Zeb Kyffin

Zeb Kyffin
Personal information
Full name	Zeb Montague Kyffin
Born	23 February 1998; United Kingdom
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)
Team information
Current team	Ribble Weldtite
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Rouleur; Time trialist;
Amateur teams
2013–2016	Gosforth RC
2017	GS Metro
2018	HUUB Ribble Performance Academy
2018	Ribble Pro Cycling
Professional team
2019–	Ribble Pro Cycling

Zeb Montague Kyffin (born 23 February 1998) is a British cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Ribble Weldtite.[1]

Career

In 2017, Kyffin finished in the top ten during the 2017 British National Hill Climb Championships.[2]

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.[3]

In 2019, he participated in the Tour de Yorkshire,[4] 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.[5]

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. He studied industrial design at Northumbria University.

Major results

Road

2014: 3rd Godley's Bikes North East Spring Cup; 2nd Godley Cycles Evening Crit Series
2015: 3rd North East Regional Junior Road Race Championship; 3rd Richmond Road Race; 3rd Thursday Evening Crit Series
2017: 2nd Reivers Road Race; 1st Ilkley TTT (with Tim Wilcock and Danny Grieves); 3rd Ilkley Road Race; 2nd PTR Summer Series; 1st iMann Trophy; 2nd Clifton Road Race; 3rd Stuart Ayre Memorial Trophy
2018: 2nd Scottish National Alba Series - John Gordon Memorial; 3rd Anderside Classic
2019: 1st Stage 2 Tour of the North; 2nd John May Memorial Road Race; 1st Scottish National Alba Series - Hugh Dornan Memorial; 3rd GT Ellingworth & GA Bennett Road Races; 1st North East Regional Road Race Championship; 2nd Wold Top the Edge RT Road Race
2020: 1st Scottish National Alba Series ERC Gifford Road Races
2021: 1st Chitterne Road Race; 2nd Miche West Thames League RND 17; 2nd ELV Summer on the Hill #3

References

"Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
"National hill climb 2017 – results -". Cycling uphill. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
"National Champs | Dan wins King of the Mountains to cap off a great week for Ribble". Ribble Pro Cycling. Cyclesport North Ltd. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
"Tour de Yorkshire 2019 | Results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
Conti, British (24 May 2021). "Chitterne Road Race: report and results". thebritishcontinental.co.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

External links

Zeb Kyffin at ProCyclingStats

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[1] "Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

[2] "National hill climb 2017 – results -". Cycling uphill. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

[3] "National Champs | Dan wins King of the Mountains to cap off a great week for Ribble". Ribble Pro Cycling. Cyclesport North Ltd. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

[4] "Tour de Yorkshire 2019 | Results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

[5] Conti, British (24 May 2021). "Chitterne Road Race: report and results". thebritishcontinental.co.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2021.