Dion Smith

Dion Smith
	Dion Smith (2016)
To person
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 .