team ONE Pro Cycling Circus-Wanty Gobert Mitchelton-Scott |
Last updated: May 7, 2018 |
Dion Smith (born March 3, 1993 in Taupaki (Auckland) ) is a New Zealand cyclist .
Career
After Smith initially competed primarily in New Zealand races and smaller races on the UCI America Tour , he received a contract with the British professional Continental Team ONE Pro Cycling for the 2016 season . This year he achieved his first victories in international races at the New Zealand one-day races The REV Classic and Beaumont Trophy . In addition, he finished fifth in the overall ranking of the Four Days of Dunkirk and at the Sparkassen Münsterland Giro - both races in the hors category . As a result, he moved to the Belgian Professional Continental Team Wanty-Groupe Gobert and denied the Tour de France in 2017 his first Grand Tour , where he finished as the 124th. On the second stage of the Tour de France 2018 , Smith was the first New Zealander in the history of the Tour to take over the dotted jersey in an attempt to break away .
Honors
In 2019 Dion Smith received a New Zealand Cycling Award ("Face of Cyling").
successes
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- New Zealand Championship - Road Racing
- The REV Classic
- Beaumont Trophy
- Team time trial Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
- 2017
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Giro d'Italia | - | - | - |
Tour de France | 124 | 97 | - |
Vuelta a España | - | - | 83 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Smith first "Kiwi" in the mountain jersey, Chavanel the most combative driver. In: radsport-news.com. July 8, 2018, accessed July 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Development work rewarded at cycling annual awards evening. In: Cycling New Zealand. May 27, 2019, accessed May 28, 2019 .
Web links
- Dion Smith in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Dion Smith in the Radsportseiten.net database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Smith, Dion |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1993 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Taupaki (Auckland) |