Rick Zabel (born 7 December 1993) is a German former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2014 to May 2024. He is the son of Erik Zabel and grandson of Detlef Zabel.
Cycling career Born in Unna, Zabel won the National Novice Track Championships in 2009, in the Madison event. In 2010 he enjoyed more success in track events, and in 2011, at the UCI Road World Championships in Copenhagen, he was fifth in the men's junior road race.
By summer of 2011 Zabel visited the Pierre de Coubertin sport gymnasium in Erfurt. He left high school without a diploma, in order to sign his first professional contract with the for the 2012 season. In 2012 he triumphed in the German road championship in the U23 class. In 2013, Zabel won the under-23 Tour of Flanders, and won a stage at the Tour de Normandie.
For the 2014 season, Zabel turned professional with the .
On 6 May 2015, Zabel was named in BMC's team for the Giro d'Italia, giving him his first Grand Tour start. On 7 July 2015, his father's 45th birthday, Zabel celebrated his first victory as a professional, winning stage 3 of the Tour of Austria.
In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.
In May 2019, he won his second professional race in a sprint finish on stage two of the Tour de Yorkshire.
In May 2024, he announced his retirement from the sport following the Rund um Köln.
Major results
2009 1st Madison, National Novice Track Championships (with Thomas Schneider) 2010 National Junior Track Championships 2nd Madison (with Thomas Schneider) 3rd Points race 3rd Team pursuit 2011 4th Overall Driedaagse van Axel 5th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships 2012 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 2nd Ronde van Limburg 9th GP Raf Jonckheere 2013 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften 1st Stage 5 Tour de Normandie 4th Overall Tour de Gironde 6th Paris–Tours Espoirs 7th La Côte Picarde 7th Münsterland Giro 8th Overall Olympia's Tour 10th Arno Wallaard Memorial 2014 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro del Trentino 6th Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop 2015 (1 pro win) 1st Stage 3 Tour of Austria 2016 4th Volta Limburg Classic 2017 2nd Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz 9th Paris–Bourges 2018 10th Overall Dubai Tour 2019 (1) 1st Stage 2 Tour de Yorkshire 8th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 2020 Giro d'Italia Held after Stage 1 2022 Giro d'Italia Held after Stage 3 Combativity award Stage 2
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Giro d'Italia 142 140 — — — 123 — 137 Tour de France — — 145 DNF DNF — 134 — Vuelta a EspañaDid not contest during his career
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
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