Zeb Kyffin

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Zeb Kyffin
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Kyffin at the 2022 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full nameZeb Montague Kyffin
Born (1998-02-23) 23 February 1998 (age 26)
United Kingdom
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)
Team information
Current team Unibet Tietema Rockets
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeRouleur
Amateur teams
2013–2016Gosforth RC
2017GS Metro
2018HUUB Ribble Performance Academy
2018 Ribble Pro Cycling
Professional teams
2019–2022 Ribble Pro Cycling [1]
2023 Saint Piran
2024– TDT–Unibet Cycling Team

Zeb Montague Kyffin (born 23 February 1998) is a British cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Unibet Tietema Rockets. [2]

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Career

In 2017 Kyffin finished in the top ten during the 2017 British National Hill Climb Championships. [3]

In 2018 Kyffin joined the British road racing team Ribble Pro Cycling, finishing twelfth in the under-23 element of the British National Road Race Championships. [4]

In 2019 he participated in the Tour de Yorkshire, [5] the British National Road Race Championships, and the British National Time Trial Championships; he also competed in the Saudi Tour in 2020.

In 2021 after the gradual alleviation of COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom, Kyffin won the Chitterne Road Race - thus, becoming the first UCI continental rider to win a British national road race since 2019. [6]

Personal life

Kyffin lived in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, until he was twelve years old. He then moved to Newcastle upon Tyne and was educated at Newcastle School for Boys.[ citation needed ]

Major results

2015
3rd Richmond Road Race
2017
1st Ilkley TTT (with Tim Wilcock and Danny Grieves)
1st iMann Trophy
2nd Clifton Road Race
2nd Reivers Road Race
2nd PTR Summer Series
3rd Ilkley Road Race
3rd Stuart Ayre Memorial Trophy
2018
2nd Scottish National Alba Series - John Gordon Memorial
3rd Anderside Classic
2019
1st North East Regional Road Race Championship
1st Scottish National Alba Series - Hugh Dornan Memorial
1st Stage 2 Tour of the North
2nd John May Memorial Road Race
2nd Wold Top the Edge
3rd GT Ellingworth/GA Bennett Road Race
2021
1st Chitterne Road Race
2022
1st RCR FatCreations Road Race
1st Stage 3 Manx Telecom International Stage Race
1st Stage 2 The Peaks 2 Day
2023
1st Overall National Road Series
1st Lancaster Grand Prix
2nd Lincoln Grand Prix
2nd RCR FatCreations Road Race
2nd Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
3rd Perfs Pedal Race
4th Overall Tour du Pays de Montbéliard
6th Overall Tour of Britain
6th Sundvolden GP
9th Ringerike GP

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References

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  2. "TDT–Unibet". UCI.org. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
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