Tony Bell, Date of Birth

Tony Bell

English cyclist and journalist

Date of Birth: 20-Jun-1958

Profession: journalist, sport cyclist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Tony Bell (born 20 June 1958) is a freelance writer and journalist, known for his What's he on column in Cycling Weekly, where he was a columnist between 1994 and 2006.
His popularity gained as a CW columnist led to engagements as an after-dinner speaker at cycling events.Bell is also a serious reporter with a degree in politics who has reported on race riots, gangland contracts, drugs wars and environmental and social issues in his native Merseyside for The Independent and The Observer.
Following a road accident in which several members of Rhyl cycling club were killed, Bell criticized the attitudes of those such as Jeremy Clarkson, whose column in The Sun he considered anti-cyclist, and what he saw as the cynical attitude of motorists.
He called for a single organisation to represent cyclists in the UK to avoid such tragedies recurring.Bell was also professional cyclist.
He once held the mountains and points jerseys in the prestigious Mi-Août Bretonne.
He is the brother of former National Amateur and Professional Road Race Champion Mark Bell, who died in 2009. Bell lives in Chester and supplements his income as a bus driver.
He is writing an autobiography, provisionally called "Pinball", excerpts of which are on his web site.