Born in 1987 and raised in Rotorua, New Zealand, Sam Bewley has been a member of the ORICA-GreenEDGE team since May 2012. A multiple Bronze medal Olympian, Silver medal Commonwealth Games winner, and a podium place finisher at numerous World Championships and World Cups, Sam - or "Wagon" as he is known - moved from professional track to 100% road racing following the London Olympics. We caught up earlier this year with Sam…
I grew up in…
Rotorua
I am reading …
Yahoo Finance on the net
People tell me I am… Funny
My life is linked to cycling because…
I live in Rotorua, close to the forest, so I got into mountain biking when I was about 15
My favourite cycling story to tell around the dinner table is…
One that only gets told around the dinner table
A typical working day for me involves …
Hours and hours on the bike
When I get spare time I…
Play golf
Over time, my list of injuries now includes…
Broken collar, surgery on both hips, broken elbow, broken foot, broken hand, broken ribs – all bike related. I think there were less crashes than there were injuries.
If I could ride anywhere tomorrow, I’d go…
To the beach in summer
If I could ride with anyone, it would be…
Jay Z, because he’s one of my favourite musicians and I would love to pick his brain on his success with music and the business world (and get a Yankee cap off him).
