&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Mark_bell_1986.jpg) Mark Bell wearing the Great Britain cycling jersey | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 June 1960 Birkenhead, England |
| Died | 30 January 2009 (aged 48) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| Birkenhead Victoria CC | |
| Birkenhead North End CC | |
| UVCA Troyes | |
| Port Sunlight Wheelers Club | |
| ACBB | |
| Manchester Wheelers' Club | |
| New Brighton CC | |
| Prescot Eagle | |
| Professional teams | |
| 1985 | Falcon Cycles |
| 1986 | Raleigh – Weinmann |
| 1987 | Raleigh – Banana |
| 1988 | Emmelle-MBK |
| Major wins | |
| British National Road Race Champion (1986) | |
Mark Bell (21 June 1960 – 30 January 2009) was an English professional cyclist from Birkenhead. He rode for Britain in the Olympic Games,[1] won the national road championship as an amateur and then a professional[2] and was the first foreigner to win the Étoile de Sud stage race in Belgium.[3] He died at 49 after collapsing at his home in Bebington, Wirral. He had recently recovered from alcoholism.[4]
- ^ "Mark Bell". Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
- ^ "Former British Champion Mark Bell Passes Away". British Cycling. 2 February 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009.
- ^ James Maloney (5 February 2009). "Mark Bell (1960-2009): A tribute to a British Great". Liverpool Mercury.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Keith Bingham (3 February 2009). "Mark Bell: A tribute to a British Great". Cycling Weekly.