Get To Know Your Team Suzuki Rider: Ben Hill

I love riding! Training, racing, hills, flats, wind, rain, I love it all. My dad took me to my fist race when I was 17 - I rode away from the F-grade bunch to win solo. Since then I haven’t stopped riding! I did many different sports before starting cycling mainly: cricket, soccer, tennis, running and triathlon.

Name: Ben Hill
Date of Birth: 05/02/1990
Place of Birth: Scone, NSW
Resides: Canberra, ACT
Height: 178cm
Weight: 67kg
Highest Avg. Power output for 4 min : 454watts
Vo2Max: 70 mL/kg/min


School/Employer: University of Canberra/AIS swim school
Home Club: Canberra Cycling Club
Teams: Suzuki
Coach: Maryann Simpson
Discipline: Road Cycling
Road Riding Style: Attacking
Started Competitive Cycling: 2007

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Personal Best Performances:

5th Australian National Criterium 2011
1st Stage 5 Tour of Geelong
2nd Stage 2 Tour of Geelong
2nd Stage 7 Tour of Geelong
2nd Stage 4 Tour of Wellington
2nd Stage 4 Tour of Toowoomba

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General Interest

Ambitions: Ride for a Professional Team on on the Pro Tour
Hobbies: Shuffling, doing puzzles.





Ben's Recent Results:

Tour of Toowoomba 17-19th June

Stage 1 Pittsworth 110km: 80th
Stage 2 Picnic Point - Upper Flagstone Creek 95km: 57th
Stage 3 Oakey 105km: 20th
Stage 4 Toowoomba 50km: 2nd
Overall Standing on General Classification: 52nd
Overall Standing on Mountains Classification: 3rd
Overall Standing on Sprint Classification: 7th



Tour of Gippsland 27-31st July

Stage 1 Wonthaggi 33km: 39th
Stage 2 Wonthaggi 68.2km: 15th
Stage 3 San Remo 40km: 14th
Stage 4 San Remo - Warragul 102km: 50th and awarded Most Aggressive Rider for the stage
Stage 5 Moe 45km: 14th
Stage 6 Morwell - Maffra 85km: 28th
Stage 7 Bairnsdale 33km: 2nd
Stage 8 Lakes Entrance - Metung 69.3km: DNF - mechanical
Stage 9 Bairnsdale 33km: DNS


Tour of Geelong 10-14th August
Guest Riding for Team Jayco 2XU

Stage 1 Northshore Criterium 48km: 82nd
Stage 2 Lara - You Yangs 79.6km: 2nd
Stage 3 Grovedale Criterium: 5th
Stage 4 (ITT) Gnawarre - Ceres 28.2km: 22nd
Stage 5 Anakie 143.1km: 1st
Stage 6 Geelong Criterium 45km: 17th
Overall Standing on General Classification: 10th
Overall Standing on Mountains Classification: 9th